Energy & Utilities

ZentLaw’s Energy & Utilities practice provides legal counsel and support to businesses and governmental organizations in addressing a spectrum of legal issues pertinent to the ever-evolving energy industry and the dynamic landscape of utility operations. Our experienced attorneys provide guidance on strategic decisions, policy initiatives, commercial transactions, compliance matters, and project financing and development. We also assist clients in addressing legal matters related to the development, manufacture, implementation, licensing, marketing, and sale or acquisition of solar, wind, electric, and other other energy technologies.

Our clients include some of the nation’s most well-known water, electric and telecommunications utilities, as well as municipalities and energy technology firms. We also provide ongoing legal counsel to independent power producers and emerging businesses in the smart energy sector, who benefit from our attorneys’ extensive experience in assessing and resolving complex legal requirements and challenges relevant to their business. We also represent Internet Service Providers, wireless carriers, content providers, and telecom companies on the full range of issues arising under commercial agreements, electronic transactions, and content rules.

Green Technology

Green technology is one of the most dynamic sectors in our economy today, with outsized growth opportunities for established energy companies and emerging startups alike, but it also comes with a myriad of transactional and compliance risks and challenges. The Green Technology practice group at ZentLaw has the experience and skills to meet these risks and challenges on behalf of businesses of all sizes and backgrounds in the green technology space, and our attorneys can provide the legal counsel and support your organization requires to keep up with the evolving marketplace and compliance environment. Our flexible approach to pricing and schedules provides added benefits for clients in this industry facing uncertain challenges and needs.

Our clients include both public and private sector organizations, and we provide legal support to many of the nation’s most well-known utilities, technology leaders, and municipalities. Our attorneys have provided legal counsel to a wide range of entities in the green technology space, including manufacturers, installers, resellers and institutional customers of green technologies, utilities, publicly traded technology companies, clean technology start-up companies, and educational institutions. In our work on behalf of clients in this rapidly changing and innovative industry, we have had the privilege of being on the forefront of advising on high-profile clean technology transactions, including transactions that have been the first of their kind in the United States.