McDermott Will & Schulte, a global law firm

Energy and infrastructure projects sit at the intersection of capital, regulation, operations, and political risk. Our energy law team helps you navigate these pressures so you can deploy capital strategically. We partner with you to structure projects and investments that deliver value under changing market conditions, evolving energy policy, and shifting regulatory demands.

Our energy law team includes more than 70 lawyers worldwide. We help you operate in complex energy markets by integrating regulatory, financing, transactional, tax, and operational capabilities under a single platform. Our lawyers guide you through every stage of your energy and infrastructure project – from origination and financing through acquisition, development, construction, operation, and long-term asset management.

We help investors, developers, lenders, and operators structure and execute critical transactions across global markets. Our energy lawyers advise on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, project development, financing, project finance, commodities and trading matters, and strategic investments that span both conventional and renewable energy sectors. Our legal guidance is informed by the commercial realities of how stakeholders work together to finance, develop, optimize, and transition energy assets.

To support value creation and keep your projects moving forward under evolving market conditions, we help you maintain compliance with regulatory frameworks and manage operational and financial exposure. We leverage our global platform to guide you through regulations across jurisdictions while maintaining a consistent commercial and legal strategy.

Our team has deep experience guiding transactions in Africa – a leading market for renewable energy investment and infrastructure development. We help you navigate complex civil and common law requirements in 45 countries across the region, working closely with local partners to manage the geopolitical and operational risks that can impact project success.

With experience in how energy markets operate, we know where energy and infrastructure deals typically encounter friction. We draw on these insights to help you structure and close transactions that comply with regulations and deliver long-term value throughout the life cycle of your project or investment.

As demand for high-performance computing and AI grows, digital infrastructure projects are becoming increasingly complex and capital-intensive. With more than two decades of experience in digital infrastructure law, we help you navigate that complexity by structuring and closing infrastructure transactions that support long-term performance and value.

Our lawyers have structured, negotiated, and closed billions of dollars in technology transactions worldwide. With a client base that spans the digital infrastructure ecosystem – from investors and lenders to developers, operators, hyperscalers, and energy/technology partners – we understand how risk is allocated and what drives deal success.

We guide domestic and cross-border transactions involving transformative technologies, including:

• Data centers: Hyperscale, colocation, mining, and edge
• Power supply: Renewable and conventional energy
• Connectivity: Fiber networks, wireless infrastructure, towers, and satellites
• Related hardware and systems

When advising on your critical transactions, our digital infrastructure lawyers draw on deep experience across core disciplines like M&A, energy, real estate, project finance, technology, privacy, AI, and product liability. Success in these deals depends on how these elements work together to drive value and manage risk.

We guide you across the full life cycle of your project – from initial planning and development through financing, construction, operation, and eventual expansion or exit. With a practical understanding of how data centers and digital infrastructure operate, our lawyers help you structure transactions that align both your commercial and technical goals.

In digital infrastructure projects, decisions around power, connectivity, site selection, and financing carry lasting implications. We partner with you to navigate these complexities so you can close high-value deals that are grounded in market realities and built to perform.