Douglas L. Dua

Doug represents sponsors and investors in energy and other infrastructure transactions of varying structure and complexity. Doug primarily focuses his practice on the power generation sector, and more specifically on renewables, energy storage, advanced nuclear energy, carbon capture and storage, datacenter power and other next-generation energy technologies. On a regular basis, Doug represents parties to tax equity financing and loan transactions. Doug routinely advises applicants and awardees in connection with US government financial assistance programs, including Department of Energy grants, cooperative agreements and loan guarantees under the Title 17 program, as well as financings involving the U.S. Export-Import Bank. Doug’s experience includes development, construction and financing of co-located power projects, distributed asset portfolios, an advanced nuclear generating facility and post-combustion carbon capture facilities, portfolio and single-asset mergers and acquisitions, formation and governance of partnerships and negotiation of construction, offtake, supply, hedging, service and other project-related agreements. Doug applies his understanding of underlying energy assets, as well as trends affecting the energy industry more broadly, to guide clients from initial structuring strategies to closing.

Active in the firm’s pro bono practice, Doug has represented not-for-profit organizations in various corporate and related matters.

• Regularly represents tax equity investors in tax equity financings (partnership flip structures), including with respect to wind, solar, fuel cell and storage assets.
• Represented purchasers and sellers in connection with acquisitions and dispositions of various single assets and portfolios, including wind and solar facilities, battery storage and fuel cell assets, as we well as traditional coal- and gas-fired thermal generation projects.
• Represented financial and strategic investors in connection with the development, acquisition, ownership and financing of distributed energy asset portfolios, including fuel cells, energy storage, microgrids and other assets.
• Represented owners of distributed energy assets in negotiation and management of “energy-as-a-service” (EaaS) agreements.
• Represented owners of renewable and conventional power stations in various negotiations with lenders, investors and counterparties to service and offtake agreements, including hedging instruments.
• Represented an advanced nuclear technology company in negotiations with respect to licensing, joint venture and service agreements.
• Represented technology owner in fuel cell technology licensing and partnership transaction.
• Represented parties in connection with transportation infrastructure transactions, including the sponsor of a section of interstate highway developed through a public-private partnership (P3) concession and a purchaser of a portfolio of highway, bridge and tunnel assets.

• Recommended for Project Finance (2025), Energy Transactions: Electric Power (2021, 2024) and Renewable/Alternative Power (2024), Legal 500 United States
• Selected as One to Watch for Energy Law, The Best Lawyers in America, 2023-2024
• Recognized by the Lawyers Alliance for New York with a Cornerstone Award (2022)

• Member, US Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
• Member, American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources and Business Law Section