Overview
Vinson & Elkins has a diverse, worldwide project development and finance practice, with particular depth of experience in power generation and other energy-related projects. Our project development and finance lawyers have participated in a broad array of power and non-power projects throughout the world, including projects involving refineries, petrochemical plants, oil, natural gas and products pipelines, LNG and LPG facilities, hospitals, telecommunications, roads, water systems, and other infrastructure. We have represented developers, lenders (governmental and private), governments, and advisors and have worked on numerous RFPs, privatizations, and greenfield projects.
We participate regularly on behalf of a wide range of project developers and suppliers in all phases of the development process, from initial project contract preparation and negotiation through siting and permitting, financing, construction, and operation. Our lawyers are intimately familiar with the issues involved in the myriad contracts necessary for a successful project, including EPC, output sales, fuel and other input purchases, operation and maintenance, site acquisition, and government support.
We have extensive experience in representing lenders and borrowers in domestic and international financings. These financings include multi-currency and foreign currency facilities and financings secured by stock and assets of foreign subsidiaries of domestic and foreign parent companies.
V&E brings broad experience in energy project development and financings. Selected examples include:
- Extensive involvement in the development and financing of electric power plants, pipelines, and other energy and petrochemical projects around the world
- Experience in structuring complex, multinational ventures, including tax, partnership, and corporate experience, and familiarity with interinvestor issues in power and other industrial and infrastructure projects
- Familiarity with a broad array of project finance structures, including through commercial banks, capital markets, multilateral and export credit agencies, and tax-exempt financings
- Recognized environmental and tax practice
- Experience in dealing with major industry players, including developers, multilateral agencies, export credit agencies, commercial banks, major equipment vendors, international engineering and construction firms, environmental and insurance consultants, and investment/merchant banks
- Our project finance and development practice has been recognized by many prominent international publications including: Petroleum Economist, Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Project Finance Lawyers, Infrastructure Journal, Project Finance, Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, Chambers USA: The Client's Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers, and The European Legal 500