Climate project development requires an intricate blend of structuring, technical, regulatory, commercial and industry expertise. Our team integrates capabilities across key practice areas, including project development and finance, corporate, construction, renewable energy, environmental regulatory, and blockchain and digital assets to deliver comprehensive solutions for climate projects, including first-of-a-kind projects. 

We have extensive experience with:

  • Structuring and Financings. Creating bankable project structures and financing solutions tailored to the unique needs of climate projects, including novel streaming and other forward financings, project financings, and other secured and unsecured financings.
  • Revenue Generating Contracts. Drafting and negotiating bankable environmental product prepurchase, offtake, and other purchase agreements, as well as other contracts relating to the monetization of carbon rights and other environmental attributes, including marketing and brokerage agreements.
  • Construction and Operation. Drafting and negotiating key project agreements, including project development agreements, sequestration and storage agreements, power purchase agreements (PPAs), virtual PPAs (vPPAs), engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts and operation, and maintenance (O&M) agreements.
  • Stakeholder Engagement. Guiding engagement with key stakeholders, including in connection with carbon rights transfer agreements, landowner collaboration agreements, and free, prior and informed consent processes. 
  • Host Country Due Diligence. Instructing and engaging with local counsel in the host country in which projects are developed, to advise on due diligence projects, local laws and regulatory requirements, project developers and implementation partners.
  • Regulatory Compliance and Permitting. Navigating environmental and land-use regulations and permitting processes to ensure projects meet both local and international standards.
  • Carbon Registry-facing obligations. Drafting and negotiating monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) provider agreements, methodology development agreements, and carbon unit management agreements.