With more than 1,200 attorneys in 20 offices across the United States and in Beijing, Shanghai and Taipei, Perkins Coie represents a variety of Clean Technology companies ranging in size from formation-stage startups to Fortune 50 companies.

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With more than 1,200 attorneys in 20 offices across the United States and in Beijing, Shanghai and Taipei, Perkins Coie represents a variety of Clean Technology companies ranging in size from formation-stage startups to Fortune 50 companies.

We work with experienced venture capital and private equity funds, government institutions, the Department of Energy, research institutions, service providers and other key participants in the Clean Technology industry. Please click on a section below for more information on an area of particular interest.

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We advise our Clean Technology clients on numerous key issues including start-up formation, founders issues and raising capital. Our Intellectual Property attorneys help our Clean Technology clients patent and protect their intellectual property. In addition to providing start-up, corporate and intellectual property counsel, we advise Clean Technology clients on labor and human relations matters. Our Environment and Energy attorneys counsel public and private clients who are advancing scientific and technological responses to climate change. Our Energy Regulation and Policy attorneys help clients site and operate manufacturing plants as well as market and execute strategic partnerships and acquisitions.

Working across multiple practice groups, we counsel Clean Technology clients on a variety of issues involving key sectors of Clean Technology, including energy efficiency, renewables, alternative energy, transportation and water.

We work with experienced venture capital and private equity funds, government institutions, the Department of Energy, research institutions, service providers and other key participants in the Clean Technology industry. Please click on a section below for more information on an area of particular interest.

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We advise our Clean Technology clients on numerous key issues including start-up formation, founders issues and raising capital. Our Intellectual Property attorneys help our Clean Technology clients patent and protect their intellectual property. In addition to providing start-up, corporate and intellectual property counsel, we advise Clean Technology clients on labor and human relations matters. Our Environment and Energy attorneys counsel public and private clients who are advancing scientific and technological responses to climate change. Our Energy Regulation and Policy attorneys help clients site and operate manufacturing plants as well as market and execute strategic partnerships and acquisitions.

Working across multiple practice groups, we counsel Clean Technology clients on a variety of issues involving key sectors of Clean Technology, including energy efficiency, renewables, alternative energy, transportation and water.

Energy Efficiency

Our Clean Technology clients have developed energy-efficient technologies for buildings, homes, transportation and power systems that reduce energy consumption, help to control global emissions of greenhouse gases, and otherwise reduce carbon footprints. The federal Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) seeks to "strengthen America's energy security, environmental quality, and economic vitality in public-private partnerships that: enhance energy efficiency and productivity, bring clean, reliable and affordable energy technologies to the marketplace; and make a difference in the everyday lives of Americans." Perkins Coie attorneys share this goal and support our clients in the developing, selling or buying of energy-conserving and energy-efficient products and technologies. As we are fluent with government policies in energy efficiency, such as California's 2020 and 2030 zero net energy initiatives, we are able to provide detailed and forward-thinking counsel to clients to help strengthen and protect their companies and technologies. Our attorneys are experienced with working on matters involving carbon markets and carbon regulation, green building, energy-efficient transportation technologies and clean air and water technologies.

Renewables/Alternative Energy

Our Clean Technology clients develop technological advancements that use alternative energy to replace traditional fossil fuels, including wind power and wind generation, solar power and solar energy, hydropower, geothermal energy, biomass conversion, biothermal energy, recovered energy and clean conventional energy generation. We work with local, state and federal regulatory agencies to ensure these technologies are environmentally sound and help our clients obtain federal and state grants, cooperative agreements and loan guarantees for renewable energy projects. We secure siting and permitting for Clean Technology energy facilities and work with publicly traded, investor-owned and independent renewable energy power producers generating and trading renewable energy, carbon offsets and renewable energy credits from biomass conversion, biofuels, geothermal, hydropower, recovered energy, solar power, water power and wind.

Perkins Coie attorneys have a long-standing commitment to meeting today's needs without compromising future generations. We are proud to continue this commitment by representing and counseling Clean Technology industry leaders and innovators. All the resources and experience of our firm are at the disposal of our clients, and we know how to bring those resources to bear in a practical and efficient manner to achieve solutions.

