USA: Spotlight Guide 2026 : Chapel Hill
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Overview
DCH Law LLP’s Energy & Projects team is a boutique commercial transactions practice providing tailored counsel to infrastructure, industrial and technology companies, with specialized expertise in renewable energy. With five attorneys based in the Chapel Hill, North Carolina area (and an additional office in Orange County, California), DCH Law LLP serves a national client base, including a number of North Carolina-based solar and energy storage developers and independent power producers.
North Carolina experience
In North Carolina, the DCH Law LLP Energy & Projects team has advised on the acquisition and divestiture, development, construction and financing of dozens of utility-scale solar (and storage) projects, including EPC and O&M contracting, module and equipment supply/procurement, and related project documentation. The team’s practical, deal-focused approach supports clients from early development through closing and construction. DCH Law LLP’s Energy & Projects lawyers are also active in North Carolina’s renewable energy industry community.
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DCH Law LLP is recognized for its transactional expertise in the renewable energy space. The Chapel Hill team regularly assists on procurements, equipment supply agreements, M&A and financings. The group advises international clients in the solar, energy storage and utilities industries.
Len Conapinski is a key contact.
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DCH Law represented a renewable energy power producers in the United States in negotiation of construction contracts for solar-plus-storage facility with a planned aggregate nameplate capacity in excess of 800 MW (solar) and 3,000 MWh (BESS).
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Len Conapinski
Head of Department
John Ha
Head of Department
Steve Boyett
Ryan LeBlanc
Kevin Joyce
BJ Dworak
Dave Roberts
Kjirsten Durand-Johnson
Albert Ji
Katie McFatter
Rebecca Brittain
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