Projects & Infrastructure

A Holistic Approach To A Complex Enterprise

Development isn’t linear or predictable. What differentiates a financeable project? Ensuring that the tools and teams are in place – and having the capacity to handle the details and detours – while managing the big picture down to the smallest detail. We take a pragmatic, disciplined approach.

Our Projects & Infrastructure team has decades of experience navigating the complexities of projects across the globe. We help clients accelerate the development of new energy and sustainable infrastructure projects as well as advance innovative business models in the industry.

Integrated Practices:
Energy & Sustainability	Energy Regulatory	Public-Private Partnerships (P3s)

Mintz’s Annual Energy Transition Summit

Bringing together industry leaders and clean energy sector investors for a day of critical discussions and networking.

Awards

LexBlog

Practice blog recognized among the "Top 5 Energy Blogs in the Am Law 200"

Euromoney’s LMG Clean Technology & Renewable Energy

Listed among the “Top 10 Clean Technology Firms"

Our Experience

Energy Funding Matrix

Recent pieces of legislation, such as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), have created dozens of grant, loan and financing programs for renewable energies. MLS and Mintz have developed an ESG funding matrix that serves as an aggregate resource to help you leverage federal dollars in your clean and renewable energy efforts.

International Project Finance Fundamentals

View the latest edition of International Project Finance Fundamentals, authored by Ayaz Shaikh.

Carbon Credit and Carbon Offset Fundamentals

In this in-depth article, Mintz Projects & Infrastructure Practice Chair Ayaz Shaikh, along with Mintz Associates Areta Jez and Brad Alexander, survey the establishment and evolution of carbon markets and explain carbon credits, carbon offsets, and the difference between compulsory and voluntary carbon markets.

Our Approach

We invest in understanding your project and your company. We dive deep into the markets, the technology, the risks, and the stakeholders to position you to achieve your goals. We will also help you organize, manage, and drive the process to stay on schedule and within budget. Throughout, we prioritize and monitor each step – to maximize our team’s efficiency, to provide added value, and to focus on the issues that matter.

Our advantage is bringing experience in project development, complex financings, and emerging energy technologies. Uniquely positioned to bring pioneering projects to market, we are recognized for our innovation and sophistication.

Leveraging our experience, we work with clients from project concept, through structuring, development and financing to:

Accurately evaluate the soundness and viability of projects
Identify, quantify and appropriately allocate project risks among stakeholders to incentivize cooperation and optimize outcomes among stakeholders
Weave together the technical, commercial, contractual, regulatory, tax, permitting and legal elements necessary for project fruition
Navigate both anticipated and unforeseen hurdles to achieve a successful financial closing

Diverse Constituents

Sponsors
Developers
Owners
Lenders
Multi-laterals
Government ministries
Strategic Investors
Energy and infrastructure Funds
Other private equity investors
Hedge providers

Service providers
Retail Electricity Suppliers
EPC Contractors, Off-takers, and End-users
Trading Companies
Other project participants

Breadth Across Project Sectors

Solar
Wind (Offshore/Onshore)
Energy Storage (fuel cells/batteries)
EV Infrastructure
Waste-to-energy/Waste Diversion
Renewable Natural Gas
Geothermal
Hydro
Energy-as-a-service
Nuclear
Water and Water Treatment
Wastewater Treatment Facilities

Aluminum Smelters and Coke Batteries
Mining and Minerals
Upstream and Midstream
Conventional Power
Refineries and Petrochemicals
Offshore Platforms
Pulp & Paper
Steel and other industrial facilities
Railroads
Ports and Airports
Roads, Tunnels and Bridges
Telecom & Satellites

Soup to Nuts Representation

Bid Submission & Support
Early Stage Development
Ownership, Consortia & JV Arrangements
Concession & Other Host Country Agreements
Acquisition Agreements
Full Range of Project Contracts
Project Construction and Operations
CFIUS & FCPA
Marketing and Hedging Arrangements

Debt Financing of All Types
Tax Equity Financing
Project M&A (Single Asset and Portfolios)
Real Estate and Land Use
Regulatory and Permitting
Environmental
Tax
Restructurings & Bankruptcies
Disputes, Arbitration and Litigation

Goal

Our goal is to ensure that the energy projects our clients develop, construct, buy, and sell are viable and financeable, and that they are transacted smoothly and efficiently. Good process drives success, and our track record speaks for itself.

Unique Specialization

Our Projects & Infrastructure practice weaves together two other practices critical to the growth of cutting-edge energy and infrastructure.

Our Energy & Sustainability Practice: Built for this Moment. At the frontlines of the energy and sustainability revolution since the start, our team was built for this moment - to advance innovation, transform infrastructure, and scale solutions integral to business success and a thriving planet.
Our Public-Private Partnerships (P3) Practice: Our unique interdisciplinary team includes Projects, Public Finance, Real Estate and Public Policy professionals – all of the key components required for an integrated P3 practice ideally positioned to address the growing focus on U.S. infrastructure.

What Our Clients Are Saying

The team is very strong and competitive. They form a great working relationship with their counterparts across the table.

Client, Chambers 2021Projects: Renewable & Alternative Energy

They are my go-to firm.

Client, Chambers 2021Projects: Renewable & Alternative Energy

I was really impressed with them. They are great people to work with and makes the long nights and everything more enjoyable. They are sophisticated in their understanding of issues in the power markets, which helped us navigate issues to get the closing. They help not only from a legal standpoint, but also navigate some of the commercial issues we are dealing with.