Covington

Covington is a pre-eminent international law firm with more than 1,300 attorneys and advisors and with offices in major financial and political centers of the world, including Beijing, Brussels, Dubai, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, and Washington, DC. Covington’s Role in the Energy Transition.

As efforts accelerate to decarbonize the world’s energy and transportation infrastructure, traditional industry participants are disrupting markets and innovating new solutions that require deft navigation of uncharted paths at the intersection of law, policy, finance, and business. Our multidisciplinary team of lawyers and policy advisors – including our collaborative Energy Regulatory, Public Policy, Environmental, and Project Development and Finance practices -- are very familiar with the dynamic and rapidly evolving landscape of the energy transition.  

Our efforts for energy clients in the energy transition span the entire spectrum of industry participants including a full range of solar, wind and other renewable energy companies, nuclear developers, and companies with leading edge technologies in biofuels and clean transportation, energy efficiency, demand management, and smart grid, and resource management. We also advise venture capital firms, private equity firms, investment banks, and commercial banks that provide investment capital to these businesses as well as leading trade associations for many of these industry segments.  

We operate seamlessly across our international offices to deliver coordinated advice and representation in regulatory and legislative matters, litigation and arbitration, and transactional work that maximizes value for our broad range of energy clients. The blend of sector-knowledge, experience, and lawyers who are experts in their field gives us the unique ability to advise clients on a broad range of legal issues affecting the sector.  

Project Development and Finance Covington’s International Project Development and Finance practice represents clients on the acquisition, development, financing, restructuring, and divestiture of projects in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa, and Asia. Our global team advises energy companies, independent power producers, developers, sponsors, joint ventures, equity investors, government entities, and lenders in all aspects of project development and project finance. 

Accolades: Chambers USA, Climate Change - Gary Guzy, Kevin Poloncarz Chambers USA, Environment - Kevin Poloncarz Chambers Europe, Regulatory: Environment - Cándido Garcia Molyneux Chambers Global, Projects & Energy (Africa-wide and Middle East-wide)