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Concerns related to next generation energy and the environment are taking on greater importance in the world in general, and the world of business in particular.

Cleantech encompasses a broad range of products, services, and processes designed to reduce or eliminate environmental impacts. Cleantech, the industry term for "clean technologies," is also increasingly understood to include any technology that promotes the more efficient use and re-use of the earth's resources in industrial production and consumption.

Cleantech's origins are rooted in an increasing demand for clean forms of energy generation, and also refer to an emerging financial asset class of clean technologies. Clean technologies are expansive and include alternative energy projects, wastewater treatment, and resource-efficient industrial processes to name only a few. Although many companies within Cleantech industry sectors are very different, they share a common trait: all use new, innovative technology to create products and services that compete favourably with existing products and services on price and performance while reducing impact on the environment.

Ogilvy Renault's Cleantech practice was featured in a recent edition of The Lawyers Weekly. To view the article, please click here.

The practice was also profiled in the Ottawa Business Journal (click here to view). The story included an interview with Grant Jameson, Managing Partner of our Ottawa office.

Our Cleantech practitioners have in-depth knowledge of the industry sectors they serve and a clear understanding of the business goals of companies at every stage of their growth in this evolving area.

Many of our team members have been recognized as leading practitioners in their respective areas of expertise by authoritative sources, such as the Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory including the LEXPERT / American Lawyer's ranking of the top 500 lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers, International Financial Law Review.

Services

Our Cleantech team combines legal disciplines with hands-on industry experience. Clients benefit from our cross functionality that enables a tailored approach. Our Cleantech team members are integrated within areas of practice that have relevance to Cleantech clients. These practice areas include:

We are proud to partner with a broad spectrum of clients within the Cleantech industry and to work alongside them to help to successfully navigate their specific issues. Such clients include private sector entrepreneurs and developers, venture capital and private equity investors, technology developers, public sector institutions and governments, and includes Cleantech industry sectors, such as:

Agriculture and Nutrition
Enabling Technologies
Environmental Information Technology
Materials Recovery & Recycling
Transportation & Logistics
Air Quality
Energy: clean energy generation/storage/efficiency/infrastructure
Materials Sciences & Nanotechnology
Manufacturing & Industrial
Water Purification & Management

Client Work

Freeworld Coatings Purchases Worldwide Rights to Biodegradable Coating Removal Products

Counsel to Freeworld Global in its purchase of worldwide rights to environmentally friendly biodegradable coating removal products from Napier Environmental. More

AIM SOP Phase I LP Completes $75M Financing of Four Wind Farm Projects

Counsel to AIM SOP Phase I LP and AIM on all stages of the development and financing of the Projects. More

Energy Metals Corporation Acquires High Plains Uranium

Counsel to High Plains Uranium in connection with its pre-IPO and IPO financings. More

KR Wind Holdings (Canada) Inc. Completes Purchase of 2064807 Ontario Inc., a private holding company for R.J.S. Mechanical Inc. and Q.C. Enterprise Inc.

The vendors, Robert and Janice Scoffield, were represented by Ogilvy Renault LLP with a team comprised of Michel Carle, Anthony Milazzo, Sarah Crossley and Fiorella Bellissimo. More

Hydro-Québec's Request for Proposals and Award of Wind Farm Contracts with a Potential Investment Value of $5.5 Billion

Represented Hydro-Québec during the process that led to it being awarded 15 contracts to develop wind farms. More

Acted as Counsel to Jacob & Company Securities Inc. in Cleantech Deal

This deal provided South Asia Energy Management Systems with US$20 million in a bridge to equity term loan credit facility. More

Acted for Cayley Geothermal Power Inc.

