Energy & infrastructure legal team Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba

Energy & Infrastructure

FITZPATRICK LENTZ & BUBBA’S ENERGY & INFRASTRUCTURE ATTORNEYS PROVIDES DEVELOPERS AND STAKEHOLDERS WITH LEGAL GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO NAVIGATE COMPLEX PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

With decades of experience in counseling private developers, investors, lenders, and utility companies, our team is equipped to manage all legal aspects in every phase of your Pennsylvania infrastructure or energy sector project. We leverage our long-standing relationships with municipalities and financial institutions, as well as our knowledge of local, state and federal regulatory statutes, to help make your transactions smooth and successful.

We understand the unique challenges and opportunities facing the businesses that keep our country running. Our team has a proven track record in navigating complex regulatory environments and optimizing transaction structures for infrastructure projects.

OUR SERVICE AREAS

Our Energy & Infrastructure attorneys offer a wide range of services for both public and private sector clients, providing legal solutions for complex infrastructure projects, addressing current needs and foreseeing future challenges and opportunities.

We are well-versed in the following matters:

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

  • Purchaser representation in acquisition of international solar energy assets by Mitsubishi and Osaka Gas
  • Seller representation in the recapitalization of INetU, Inc., a managed hosting company
  • Lender representation in the Simon Silk Mill financing
  • Borrower representation in the financing of Talen Energy Corporation
  • Lender representation various NIZ and CRIZ financings
  • Purchaser representation in management-led buyout of Blaschak Anthracite
  • Seller representation in the sale of Martec International
  • Successfully represented development of national developer’s multi-use, 500-acre project at Lehigh Valley International Airport
  • Successfully appealed and resolved condemnation cases by government on behalf of restaurants, industrial users, developers, and large landowners
  • Successfully appealed or resolved tax assessment appeals for major national and regional corporations, as well as condominium communities, and individual commercial and residential properties, class actions
  • Guarantor representation in U.S. Department of Energy guaranty of financing for the One Nevada Transmission Line
  • Purchaser representation in acquisition of international solar energy assets by Mitsubishi and Osaka Gas
  • Guarantor representation in U.S. Department of Energy guaranty of financing for the One Nevada Transmission Line
  • Seller representation in the recapitalization of INetU, Inc., a managed hosting company
  • Lender representation in the Simon Silk Mill financing
  • Borrower representation in the financing of Talen Energy Corporation
  • Lender representation various NIZ and CRIZ financings
  • Purchaser representation in management-led buyout of Blaschak Anthracite
  • Seller representation in the sale of Martec International
  • Successfully represented development of national developer’s multi-use, 500-acre project at Lehigh Valley International Airport
  • Successfully appealed and resolved condemnation cases by government on behalf of restaurants, industrial users, developers, and large landowners
  • Successfully appealed or resolved tax assessment appeals for major national and regional corporations, as well as condominium communities, and individual commercial and residential properties, class actions

    REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS

    • Blaschak Anthracite
    • PPL Electric Utilities
    • Talen Energy
    • EPP
    • AT&T
     
    • Verizon
    • One Nevada Transmission Line
    • INetU, Inc.
    • Mitsubishi & Osaka Gas

    REPRESENTATIVE CASES

    • Lehigh Valley Rail Management LLC v. County of Northampton Revenue Appeals Board, A.3d, 2015 WL 6921189 (PA. Cmwlth.)

    • Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. v. Board of Assessment Appeals of Lehigh County, 720 A.2d 790 (Pa. Cmwlth.)

    • North Bethlehem Neighbors Group et al v. City of Bethlehem Zoning Hearing Board et al, 822 A.2d 840 (Pa. Cmwlth.)

    • Hills at Devonshire Homeowners’ Association, Inc. v. Zoning Hearing Board of Salisbury Township et al, 819 A.2d 196 (Pa. Cmwlth.)

    • Epstein Partnership & Levitz Furniture Company v. Kmart, 828 F. Supp. 328 (E.D. Pa.)

    • Board of Commissioners of South Whitehall Township v. Toll Brothers, Inc., 607 A.2d 824 (Pa. Cmwlth.)

    • Gravel Hill Enterprises, Inc. v. Lower Mount Bethel Township Zoning Hearing Board, 172 A.3d 754 (Pa. Commw. 2017) (en banc)

    • National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. 4.0446 Acres More of Land and Fixtures. 574 F.Supp.3d 309 (E.d. Pa. 2021)

    • Tidd v. Lower Saucon Zoning Board, 118 A. 3d 1 (Pa. Cmmw. Ct. 2015)

    • In re Towamencin Twp., — A.3d —-, 2012 WL 1098260 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2012)

    • Joseph v. North Whitehall Tp. Bd. of Sup’rs, 16 A.3d 1209, 2011 WL 837135, (Pa.Cmwlth., March 11, 2011)

    • Salisbury House of Northeast Pa, Inc. v. City of Allentown Zoning Hearing Bd., 1999 WL 1581402, 43 Pa.D. & C.4th 459, (Pa.Com., Pl., October 25, 1999)

    • In re Estate of Smith, 694 A.2d 1099, 1997 WL 217555 (Pa.Super., April 30, 1997)

    • Sprint Spectrum, L.P. v. the Zoning Hearing Board of North Whitehall Township, et. al., 823 A.2d 258 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2003)

    • Matos v. Berks County Tax Claim Bureau 228 A.3d 976 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2020)

     

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