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Contact: Christopher J. Carr , Susan Mac Cormac , Tessa J. Schwartz

Dedicated, Experienced Advisors—Cutting-Edge Expertise

Morrison & Foerster’s Cleantech attorneys are dedicated to representing clients that are bringing innovative and sustainable products, services, and processes to the marketplace. The firm has a long history of advising a broad range of investors, emerging companies, and established companies in related industries.

Cleantech is a dynamic, evolving, and expanding sector. Companies in this area are developing sustainable technologies and programs that offer returns for investors, provide worthwhile solutions to customers, reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, and protect the natural systems and resources of the planet.

While the Cleantech sector is relatively new, Morrison & Foerster already has vast knowledge and experience counseling leading companies in the following areas that comprise this sector:

Biofuels , Renewable Energy , Biological Sustainable Solutions ,
Sustainable Green Programs , Carbon Markets and Trading , Sustainable Organic , Carbon Tracking and Sequestration , Waste Reduction , Clean Conventional Energy , Water Technology , Energy Efficiency and Intelligence , Other Alternative Energy , Fuel Cells and Batteries , Other Sustainable Technology , and Green Building .

Morrison & Foerster’s attorneys provide both substantive expertise and unique practical insights within a rich variety of practice areas and regions, demonstrating a breadth of capabilities in virtually every area of law, including:

Corporate , Energy , Finance , Land Use and Environmental Law , Litigation , Patent/Intellectual Property , Tax , Technology Transactions , Venture Capital , China , Japan , Latin America , and U.K./Europe .

Advising clients in this evolving sector requires decades of legal experience. With a former EPA General Counsel and other industry specialists working together, Morrison & Foerster has led clients through the creation of new technologies, infrastructures, markets, and regulatory regimes. Additionally, the firm’s global presence—over 1,000 lawyers in 18 key financial and technology centers around the world—provides both substantive expertise and unique practical insights in domestic and cross-border financial, transactional, and regulatory matters.