About Our Sponsors

ORRICK is an international law firm of more than 1,100 lawyers in 22 offices worldwide with a renewable energy group of more than 40 lawyers with a particular focus on the solar power sector. Orrick lawyers in Asia, the United States and Europe are active on a number of utility scale solar development, acquisition and financing transactions. Orrick lawyers are committed to providing innovative and effective solutions to the complex legal challenges facing the utility scale solar industry.

Chadbourne & Parke is a franchise name in the solar energy industry.  Sixty-six lawyers from the project finance group help clients with the development, financing and tax structuring of solar projects. The firm wrote two manuals on tax issues in solar projects that have been widely circulated in the industry. The prestigious Chambers directory in London ranks Chadbourne number one among law firms working in the U.S. renewables market. Chadbourne is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, with other offices in Washington, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Beijing, Almaty, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Warsaw, Dubai and London.

For more than 30 years, Winston & Strawn LLP attorneys have helped clients successfully understand and respond to the evolution in the energy industry. We have been at the forefront in the comprehensive development and financing of independent renewable and fossil fuel-fired generation facilities, the negotiation of power purchase contracts, and the sale and acquisition of generation assets. We played leading roles in some of the earliest wind and solar energy projects and continue to work with our clients on all aspects of renewable energy portfolio development and financing. We also provide cutting-edge, energy-related advice on tax, labor, nuclear security, regulatory compliance, and legislative policy issues.

Worley Parsons is a global leader in professional engineering services for renewable power generation. With over 5000MW in design for projects around the world in solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and ocean power, and decades of experience in the resources and energy sectors and complex process industries, we bring a comprehensive team of experts to every project. Our Eco-Nomics approach delivers profitable sustainability for our customers by embedding critical environmental, social and financial criteria into project delivery across the asset lifecycle. WorleyParsons is committed to the future of renewable power and has the depth and breadth of expertise to lead the way.