Megan P. Caldwell

Career

As the head of the firm’s Environmental practice group and a renewable energy attorney, Megan delivers resourceful solutions and helps power the future.

Megan represents clients in connection with renewable energy projects across the country, with her prior experience spanning 42 states, as well as the District of Columbia. She serves as the team lead for local counsel representations for the financings and purchases of wind, solar, battery storage, hydrogen, biogas, and carbon capture projects, both utility-scale and small-scale. The clients she serves are not only developers, but also construction lenders and tax equity investors, allowing her to employ a well-rounded understanding of the priorities and concerns of parties on all sides of the deal. She regularly liaises with national/deal counsel; prepares and negotiates legal opinion letters; and negotiates financing, equity, and purchase agreements.

In addition to leading local counsel work on renewable energy deals, Megan’s area of focus on those projects is environmental and permitting, ensuring the proper permits and studies are in place for projects in areas such as air, water, waste, species, transportation, and aviation and helping energy clients manage their environmental risks.

Along with her renewable energy work, Megan maintains an active traditional environmental practice. She guides clients through regulatory compliance issues they encounter in daily operations, such as environmental permitting, release reporting, internal compliance audits, inspections, and enforcement actions. She also counsels clients on environmental issues that arise in real estate transactions, analyzing site assessments and negotiating environmental contractual provisions. Businesses also look to Megan to defend them against California Proposition 65 (Prop 65) notices and lawsuits, coordinate preventative audits, and implement Prop 65 warning label programs.

Megan’s technical background – an undergraduate degree in chemistry and research internships at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and NASA – allows her to weigh in on complex technical issues.

Professional Memberships

Colorado Women’s Bar Association