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They are fluent in project finance, tax equity and permitting, and they keep the whole deal moving.
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A team that understands what a lender needs and what a developer can deliver.
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Their power purchase agreement advice for data centers was both creative and bankable.
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Excellent on cross-border infrastructure, with real depth in London and New York.
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Calm and rigorous through a very complicated construction dispute.
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They make regulatory change in energy feel manageable.
Overview
Corvane Ryle advises developers, utilities, oil and gas companies, financial sponsors, lenders and governments on the projects that power and connect the global economy. Energy transition work is a defining strength of the firm, and it sits alongside long-standing experience in conventional power, midstream, transport and digital infrastructure. Clients include developers such as Solenne Energy and logistics operators such as Tidewater Logistics.
The sector is changing quickly. Demand for electricity from data centers and electrification is reshaping power markets, and developers, utilities and hyperscalers are negotiating long-term supply, interconnection and co-location arrangements on unfamiliar terms. Renewable, storage and grid projects depend on tax credits, permitting timelines and supply chains that are subject to policy change and tariffs. In Europe, grid access, state aid rules and the EU's climate and sustainability reporting framework shape project design, while Asia-Pacific and the Gulf continue to attract significant infrastructure capital.
Our teams cover project development and finance, M&A, tax, regulatory, environmental, construction, restructuring and disputes. We advise sponsors through the full life of an asset, from site control and offtake to financing, construction, operation and exit. Isabelle Duchamp-Moore in London leads our energy and infrastructure practice and acts on cross-border projects, and Arjun Mehra-Collins in New York advises on the tax structuring that underpins many of them.
Projects in this sector are long-lived and capital intensive, so we focus on allocating risk sensibly between developers, lenders, offtakers and contractors, and on building structures that survive changes in policy and markets. Our lawyers are used to working with engineers, regulators and public authorities, and to translating technical constraints into clear contract terms.
Areas of focus
Powering AI: Structuring Data Center Power Purchase Agreements
Corvane Ryle advises Solenne Energy on solar portfolio financing
Representative experience
- Advised Solenne Energy on the financing of a 900 MW solar portfolio.
- Represented a hyperscale technology company in power purchase agreements supporting new data center campuses.
- Advised a utility on the sale of a minority stake in a regulated transmission business.
- Acted for a lender group on a construction financing for a battery storage portfolio.
- Counseled Tidewater Logistics on the concession and financing of a port terminal expansion.
- Advised a European infrastructure fund on the acquisition of an offshore wind development platform.
- Represented a developer in an international arbitration concerning a gas-fired power plant construction contract.
- Advised a sponsor on a hydrogen production project, including offtake and public funding arrangements.
- Counseled an oil and gas company on a joint venture for a liquefied natural gas export facility.
- Advised a renewable developer on the sale of tax credits and related tax equity structuring.