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Event: Solar Project Financing 2012 - Life After the 1603 Cash Grant

March 01, 2012 17:43

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m Computer History Museum 1401 N. Shoreline Boulevard Mountain View, CA 94043 REGISTER NOW The successful federal Section 1603 cash grant program expired at the end of 2011. With the cash grant no longer available what will stimulate investments in...

M&A in the United States: What Chinese Companies Need to Know about Exon-Florio Review in the Clean Technology and Other Business Sectors

January 31, 2012 00:40

By Fred M. Greguras (Palo Alto), Michael J. O'Neil (Washington, D.C.), and Chenhao Zhu (Palo Alto) The clean technology business sector has become very important to China’s economy. As the U.S. is still a leader in clean technology innovation, the recent sector shakeout makes strategic...

The CJEU's Recent Judgment Closes the EU Judicial Chapter in the EU ETS Dispute

December 23, 2011 17:46

By Vanessa Edwards (London), Philip Torbøl (Brussels), Christopher Tung (Hong Kong), and Sara Aparicio Hill (Brussels) The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has delivered its Judgment on a Preliminary Ruling on the European Union’s Emissions Trading...

Perspective: Recent Solarpraxis PV Power Plants Conference

December 12, 2011 21:35

By Fred Greguras (Palo Alto) The SolarPraxis PV Power Plants - USA 2011 conference in Phoenix brought together solar project developers, bankers and other investors, utilities, regulators and other stakeholders to discuss the problems and solutions for getting more utility solar projects built,...

The Importance of Solar Project Site Control Issues

November 15, 2011 18:26

By Fred Greguras (Palo Alto) and Stan Lewandowski (Palo Alto) The power purchase agreement (“PPA”) is the primary source of revenue in a solar project financing for debt service to a lender as well as for returns to other investors and the project developer. If the solar...

Virginia Supreme Court Rules That Insurer Has No Duty to Defend Global Warming-Related Claims

November 04, 2011 22:07

By: John M. Sylvester (Pittsburgh) and Jonathan D. Christman (Pittsburgh) In the nation’s first appellate decision of its kind, the Virginia Supreme Court has held that an insurer does not have a duty to defend an energy company policyholder for third-party liability claims alleging global...

Event: Generating Revenue Globally: Tapping Into Markets Abroad

October 17, 2011 18:51

Tuesday, November 1, 2011 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.   Computer History Museum 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94043 or K&L Gates San Francisco Four Embarcadero Center Suite 1200 San Francisco, CA 94111   REGISTER NOW   In partnership with Deloitte, K&L Gates...

Event: How the Patent Reform Act will Impact Your Business

October 14, 2011 00:08

Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. PDT Computer History Museum 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA Register Now On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed into law the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (the “Act”), which will substantially affect the way that patents...

A Blow to Airlines in EU ETS Dispute

October 10, 2011 21:00

By Vanessa Edwards (London/Brussels), Philip Torbøl (Brussels), Christopher Tung (Hong Kong), and Jonathan Blank (Washington, D.C.) In an important case pending before the European Court of Justice (ECJ), the Advocate General Juliane Kokott (AG) delivered her Opinion on...

Upcoming Event: Maximizing Value for a Successful Acquisition

August 26, 2011 20:16

Please join us for this valuable seminar being held on two separate dates, September 14 in Mountain View, and September 21 in San Mateo. September 14, 2011 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. Sensiba San Filippo 1840 Gateway Drive, Suite 420 San Mateo, CA 94404 Detailed Driving Directions Register Now September...