Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Michael Best provides a full range of business services to all our renewable energy clients, including:

Finance, including equity and debt financing, recapitalizations, bank financing, roll-up and other multi-step transactions;

Intellectual Property, including trademark and patent protection and prosecution and intellectual property issues related to the creation of enzymes used in biofuel production;

Corporate governance, including business organization and structure, SEC compliance, fiduciary duties and business succession planning;

Regulatory matters involving facility siting and expansion, environmental and air permits, and zoning and land use considerations;

Contractual negotiations, including supply, power purchase, distribution, offtake and hedging agreements;

Transactional assistance with public and private debt and equity financing, commercial credit arrangements, technology licensing arrangements, and commodity and forward contracting; and

Litigation and dispute resolution services, ranging from intellectual property enforcement to commodities and price protection programs and product liability defense.