Infrastructure

Private investment in public infrastructure will play an increasingly important role in driving economic growth and delivering essential assets and services. Our award-winning Infrastructure team brings the commercial, legal and practical experience needed to navigate the complexities of these projects. Orrick's practice is distinguished by its balanced client portfolio, representing private equity and debt investors, sponsors and developers, as well as governmental procuring authorities. This 360-degree perspective enables us to structure commercially viable transactions from the outset and anticipate the issues that can lead to protracted procurements, delays and failed projects.

Recognized as a Law360 Practice Group of the Year in Energy, Construction and Project Finance, Orrick represents sponsors, lenders, equity investors, financial insurers and governmental entities in traditional and alternative project delivery transactions, including design-build and public-private partnerships (PPP or P3). We are Band 1 recognized by Chambers for U.S. PPP, Energy Transition, Renewables & Alternative Energy and Power & Renewables, and ranked Tier 1 by Legal 500 for Project Finance – Infrastructure and PPP and Energy and Power. Clients turn to Orrick for innovative legal structures, sophisticated project documentation and practical counsel on complex infrastructure transactions across the United States, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and other global markets.

We advise throughout the infrastructure project lifecycle – from initial planning, procurement and development through financing, construction, financial close, ownership and operations – as well as on the acquisition, investment in and financing of infrastructure assets and related public law and regulatory matters. Our multidisciplinary approach brings together experience in risk diligence, permitting, real estate, environmental and regulatory matters, procurement, debt and capital markets, corporate, tax and tax-exempt financing, preliminary development agreements (PDAs), and operation, maintenance and interface matters.

We have significant experience across infrastructure asset classes, including:

• Transportation and Transit: Airports, ports, toll roads and managed lanes, bridges, tunnels, mass transit and light rail
• Social Infrastructure: Education (schools, universities and student housing), public facilities (court houses, civic centers, prisons, stadiums and multi-use facilities) and health facilities
• Utilities: Energy systems, energy as a service (EaaS), water and wastewater
• Digital Infrastructure: Smart cities, broadband, wireless communications, telecommunications, fiber and related technology
• Renewable Energy: Solar, onshore and offshore wind, biomass, biofuels, waste-to-energy, geothermal, carbon capture, sustainability and climate change
• Power: Conventional generation, transmission and distribution
• Oil and Gas: Upstream, midstream and downstream
• Critical Minerals and Strategic Infrastructure: Critical minerals, mining and metals projects, processing and refining, recycling and recovery, supply chains and related infrastructure
• Aviation and Defense: Aviation, aerospace and space infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, national security and related public-private projects.

Our interdisciplinary team provides full-service counsel on:

• Project development and procurement
• Project finance
• M&A, joint ventures, equity investments, divestitures and other strategic transactions
• EPC and Construction
• Operation and maintenance
• Pre-development agreements (PDAs)
• Asset monetization
• Equity and debt financings, including taxable and tax-exempt public bonds and private offerings
• Refinancing
• Concessions and other government contracts involving P3s and alternative delivery structures
• Corporate and utility power purchase agreements
• Tax equity and tax credit financings
• Federal infrastructure funding and credit programs, including DOE programs, TIFIA, RRIF, WIFIA and private activity bonds (PABs)
• Bankruptcy and restructuring transactions
• Litigation and disputes