Cleantech -- Carbon Tracking and Sequestration

Morrison & Foerster has led the way in the Cleantech sector for decades, representing clients in related industries for more than 30 years. While carbon markets emerge in the United States and start to scale in Europe, investors and companies are seeking to understand what carbon assets they already own and which carbon liabilities they should mitigate. Facing both voluntary and regulated approaches globally, the firm represents investors, emerging companies, and established companies who are looking to optimize their carbon value through tracking and sequestration.

Morrison & Foerster can provide advice on carbon tracking and sequestration industry-specific challenges, including:

• Advise on new technologies that affect carbon emissions, and how to protect your intellectual property associated with innovative processes, new products, or other pioneering approaches.
• Assist your company in evaluating your emissions portfolio, and developing emissions management strategies to identify and minimize regulatory risk. We can help you take advantage of emissions reduction opportunities, including trading on carbon markets around the world.
• Counsel you how to both mitigate impacts and implement adaptation measures to respond to effects of both on-site and off-site sequestration projects.
• Help you stay ahead of market trends related to greenhouse gas emissions and carbon tracking and sequestration, as well as emerging state and local regulatory developments and what implementation is required.

Morrison & Foerster can also provide a wide range of legal services, such as:

• Help emerging and privately owned companies succeed at every stage of development – from initial business formation, to raising venture capital financing and achieving a successful exit through a sale, public offering, or merger.
• Advise publicly listed companies on a full range of securities laws and related matters, including the disclosure and regulatory obligations of the SEC, national exchanges and associations, Sarbanes-Oxley, and other corporate governance matters.  We can also counsel your board of directors and committees on corporate governance and other issues.
• Advise on how to capture the full value of your intellectual property, trade secrets, trademarks, and other innovations.  We also counsel you on an overall intellectual property portfolio management and strategy.
• Help you scale and grow through assistance on strategic alliances, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, and other capital-raising activities such as venture capital and private equity.
• Defend your firm’s interests through our best-in-class litigation, arbitration, and mediation services, and protect the full value and competitive advantage of your assets, revenue, and income – including your intellectual property (e.g., patents, trademarks, trade secrets), securities, capital structure (e.g., stock options, equities, debt), environmental position (e.g., carbon credits, land use) and more.