Energy
Cooley’s infrastructure, energy and real estate platform navigates clients through the convergence of three forces reshaping global capital markets: the acceleration of clean energy deployment, the explosive demand from AI and compute infrastructure, and the need for capital structures required to finance both.
Why Cooley
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Transactional counsel for the life cycle of energy projects
Cooley advises clients from early development and permitting through project finance, tax equity and incentive-driven structures, mergers and acquisitions, and platform-level investments. We represent sponsors, utilities, financial institutions and capital providers across the full life cycle of clean energy projects, helping clients align early development decisions with strategy, financing, portfolio growth and long-term value.
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Fluency in innovative energy technologies and asset types
Our energy lawyers advise across solar, wind, battery storage, nuclear and geothermal projects, as well as grid interconnection and the technologies and systems that store, manage and optimize power. This breadth allows us to support diversified portfolios, emerging technologies and evolving asset mixes – while tailoring strategies to the specific requirements of each energy source.
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Future-ready capital structures for frontier energy assets
Leveraging Cooley’s market-leading venture capital, private equity, capital markets and M&A platform, we design capital structures calibrated to development risk, construction timelines, and long-term operating plans – including tax equity, structured debt, securitizations and strategic joint ventures – while preserving flexibility for refinancings, acquisitions and exits.
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Built for energy projects supporting compute-intensive infrastructure
As demand from data centers and AI-driven compute accelerates, energy projects increasingly require coordinated siting, interconnection, procurement and financing strategies. Cooley helps clients translate power strategy into execution on accelerated timelines.
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What types of energy projects does Cooley advise on?
Cooley advises across the full spectrum of clean and renewable energy projects, development stage, permitting and land rights, construction and term financings, tax equity and Inflation Reduction Act transferability structures, DOE advice, development and operating assets acquisitions, and platform level M&A.
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How does Cooley support energy project development, financing and M&A?
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Does Cooley advise on energy projects tied to AI and large‑scale infrastructure?
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What makes Cooley’s energy practice different from other law firms?
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