Armstrong Teasdale’s Future Energy Group
Armstrong Teasdale LLP’s Future Energy Group, a team of lawyers from different practice areas, provides one-stop shopping to clients facing the rapidly changing business environment in the energy sector including regulations, climate change, sustainability and other environmental concerns. Our team, led by Robert B. Reeser, Roger A. Walker, and Cary A. Levitt, helps clients achieve compliance, find solutions and discover opportunities while protecting the earth’s natural resources and developing cleaner and more efficient energy sources.
Our lawyers’ knowledge encompasses such areas as real estate and land use, natural resources, eminent domain, corporate governance and compliance, raising capital, construction contracts, labor and employment, insurance, intellectual property protection, litigation and tax.
That means our team can help energy and green tech companies and other clients understand current laws and proposed state and federal legislation addressing climate change and carbon emissions so they know what to expect. For example, we know the EPA is pressing forward with carbon reporting requirement, a necessary precursor to a cap-and-trade program. Also, the SEC is focusing on disclosures related to climate change.
Because intellectual property is the cornerstone of many future energy initiatives and business strategies, we are actively involved in assisting clients acquire, manage, license, develop, defend and assert their rights in all forms. We have filed patent applications, drafted licensing agreements, and written clearance, right-to-use, and non-infringement opinions for a wide variety of fields related to alternative energy, clean/green technology and carbon reduction. These technologies are being applied to conserve the natural environment and resources and to curb the negative impacts of human involvement.
We also have the technical background and experience to advise companies operating in the clean technology sector. Team members work with clients who need to increase energy efficiency, reduce waste and lessen the environmental impact of energy development, population growth and industrial practices.
Projects include the representation of Centene Corporation in the development of Centene Plaza, an environmentally friendly, mixed-use complex in Clayton, Missouri. The project, which includes a 17-story office tower, features a green roof and will be the region's first and only multi-tenant office that is Gold LEED certified.
Representatives of the firm's real estate and public finance group have worked together in conjunction with the development, zoning, public incentives, and financing for the $200 million project. The group also navigated through challenging CERCLA and RCRA remediation issues while assisting ReVenture Park in the development of wind farms, a biomass plant, and a water treatment facility.
About Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Armstrong Teasdale LLP, with nearly 250 lawyers in offices across the U.S. and China, has a demonstrable track record of delivering sophisticated legal advice and exceptional service to a dynamic client base. Whether an issue is local or global, practice area specific or industry related, Armstrong Teasdale provides each client with an invaluable combination of legal resources and practical advice in nearly every area of law.
For more information visit our website, or contact Bob, Roger, or Cary at 314.621.5070.
Armstrong Teasdale’s Future Energy Group
7700 Forsyth Boulevard
Suite 1800
St. Louis, Missouri 63105
P: 314.621.5070
