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Orrick advises every kind of player in energy transition. Our 360-degree view of the market – developed over 20+ years of helping clients execute energy innovation and decarbonization strategies – helps our clients understand the landscape, make connections, execute deals and manage risk.
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60 of the top 100
70 independent power producers
Half of the top 50 renewables sponsors worldwide
6 of the top 10 energy majors
45 U.S. utilities
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Your energy transition strategy is unique to your business.
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Every kind of energy asset.
Our team works on every technology in the market, bringing experience in traditional assets (oil & gas, nuclear and transmission) that are transforming and reemerging to meet the low-carbon future and applying that knowledge to rapidly emerging technologies. Our transactions volume enables us to provide our clients with state-of-the-market advice globally. Our Chambers Band 1 rankings across power, renewables, infrastructure and energy transition are a measure of our quality and market reputation.
Carbon solutions: CCUS, direct air capture and nature-based solutions
The electricity demand for data centers is projected to double by the end of this decade, consuming as much as 9 percent of total U.S. electricity production (Electric Power Research Institute, 2024).
Renewable energy: No. 2 Energy Transition Legal Advisor globally (inspiratia, 2024)
Storage – No. 1 globally (Infralogic, 2024)
Geothermal – including first-of-a-kind projects
Wind – No. 1 globally (Infralogic, 2024)
Alternative fuels/sustainable aviation fuels (SAF): renewable natural gas, other biofuels, ammonia and hydrogen
Nuclear: including advising on the financing of all three nuclear generation units that have commenced commercial operation in the United States this century, as well as SMR disruptors
Infrastructure modernization: transmission line development projects across the United States, as well as mobility, EV charging and data centers
We partner with a world leader in AI who is meeting power demand while achieving its net zero targets – the most ambitious in the market. We’ve helped this client negotiate renewable power purchase agreements that support data centers in 18 countries totaling 34+ GW – including the largest-ever single corporate power purchase agreement for 10.5+ GW.
We’ve repeatedly broken new ground for this client and others, including negotiating the first cross-border, 24/7 carbon-free PPA for a data center and an agreement that paves the way for the restart of the Three Mile Island Unit 1 nuclear facility.
Powering AI.
Our team works on every technology in the market, bringing experience in traditional assets (oil & gas, nuclear and transmission) that are transforming and re-emerging to meet the low carbon future and applying that knowledge to rapidly emerging technologies. Our transactions volume enables us to provide our clients with state-of-the-market advice globally. Our Chambers Band 1 rankings across power, renewables, infrastructure and energy transition are a measure of our quality and market reputation.
Every kind of energy asset.
Corporate power purchases.
We advise corporate buyers, from first-time participants to the most active buyers, on first-of-a-kind PPAs for wind, solar and other carbon-free technologies – and even have experience with fusion and fission.
The Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA), the largest industry association of its kind, turns to our team as faculty for their PPA boot camps.
Europe
North America
Globally
No. 1 for PPAs (inspiratia, 2024)
Geothermal
Wind – Top 3
Storage – Top 3
Renewable energy: Top 3 globally (inspiratia, 2023)
Every kind of energy asset.
Our team works on every technology in the market, bringing experience in traditional assets (oil & gas, nuclear and transmission) that are transforming and re-emerging to meet the low carbon future and applying that knowledge to rapidly emerging technologies. Our transactions volume enables us to provide our clients with state-of-the-market advice globally. Our Chambers Band 1 rankings across power, renewables, infrastructure and energy transition are a measure of our quality and market reputation.
We advise corporate buyers, from first-time participants to the most active buyers, on first-of-kind PPAs for wind, solar and other carbon-free technologies – and even have experience with fusion and fission.
The Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA), the largest industry association of its kind, turns to our team as faculty for their PPA boot camps.
Every kind of energy asset.
Scaling energy tech companies.
Supply chains.
Tax strategy.
Responsible business reporting requirements.
Global reach.
Our global platform enables us to help our clients transfer innovations from one market to the next. For example, we’re one of the few law firms working on offshore wind projects globally. In Europe alone, we’ve advised on 115+ offshore wind projects and closed $20B+ in deals since 2019 across the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Estonia and Latvia, and we’re working on some of the most innovative renewables projects in France. In Taiwan, we advised the investors on the $3.1B Fengmiao offshore wind farm – the first in Asia to be a truly zero subsidy project, non-recourse financed based solely on corporate power purchases.
