Climate Change

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Provided by Vinson & Elkins LLP

• Vinson & Elkins is widely recognized as the world’s leading energy law firm. Our full-service climate change practice is a natural extension of V&E’s in-depth knowledge of the energy sector. Unlike firms with just Clean Air Act litigation-based climate change practices, V&E lawyers also incorporate climate change counseling into our day-to-day work with the energy industry, particularly in our work advising on energy transactions, which involves both counseling clients on how the rapidly evolving climate change regulatory environment may impact the valuation of assets and how such assets may be affected by the physical impacts of climate change.
• V&E has assisted clients in developing comments on EPA’s increasing array of regulatory proposals related to GHG regulation, including EPA’s proposed Model Trading Rule and Clean Energy Incentive Program, two key rules for implementing the Clean Power Plan.
• Vinson & Elkins regularly assists with renewable energy transactions, and handling related tax, permitting, and regulatory issues; and advises on policy issues, such as how EPA’s Clean Power Plan and Proposed Clean Energy Incentive Program.
• Building on V&E’s global leadership in the energy industry, our climate change lawyers serve as counsel on a number of cutting edge matters involving precedent-setting legal issues and innovative technologies.