Project Development & Finance

A Holistic Approach To A Complex System

Development isn’t linear or predictable. What differentiates a financeable project? Ensuring that the tools and teams are in place — and have the capacity to handle the details and detours — while managing from the big picture down to the smallest detail. We take a pragmatic, disciplined approach. Our Project Development & Finance Practice has decades of experience navigating the complexities of energy projects. We help clients accelerate the development of new energy infrastructure and emerging business models.

Awards

LexBlog

Practice blog recognized among the "Top 5 Energy Blogs in the Am Law 200"

Euromoney’s LMG Clean Technology & Renewable Energy

Listed among the “Top 10 Clean Technology Firms"

Our Experience

25+

Years of experience in energy project finance worldwide

Mintz Advises Spring Lane Capital on New Approach

Mintz partnered with private equity firm Spring Lane Capital to develop a novel project financing model. Mintz also provided legal guidance on Spring Lane’s first investments, including a vehicle to finance the equity portion of waste gasification project deals.

1st

One of the first clean tech legal practices in the United States

Our Approach

We invest in understanding your company. We go deep into the product, the markets, the technology, the economics, the risks, and the stakeholders to help us position you to achieve your goals. We will also help you organize, manage, and drive the process to stay on schedule and within budget. Throughout, we prioritize and monitor each step — to maximize our team’s efficiency, to provide value, and to focus on the issues that matter. Our advantage is bringing experience in both project development and emerging energy technologies. We are uniquely positioned to bring pioneering projects to market.

Leveraging our experience, we work with our clients from development through financing to:

Accurately evaluate the quality and efficacy of projects
Appropriately identify, quantify, and allocate risks among stakeholders, ensuring all partners have reasonable expectations
Weave together the technical, legal, regulatory, policy, tax, permitting, and other essential elements for project success
Ensure consistent and constructive stakeholder engagement

Diverse Constituents

Developers
Sponsors
Owners
Retail Electricity Suppliers
EPC Contractors
Power Off-takers
Trading Companies

Energy Resources

Solar
Wind
Energy Storage
Waste-to-Energy
Biomass
CHP
Retail Energy Providers
Energy Efficiency
Energy as a Service

Goal

Our goal is to ensure that the energy projects our clients develop, construct, buy, and sell are viable and financeable, and that they are transacted smoothly and efficiently. Good process drives success, and our track record speaks for itself.

UNIQUE SPECIALIZATION

Mintz was one of the first law firms in the country to establish a dedicated clean energy practice. Our Project Development & Finance Practice is strategically embedded within our large Energy & Sustainability Practice. Today, our clients can seamlessly integrate the sophisticated IP, financing, and technology development capabilities of the firm, as well as our national lobby and public policy team.