Our Climate Tech practice has the mission of supporting clients’ efforts to avert the worst consequences of the global environmental crisis by providing differentiated and highly sophisticated legal services to startups and startup investors in the climate technologies sector. Our clients are developing and scaling innovations in climate software, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage, nuclear fusion, batteries, mobility, sustainable agriculture, materials science, advanced manufacturing, plastic alternatives, and other areas.
Our team is the first of its kind in the industry, consisting of experts in the field with backgrounds not only in law, but in biotech sciences, engineering, and public health policy development. As such, we are able to provide proactive and comprehensive legal services to climate technology enterprises and investors across the globe.
We represent many leading climate tech companies and more than 35 climate tech investors. We also partner with leading innovators on events and sponsorships, establishing a meaningful presence and connection within the Climate Tech community.
Connect with our Climate Tech team and let us know how we can help.
Areas of Focus
Our comprehensive offering includes:
- Company incorporation, specifically for climate tech companies
- Seed, venture, and growth financings
- Fund formation
- Sell-side, buy-side, and investor-side M&A transactions
- Commercial and intellectual property transactions, including patents and licensing
- Litigation and dispute counseling
- Preparing for early-stage financings
- How to leverage and negotiate deal structuring for early-stage startups
- Legal Q&As with prominent climate tech investors
- Emerging trends in the climate tech ecosystem
- Climate tech funding outlooks
Contacts
- /en/people/s/sparks-andrew
Andrew P. Sparks
Partner