Renewables, decarbonization, and clean energy are playing an increasingly important role as part of the energy transition. UB Greensfelder’s energy lawyers advise on solar, wind, ethanol, and other biofuels, as well as issues related to electric vehicle transitions.
MOBILITY & EV TRANSITION
Our lawyers advise on the following areas related to mobility and EV transition:
Commercial Advice
- Repurposing retail motor fuel stations, including incorporating renewables and EV charging stations and motor fuel stations
- Managing franchise and distribution relationships as part of the transition to renewables and bridge fuels, including contractual considerations, franchise and state relationship laws, and Petroleum Marketing Practices Act matters
- Payment cards, including credit cards and electronic payment platforms (including PCI requirements)
- Real estate acquisitions and leasing, financing, redevelopment of existing spaces, easements, existing facility planning, environmental, redevelopment, deed restrictions, and ROFR/ROFO rights
- Touchless consumer transactions, including biometric and privacy laws, digitization, and related privacy and consumer issues
- Advertising and marketing
- Loyalty and rewards programs
- Federal and state antitrust and pricing counseling and compliance
- Branding, including brand licenses and multi-branding
- Cryptocurrency
- EV charging installation
- Mobile energy services
- Convenience store and ancillary profit center issues
- Environmental regulation and mitigation
- Mergers and acquisitions, including buying and selling sites and businesses
- Procurement
- Joint venture contracts
- Compliance with declaration of states of emergency
Dispute Resolution/Litigation
- Related dispute resolution, including litigation, mediation, and arbitration
- Franchise and state relationship law disputes
- Termination and nonrenewal of retailers and wholesalers
- Petroleum Marketing Practices Act and franchise laws
- Premises claims, including personal injury and premises liability
- Biometric and privacy laws
- Pricing and antitrust claims, including Robinson-Patman Act and UCC 2-305, as well as Clayton and Sherman Act claims
- Consumer fraud claims, including class actions from advertising and other product-associated claims, privacy, and pricing
- State and federal regulatory investigations
- State below-cost pricing and transfer pricing claims
- Real estate litigation, including condemnations, easements, contract disputes, ROFRs, deed restrictions
- Contract and commercial tort cases of all types
- Litigation of environmental issues arising from contamination at retail sites
Construction
- Advice and counsel related to legal issues associated with station redesign to accommodate renewables
- Modifying retail footprint
- Construction contracts, including negotiating complex construction contracts to build out new infrastructure
- Construction documentation
- Claims handling
- Mechanic’s lien litigation
- Arbitration and litigation arising out of building activity at refineries, pipelines, and chemical plants
- Construction disputes, including litigating design and performance issues with manufacturers of equipment
Intellectual Property
- Trademark counseling, licensing, registration, and litigation
- Patent prosecution, counseling, and litigation
SOLAR, WIND, AND OTHER RENEWABLES
We also represent solar, wind, and other renewable companies in a wide range of matters, including corporate, financing, real estate advice and deals for wind and solar, regulatory and antitrust, M&A, tax, construction contracts, insurance, mitigation of potential litigation and dispute risks, and issues related to motor fuel station adaptation.
Representative Matters
- Advised an energy company on legal issues associated with incorporating EV chargers.
- Represented a client in the negotiation and preparation of an operating agreement for the purchase and installation of solar energy farm.
- Represented clients on the development of power purchase agreements and related leases.
- Advised a client on the design/build agreement for solar project.
- Represented a client in construction contracts and dispute agreements.
- Advised companies on patent and IP work related to solar energy.
- Defended indemnity and contribution claims.
- Developed a client’s services agreements.
- Represented a client in the development of an ethanol plant.
- Advised an alternative energy company on legal issues to develop and operate new energy plants.
- Negotiated solar and wind leasing.
- Represented a client in connection with the installation of solar panels.
