Developers, lenders, and public agencies and municipalities look to Sherin and Lodgen’s Energy and Cleantech attorneys to navigate complexities in the energy and cleantech industry. We have a particular expertise in representing clients in renewable energy such as solar, wind, hydro, and energy storage.

Capabilities

We represent these clients in a broad range of matters including:

• Acquisition
• Assessment of carbon footprint for operations
• Due diligence
• Financing and financing alternatives (including Solar Tax Credits, New Market Tax Credits, Investment Tax Credits, and other tax incentives)
• Leasing (including ground and rooftop for solar arrays)
• License agreements
• Litigation
• Permitting
• Petroleum distribution agreements
• Power Purchase Agreements
• Supply contracts

Experience

• Lender in bridge, construction to term, and permanent financing of both operating and to be constructed Solar PV Installations.
• Wholesale petroleum distribution company in the negotiation of petroleum supply agreements and litigation related to those agreements in the context of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (PMPA).
• The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company in connection with hydrogen fueling facility leases for locations in Massachusetts and New Jersey.
• Large petroleum distribution company in connection with environmental issues arising from acquisition of a portfolio of 65 gasoline station properties
• Large regional electrical generating company in connection with acquisition, development and management of key locations for generation and transmission of power

Clients

• Electrical generators
• Independent power producers
• Municipalities
• Petroleum supply and distribution companies
• Public agencies
• Renewable energy lenders, investors, and developers

Client Success

Congratulations to our client, Needham Bank, on the $25 million financing of Silver Maple Wind Project in Clifton, Maine

Congratulations to our client, STAG Industrial, Inc., on the completion of the nation’s largest rooftop community solar project

Sherin and Lodgen represents 1st Source Bank in $32.9 million financing of four solar energy facilities in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island

Congratulations to our client, BentallGreenOak, on plans to install their first community-use solar project

Sherin and Lodgen represents Cambridge Trust Company in credit facility to Great River Hydro, LLC