Energy
Stevens & Lee represents a wide range of utilities, generators and consumers in the energy industry. We counsel clients in the development, purchase, sale, distribution and marketing of all forms of energy – electric, coal, oil, natural gas, solar, hydropower and renewables. In addition, our lawyers have significant experience assisting clients with public policy issues that directly affect the industry.
Stevens & Lee provides a complete range of strategic and traditional legal services to industry participants, including:
- Contract negotiation and creation
- Tax assessment and recovery proceedings
- Real estate and construction
- Environmental due diligence, including liability transfer agreements
- Water rights procurement
- Zoning and land use regulation
- Labor and employment
- Bankruptcy
- Procurement
Drawing on our unique platform, Stevens & Lee and its affiliates offer a unique body of expertise to the energy industry. Our team of professionals includes a former in-house counsel to a large energy company, a former general counsel to a privately held waste management company with substantial experience in waste-to-energy projects, a former Chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee and a licensed professional geologist. Through our industry-focused platform approach, we offer a wide range of professional services to the energy industry, including advocating on behalf of publicly traded energy companies in the Commonwealth.