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Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy | Global

USA

The Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy rankings table below has been designed to provide the most in-depth insights and reviews of the top ranked lawyers and law firms. The firms included in our rankings have been recommended by in-house counsel, other third-party experts and private practice lawyers. Our comprehensive research ensures you have all the information needed when looking to purchase legal services across USA.

Rankings overview for Departments

E

Eminent Practitioners

  1. R Thomas AmisAmis, Patel & Brewer, LLP
3

Band 3

  1. Adam C. Kobos
    Adam C. Kobos Troutman Pepper Locke LLP1 Years Ranked
  2. Hilary Lefko
    Hilary Lefko Norton Rose Fulbright5 Years Ranked
  3. Ikenna Emehelu
    Ikenna Emehelu Akin4 Years Ranked
  4. Jeffrey Davis
    Jeffrey Davis White & Case LLP6 Years Ranked
  5. Marius Griskonis
    Marius Griskonis Linklaters8 Years Ranked
  6. Nadav Klugman
    Nadav Klugman White & Case LLP5 Years Ranked
  7. Neeraj Arora
    Neeraj Arora Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP6 Years Ranked
  8. Sean Shimamoto
    Sean Shimamoto Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates6 Years Ranked
  9. Amit KalraSheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
  10. Andrew RattsSheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
  11. Brian NeseStoel Rives LLP
  12. Jocelyn LavalloFoley & Lardner LLP
  13. Rusty BrewerAmis, Patel & Brewer, LLP
  14. Thomas HoffmannFoley & Lardner LLP
  15. Timothy P CallahanMcGuireWoods LLP

All Departments profiles

1

Band 1

  1. Latham & Watkins LLP
    1
    Latham & Watkins LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 1 | 16 Years Ranked
    Latham & Watkins LLP is an internationally renowned projects group, esteemed for its representation of lenders and sponsors. The firm is hugely respected for midstream and downstream work in the oil and gas space. It is a leading practice on the development of renewable energy assets in the USA. The team has an exceptional capability for advising on projects involving gas-fired power plants and transmission lines. In the LNG space, it routinely acts for industry giants.
  2. Milbank LLP
    1
    Milbank LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 1 | 16 Years Ranked
    Milbank LLP is one of the strongest and most focused projects firms operating in the USA today, frequently advising on some of the most complex and innovative project financings. The firm possesses strength across the full range of project financing and development, with particular skill representing big-name lenders. It has strength in Latin America, the USA and further afield. The team frequently provides advice to debt and equity investors, private sponsors and government lenders on sophisticated cross-border matters. The firm leverages its international expertise in mining and other sectors to represent development finance institutions, export credit agencies and multilateral development banks.
  3. 1
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 1 | 16 Years Ranked
    Norton Rose Fulbright is a powerhouse in the project financing and development space with an impressing offering across a range of asset classes. Its attorneys are active in conventional oil and gas projects, plus big ticket LNG financing and developments, both domestically and abroad. The firm is well regarded for work in the PPP arena and is active on several transportation-focused projects for both bidders and investors. It can call on a global network of offices to assist on multijurisdictional deals. The team continues to assist clients on high profile wind and solar project financings. The firm offers further strengths advising on the sale and acquisition of project companies, single projects and portfolios in the conventional and renewable power sectors.
  4. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
    1
    Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 1 | 16 Years Ranked
    Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP offers clients a broad projects practice with particular strengths in PPP and renewable power developments. It takes a leading role representing sponsors and developers on complex PPP negotiations. The team is recognized for notable capability in transit and aviation PPPs. The firm is well versed in issues surrounding tax equity planning in the renewables space. It has possesses considerable prowess handling acquisitions and sales of single projects and portfolios. The firm is also active on conventional power development.
2

Band 2

  1. A&O Shearman
    2
    A&O Shearman
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 2 | 6 Years Ranked
    The firm is well known for acting on a large number of innovative PPP projects across the USA. It possesses substantial expertise across transportation, energy and social infrastructure sectors. The team offers market-leading representation to sponsors, lenders and public sector clients. Its capabilities include PPP financed projects including railways, highways, bridges as well as various social infrastructure. The firm is further noted for PPP work in South America and other developing markets. Its attorneys advise clients on both secondary trades in brownfield assets as well as greenfield project development matters. The firm possesses enviable expertise in the agency finance space and is frequently sought to assist with the most complex financing and development matters on behalf of export credit agencies, development finance institutions and multilateral agencies. The firm is well regarded for its strength in mining work across the globe.
  2. Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
    2
    Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 2 | 23 Years Ranked
    Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is highly respected for its work on tax equity matters in the renewables space, where the team frequently represents large financial institutions. It garners praise for its deep understanding of the tax code and knowledge of key federal actors. The firm appears on high-stakes conventional power facility development and financing, on which it acts for sponsor-side and lender-side clients. It offers additional strength representing clients in complex PPP transactions.
  3. Vinson & Elkins LLP
    2
    Vinson & Elkins LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 2 | 10 Years Ranked
    Vinson & Elkins LLP is a Texas-based powerhouse highly regarded for its focus on the energy industry. The team is well known for its superb representation of the most significant oil and gas multinationals and energy-focused private equity funds. It has talented project counsel that understand the market, regulatory landscape and industry inside out. The team acts on behalf of developers, governments, lenders, borrowers and suppliers. It's strengths include the development of downstream oil and gas processing plants, LNG facilities and hydroelectric facilities. The firm also has market-leading capabilities in the acquisition and sale of single projects and portfolios in the conventional and renewable power sectors. It is further recognized for considerable strength in renewable energy projects across all asset classes.
  4. Winston & Strawn LLP
    2
    Winston & Strawn LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 2 | 16 Years Ranked
    Winston & Strawn LLP is well regarded for its renewables project development, financing and transactional work. The team are equally strong on wind and solar generation matters. The firm actively represents lenders, investors and developers in the USA with a full service approach catering to the growing corporate and industrial presence in the sector.The firm has further capabilities handling PPP-backed infrastructure projects, particularly in the transportation sector.
3