Our Singapore and Tokyo teams are helping clients lead the energy transition across Asia, drawing on our global knowledge in renewables, PPAs and carbon removal. Across India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam, we have worked on some of the first renewables PPAs, including to support data centers.
Our team helps clients navigate and reconcile fast-changing and divergent regulatory requirements for sustainability disclosure, including best practices for reporting decarbonization strategies and transition plans using data analytics.
Our team is at the forefront of helping energy and non-energy players alike leverage new tax regulations and incentives. For example, we advised on the first standalone battery storage tax equity financings under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
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Geothermal
Data Centers
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Energy demand is growing faster than supply. Innovation is accelerating across the energy spectrum – from traditional to next-generation fuels. Policy and enforcement are in flux.
Market change is only accelerating – propelled by power demands from AI, EV charging and next-generation fuels, developing technologies, new market entrants, and evolving policy and regulation. It’s estimated that more than $2 trillion must be deployed globally to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
Orrick deploys commercial solutions to help every kind of player in decarbonization and climate tech. Our 360-degree view of the market – developed over 20+ years of helping clients execute their decarbonization strategies – helps our clients understand the landscape, make connections, execute climate tech deals and manage risk.
Every company needs an energy innovation strategy.
Global energy supply cannot keep up with demand. Innovation is accelerating across the energy spectrum – from traditional to next generation fuels. Policy and enforcement are in flux.
Every company needs an energy innovation strategy.
Orrick advises every kind of player in energy transition. Our 360-degree view of the market – developed over 20+ years of helping clients execute energy innovation and decarbonization strategies – helps our clients understand the landscape, make connections, execute deals and manage risk.
Every company needs an energy innovation strategy.
Orrick advises every kind of player in energy transition. Our 360-degree view of the market – developed over 20+ years of helping clients execute energy innovation and decarbonization strategies – helps our clients understand the landscape, make connections, execute deals and manage risk.
We bring the power to shape and execute it and uncover the next opportunity.
Your energy transition strategy is unique to your business. We bring the power to shape and execute it and uncover the next opportunity.
6 of the top 10 energy majors
250+ energy tech companies
45 U.S. utilities
250+ climate tech companies
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No. 1 in Energy Venture Capital (PitchBook, 2024)
We offer the energy tech ecosystem unmatched experience driving the success of both venture-backed companies and innovative energy projects.
We are as fluent in cap tables and term sheet negotiation as we are in PPAs, project finance and tax credits – and we have a valuable network of tech and energy resources.
Our team counsels hundreds of innovators and investors across verticals such as energy tech, carbon capture, biogas and renewable fuels, and mobility and EV charging.
We help startups secure nondilutive financing from sources like the U.S. Department of Energy to research, develop and scale nascent technologies and cross the bridge to bankability.
We have also helped dozens of companies register and operate as B Corps and Delaware public benefit corporations.
Clients across sectors turn to our team: we’ve helped a coffee company lower the carbon footprint of the dairy in its venti lattes, a clothing manufacturer reduce the emissions from shipping sweatpants, and a gaming company plant trees in Brazil and Panama to capture carbon from the air.
We are working on the cutting edge of carbon markets – including advising on the largest procurement of carbon removal credits to date and landmark reforestation deals.
Our team is at the forefront of helping energy and non-energy players alike adapt to fast-changing tax policy. Our work ranges from tax equity financings to tax-advantaged investments that further renewable projects.
Our team helps clients navigate and reconcile fast-changing and divergent federal and state regulatory requirements for sustainability disclosure, backed by data analytics.
Our Singapore and Tokyo teams are helping clients lead the energy transition across Asia, drawing on our global knowledge in renewables, PPAs and carbon removal. Across India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam, we have worked on some of the first renewables PPAs, including to support data centers.
Our global platform enables us to help our clients transfer innovations from one market to the next. For example, we’re one of the few law firms working on offshore wind projects globally. In Europe alone, we’ve advised on 115+ offshore wind projects and closed $20B+ in deals since 2019 across the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Estonia and Latvia, and we’re working on some of the most innovative renewables projects in France. In Taiwan, we advised the investors on the $3.1B Fengmiao offshore wind farm – the first in Asia to be a truly zero subsidy project, non-recourse financed based solely on corporate power purchases.
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