In connection with commercial matters More

Acting for Jacob & Company Securities Inc. in connection with various private placements and financings involving companies in the alternati

Acting for Jacob & Company Securities Inc. in connection with various private placements and financings involving companies in the alternati More

Private Placement for Sierra Geothermal Power

Acted for Dundee Securities. More

Counsel to Wind and Wave Energy Company, Finivera Renewables

In connection with a variety of finance matters. More

Events

Water: The Next Big Wave

Part of our Cleantech in Canada series, this seminar is an opportunity to hear industry experts discuss key emerging opportunities, including EnviroTower and Siemens Water Technologies. More

Cleantech in Canada Breakfast Seminar

Co-hosted by Richard S. Sutin, the event will feature an expert panel of industry leaders will share their insights on investment opportunities, challenges, developments and other issues. More

Publications

Guidelines on Environmental Claims Serve as Reference for Companies

Andrew Taylor explains the legal implications on product claims relating to environmental friendliness. More

Private Equity Opportunities in the Global Energy Sector

Charles Keizer is quoted in an article published in Financier Worldwide, describing how a renewed interest in alternative energy and greater energy demand from countries like China and India are affecting the industry. More

Canada Moves the Environment and Climate Change to the Front Burner

Faced with pressure from customers, stakeholders and governments, companies in Canada must now respond by being more accountable of their actions in how they affect the environment. More

Canadian M&A in 2008: The After Party

Rick Sutin wrote about the M&A landscape amidst a slow American economy and a high Canadian dollar. The article appears in the 2008 Lexpert Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada. More

Media Highlights

Water - The Next Big Wave in Cleantech: Deloitte, Ogilvy Renault and MaRS

Cleantech industry leaders Deloitte and Ogilvy Renault - along with MaRS Discovery District - hosted the latest in the Cleantech in Canada seminar series today at MaRS. Panellists included industry experts from EnviroTower and Siemens Water Technologies. More

Ontario Eyes Bigger Focus On Renewable Energy To Meet Power Needs

Charles Keizer comments in The Canadian Press on the decision made by the Ontario Power Authority to review the province's Integrated Power System Plan. More

Clean Tech Fuels Growing Client Base

Richard S. Sutin and Andrew A. Taylor, co-chairs of our Cleantech team, are featured on the cover of Canadian Lawyer's September 2008 Green Issue and quoted in its cover story. More

Private Equity Opportunities in the Global Energy Sector

Charles Keizer talks to Financier Worldwide about how a renewed interest in alternative energy and greater energy demand from countries like China and India affect the industry. More

Big Guns Go Green

Andrew Taylor and Jean Piette share Ogilvy Renault's plans for sustainable development and how establishing the firm's Cleantech team is integrated with our new green policies. More

A Mid-2008 Report On Developments In Canadian M&A And Investment Law And Practice

Rick Sutin reviews the year in business so far, including an analysis of foreign investment and shareholder activism, in the September issue of ACC Docket's Canadian Briefings. More

Provinces Collide Over Green Targets

Cleantech co-chair Rick Sutin talks to the Legal Post about climate change concerns and the regulatory issues that accompany them. More

Greening Your Product? Be Sure the Label Backs it Up

Companies must now be more specific than ever when advertising their environmental ways in order to comply with Canadian Standards Association Environmental Claims guidelines. More

Ogilvy Renault Partners with MCeX: Canadian Trade in Carbon Credits Begins

Launched on May 30, 2008, the MCeX is Canada's first regulated environmental market. More

Safety in Niches

Rick Sutin is featured in National magazine talking about how the emergence of Cleantech has helped law firms achieve success during economic slowdowns. More

Canadian M&A in 2008: The After Party

From the Land to the Rover: Deloitte and Ogilvy Renault Look at the Future of Agri-biotechnology

Clean technologies are proving they can be good for business and the environment at the same time. More

Ogilvy Renault's Cleantech Experience Valuable in Wind Farm Deal

Ogilvy Renault is proud of its participation in one of the first deals in mergers and acquisitions of a wind farm in Canada. More

Cleantech Investments in Canada on the Rise

Deloitte and Ogilvy Renault LLP survey reveals that interest from the investor community is helping to drive industry growth More

Ogilvy Renault Launches Cleantech Law Practice: Announces Survey Results on Cleantech Investment

Ogilvy Renault LLP is pleased to announce the recent launch of its Cleantech law practice. The practice will host a Cleantech in Canada seminar tomorrow morning, presented jointly with Deloitte. More

Business Insight

Clean Tech Fuels Growing Client Base

Richard S. Sutin and Andrew A. Taylor appear on the cover of Canadian Lawyer's Green Issue, and are quoted in a feature article about the expansion of the cleantech sector.

Contacts

Andrew A. Taylor
416.216.4771
ataylor@ogilvyrenault.com
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Richard S. Sutin
416.216.4821
rsutin@ogilvyrenault.com
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