Environmental - Finance, Carbon & Emissions Trading
Macleod Dixon has leading edge expertise in environmental finance, domestic and international emissions trading, and green power law. Members of Macleod Dixon’s emissions trading group have extensive experience acting for governments, organizations and corporations involved in both the design of emissions trading systems and transactions under new and evolving legal regimes. The firm is also experienced in the legal treatment and sale of environmental benefits from alternative power projects.
With offices in key energy jurisdictions, Macleod Dixon possesses the emissions trading expertise to address clients' legal needs in a manner that reflects their specific business risks and opportunities in the carbon finance market.
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REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Environment-Related Finance
Senior Lender and Consortium of International Lenders
Carbon counsel leading team of UK, Irish, Brazilian and Mexican lawyers on carbon finance backed securitization structure involving security in CDM revenue and related alternative energy projects.
International Finance Corporation (INCaF)
Advising on CER purchase transaction from portion of large landfill gas (methane) capture and flame project in Argentina.
International Finance Corporation (INCaF)
Advising on CER purchase transaction and structure of bundled BOT project with multi-party aggregation from wind power facilities in India.
Emissions Broker
Advising on the sale of emissions reductions.
Emission Reduction Project Development Company
Advised on all aspects of JI sale transaction related to emission reductions from pipelines in Russia and the Ukraine, including:
- incorporation;
- structure;
- foreign tax issues;
- JI process;
- ERPA;
- ERDA;
- financing (investment agreements for both jurisdictions); and
- ERU Pre-Payment Agreement.
Electricity Generator Consortium
Advising on the first ever challenge to an Independent Electricity System Operator rule, with cross-border emission consequences.
Multi-National Energy Marketing Corporation
- Advising on development of REC master agreement.
- Advising on second generation VER sale.
- Advising on REC and REC product sale.
Large Multi-National Bank
Advised on Emission Reduction Purchase Agreement for a Chinese wind electricity generation project under the CDM.
Carbon Experience
Large Oil and Gas Kyoto Compliance Buyer
Advising on structure and participation in GGCAP and World Bank's Umbrella Carbon Fund.
Fortune 50 Equipment Supplier
Advising on world-wide carbon strategy, commercial service contracts involving CERs as a payment mechanism, and pilot CDM projects.
International Finance Corporation
Advising on carbon market options and related risk to effect delivery of emission products.
Various
Advising and paid speaking engagements on carbon finance.