Representative Industries

Since the 1970s, Perkins Coie lawyers have been advising solar developers, lenders and investors on all aspects and at every stage of power project development and operation, in both regulated and unregulated settings. Our work includes numerous projects, and we routinely address issues related to processing development applications, construction, financing and operation. In the course of our representations on both large- and small-scale projects, our multidisciplinary solar energy team has worked with utilities, developers, financial supporters and end-user customers on leases, net metering, tax incentives, financing and other issues that affect solar energy projects, as well as other renewable energy projects. When necessary, we have also defended projects against legal challenges.


  For the past decade, Perkins Coie lawyers have been advising wind developers, lenders, investors and utilities on all aspects of large and small wind projects, in both regulated and unregulated settings. We have worked on numerous projects, addressing issues related to siting, permitting, construction, financing, operation, power purchase agreements and interconnection to the grid. Our multidisciplinary wind energy team has worked with utilities, developers, financial supporters and end-user customers on leases, tax incentives, financing and the other issues that affect wind and other renewable energy projects. When necessary, we have also defended projects against legal challenges.


Global warming, climate change, droughts and population growth all contribute to water shortages in numerous areas across the United States and worldwide. To solve these water problems, researchers and developers are exploring clean energy devices and clean methods improve water storage, increase the water supply and conservation, and promote desalination and water reuse. Perkins Coie attorneys work with investors and researchers who are looking to invest in and revolutionize these clean/green water technologies and processes. Our attorneys represent and counsel water organizations, private companies, venture capitalists, industry groups, and real estate developers to ensure that the use of clean/green technology maximizes water use, sustains anticipated growth, protects existing investments and align with local, state and federal regulations regarding water use and water quality. We also assist governments in developing legislation to encourage clean technology and clean methods for water use, including by using rain collection devices with impervious surfaces and minimizing evaporative losses from water reservoirs open to the atmosphere. We also counsel governments and municipalities regarding clean methods for water development and management, including performing non-injurious inter-basin transfers of water, reusing of gray water for irrigation and industrial use, and storing storm and gray water underground for subsequent reuse.


  The Department of Energy's Vehicle Technologies Program focuses on developing energy-efficient and environmentally friendly highway transportation technologies that reduce America's petroleum dependence. Perkins Coie attorneys provide the Cleantech transportation industry with legal counsel in a number of areas including hybrid and vehicle systems, vehicle energy storage, vehicle charging stations, advanced combustion engines, fuels and lubricants and more. Perkins Coie attorneys have always represented leaders in the transportation industry, beginning with The Boeing Company, the firm's first client and one of its biggest current clients. As transportation technology evolves, Perkins Coie continues to represent industry leaders and innovators. We counsel companies that develop, build and market the next generation of highly efficient aircraft and ground vehicles, and work with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists involved in the latest clean transportation technologies. 


  Innovative and green or eco-friendly materials for construction and energy products continue to grow in popularity as we strive to have a less harmful impact on the environment in the places where we live and work. Perkins Coie has been involved with several of the leading research institutions, companies and entrepreneurs seeking to establish new materials that are compatible with the environment. Our experience in helping establish collaborations between our clients, university research institutions and government-sponsored research institutions, has helped bring innovative materials to market. Our IP team is responsible for dozens of patents protecting these unique and innovative substances, and our business transaction professionals have established strategic partnerships for the development, manufacturing and commercialization of an array of clean materials.


The use of geothermal energy as a renewable base load to produce electricity is increasing in the western United States and other parts of the world. Since the early 1980s, Perkins Coie lawyers have been assisting clients with their geothermal power plant project acquisition, siting, development, construction and operation legal issues. Our geothermal legal team's experience includes advising developers, contractors, lenders, investors and utilities on all aspects of large and small, domestic and international geothermal projects, including geothermal leasing on private and public property, water rights acquisition, permitting, engineering, procurement and construction contracts, power purchase agreements, interconnection and transmission agreements, project finance and tax incentives.

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