Renewable Energy
Global Clientele • 30 Years of Experience
We Speak Renewable Energy
As the renewable energy industry grows at an exponential rate, businesses and public entities involved in this sector require an experienced legal team that combines knowledge in the field with a solid foundation in all applicable areas of law.
Ben Calkins' multidisciplinary Renewable Energy Practice Group guides clients through virtually every aspect of project development, financing, construction, and implementation.
Whether drafting land option and lease terms along with easement agreements, preparing corporate operating agreements or asset acquisition documentation, advising on insurance coverage and supply chain contracts, guiding environmental review and permitting processes at the state and federal levels, acting as finance counsel, or defending projects and permits in judicial and administrative forums, our attorneys combine their knowledge in alternative energy with solid legal corporate, tax, real estate, intellectual property, finance, and litigation skills.
Our team provides comprehensive legal services to developers, lenders, land owners, permitting agencies, development agencies, parts and service suppliers, manufacturers, contractors, and investors in the renewable energy generation field. We are experienced in wind, solar, landfill gas-to-energy, and bioenergy projects.
Comprehensive Legal Services Fueled by Industry Experience
We assist in strategic planning for projects.
We guide developers through the zoning and permitting process on the local, state, and federal levels. We negotiate payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreements, host community agreements, community benefit agreements, road use, and other agreements with host communities.
Our attorneys assist in the environmental review process.
We assist developers and lenders in the financing of renewable energy developments, including reviewing financing documents, obtaining stimulus funds and other state and federal financial incentives, and issuing required legal opinions. We have extensive experience in financing transactions.
We assist developers and landowners in the drafting, execution, and enforcement of lease and easement agreements necessary for acquiring transmission line routes, achieving wind-stream protection, and complying with noise and property-line setback requirements.
Our real estate attorneys have experience with title insurance and survey, boundary disputes, environmental site evaluation and risk analysis, and right-of-way acquisition issues and can, with involvement of local real estate counsel as appropriate, oversee all transactional real estate aspects of renewable energy projects across the United States.
Our federal and state tax practitioners advise on the full range of state and federal tax issues.
We regularly assist on the drafting of contracts for construction of large-scale energy-related facilities.
Our litigation team has handled all phases of litigation involving energy facility development.
Our insurance coverage team can advise on all types of policies, including those unique to the energy industry, to address risks arising during development, construction, and operation.
We help establish corporate entities, joint ventures, and partnerships and their governing documents, depending on the unique needs of each client's business plan. We perform transactional due diligence, including document review and regulatory and commercial risk evaluation, for all sizes of contracts and investments.
Our attorneys regularly evaluate licensing and technology transfer agreements, supply and logistics contracts, equipment leases, operation and maintenance agreements, and equipment warranties to advise on contract terms and evaluate potential risks.
Experience That Matters
The result of our skills and experience: integrated legal services precisely calibrated to help you maximize opportunities, minimize risk, avoid potential pitfalls, and comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
Our offices are located to serve clients in Northeast Ohio including; Cleveland, Westlake, Solon, Canton, Amherst, Akron, Avon and Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, Portage, Stark, Lorain, Summit, Medina, Lake, Huron and Erie Counties.