Band 3

  1. Mayer Brown LLP
    3
    Mayer Brown LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 3 | 10 Years Ranked
    Mayer Brown LLP is best known as one of the leading PPP teams in the country. It offers superb representation to numerous public bodies as well as private sponsors and lenders. The team is highly capable across all major infrastructure areas including roads, ports, airports and general transit, as well as social infrastructure projects. The firm also provides clients with strong knowledge of the renewables and tax equity space, with particular strength in Latin America.
  2. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
    3
    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 3 | 16 Years Ranked
    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates has a highly regarded projects group offering clients a broad projects practice that has equal experience representing lenders and developers. The team is active on conventional power, midstream and downstream oil and gas, and renewables project development. It is also noted for expertise in the development of electric transmission line projects. The firm provides clients with key financing and M&A advice and support from an international network of offices. It is frequently involved in projects across the USA, Europe and Africa. The firm has additional strength in the LNG sector.
  3. Kirkland & Ellis
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 3
  4. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 3
  5. Stoel Rives LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 3
4

Band 4

  1. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
    4
    Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 4 | 15 Years Ranked
    Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is well thought of for the depth of its bench and level of understanding concerning renewables projects. The firm is well versed in warehouse and tax equity structuring. It is active on solar and wind financings throughout the USA. It has additional strength in the conventional power space, assisting significant clients with the development, financing, acquisition and disposition of power projects throughout the USA. The firm is able to draw on expertise of practitioners stationed across a nationwide and international network of offices.
  2. Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
    4
    Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 4 | 6 Years Ranked

    Troutman Pepper Locke LLP has a strong team highlighted for its capabilities to advise on development and financing matters for solar, wind and other renewable and alternative energy projects. The firm is noted competence in tax equity financing structures as well as those involving financial derivatives. The team advises borrowers, lenders, developers and lessees among other project participants.

    On 1st January 2025, Troutman Pepper and Locke Lord merged to form Troutman Pepper Locke LLP.

  3. Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
    4
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 4 | 1 Years Ranked
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP undertakes a range of work in the renewable energy space. The team is experienced across a range of assets including solar, wind and other alternative energy sources. The firm regularly handles transactions and financings in the space for a range of industry clients.
  4. Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 4
  5. Foley & Lardner LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 4
  6. McDermott Will & Emery LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 4
5

Band 5

  1. Baker Botts L.L.P.
    5
    Baker Botts L.L.P.
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 5 | 7 Years Ranked
    Baker Botts L.L.P. is highly regarded for its deep roots advising clients involved in the oil and gas industries. It represents developers and producers on major downstream assets ranging from LNG processing facilities to oil and petrochemical processing plants. The team is is also capable of advising clients on DrillCo transactions for the development of upstream oil and gas fields. It is particularly strong on LNG sale and purchase agreements, and export terminal and regasification facilities development. The firm possesses a growing strength in the renewable power space.
  2. King & Spalding LLP
    5
    King & Spalding LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 5 | 1 Years Ranked
    King & Spalding LLP is esteemed for working on high profile international LNG project development, financing and contracting work. The firm often takes leading positions on emerging market propositions in the Middle East, Africa and South America for sponsor clients. It frequently advises producers and pipeline companies on cross-border and domestic pipeline projects. The firm have additional capabilities handling the financing of renewable energy projects, as well as transactions in the space.
  3. 5
    Nixon Peabody LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 5 | 3 Years Ranked
    Nixon Peabody LLP undertakes an array of project financing work in the renewable energy space with experience across a range of assets. The firm has additional capabilities in PPP transactions and has a particular strength handling infrastructure projects in the transportation sector.
  4. Paul Hastings LLP
    5
    Paul Hastings LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 5 | 1 Years Ranked
    Paul Hastings LLP is a strong choice for lenders active in the traditional power space. The team are experienced in the project financing and refinancing of gas-fired power plants.
  5. Sidley Austin LLP
    5
    Sidley Austin LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 5 | 4 Years Ranked
    Sidley Austin LLP has a growing presence in the development, financing, acquisition and sale of energy infrastructure, both domestically and internationally. It represents sponsors and lenders across the LNG value chain in the development of a wide range of facilities. The firm has a growing presence in the renewables space particularly concerning the A&D of solar and wind single assets and portfolios. 
  6. Husch Blackwell LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 5
  7. O'Melveny & Myers LLP
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 5
  8. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
    Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
    2025 | Band 5