2011 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:

Beecher Carlson
www.beechercarlson.com
At Beecher Carlson, we are passionate about providing you with a unique experience – one that goes way beyond mere transactions to view your business in a holistic manner.  We rely on innovation to create advanced analytics, which assess your total risk cost and aggressively pinpoint areas of your business that will drive down claims costs.  We embrace accountability and build a strong relationship with you by blending individual situations with our knowledge and resources.  Those that work with Beecher Carlson, demand more than just insurance brokers.  They expect an advocate.  At the end of the day, your perfect risk management solution comes down to three important qualities.  Passion.  Innovation.  Accountability.

GOLD SPONSORS:

 

Troutman Sanders
www.troutmansanders.com
Troutman Sanders LLP is an international law firm with more than 650 lawyers and 16 offices in North America, Europe and Asia. Founded in 1897, the firm's heritage of extensive experience, exceptional responsiveness and an unwavering commitment to service has garnered strong, long-standing relationships with clients across the globe. These clients range from multinational corporations to individual entrepreneurs, federal and state agencies to foreign governments, and non-profit organizations to businesses representing virtually every sector and industry.

  Bankia
www.bankia.com 


Citi
www.citi.com
Citigroup is a global leader in renewable energy finance, serving the market with corporate banking, investment banking, global transaction services, trade finance, export finance, capital markets origination, commodities, hedging, and other financial services.  Citi, operating in over 100 countries and doing business in 160 countries, is the most geographically-diversified bank in the world.  Citi has renewable energy specialists in New York, San Francisco, London, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, New Delhi, Hong Kong, and Beijing.  Citi is an active member of ACORE's US Partnership for Renewable Energy Finance (US PREF), and is proud to be a sponsor of REFF-Wall Street and REFF-West.

Milbank
www.milbank.com

Marathon Capital, LLC Marathon Capital, LLC
www.marathon-cap.com
   

SILVER SPONSORS:

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 
www.akingump.com
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has one of the world's leading project finance and renewable energy practices.  We represent developers, lenders, equity investors, manufacturers, technology companies and other sector participants in a broad array of energy and infrastructure projects, with a focus on the development, financing, operation, acquisition and disposition of renewable energy projects and renewable energy companies.  Our team has significant experience across all renewable energy technologies, including wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, biofuel and hydroelectric projects and over the past year we have been lead counsel on the three largest renewable energy projects financed in the United States.
   

BRONZE SPONSORS:

Reznick Group
www.reznickgroup.com
Reznick Group is ranked among the top 20 accounting firms in the United States, providing accounting, tax and business advisory services to clients nationwide. Well-known for our depth of knowledge in the affordable housing and commercial real estate industries, we continue to expand our focus. Today, we provide a range of services to a variety of industries that include construction, government, long-term care, financial services, manufacturing and distribution, nonprofits, renewable energy and technology.

Solon SE
www.solon.com
   

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS PARTNER:

Weber Shandwick
www.webershandwick.com
Weber Shandwick is a leading communications and public relations agency with offices in 74 countries around the world. The firm's success is built on its deep commitment to client service, our people, creativity, collaboration and harnessing the power of Advocates - engaging stakeholders in new and creative ways to build brands and reputation. The firm's Cleantech practice, created in 2005 and based in San Francisco, offers a dedicated team of experts in key markets, including Boston, New York, Washington D.C., London, Brussels and Beijing. The firm provides strategy and execution to emerging and leading cleantech companies on branding, consumer marketing, corporate reputation and crisis management, stakeholder engagement, public affairs, financial communications, digital/social media, advocacy advertising, market research, and corporate responsibility. Cleantech experience includes distributed generation, smart grid and utilities, efficiency, water, storage, materials, EV, carbon, IT and building. Weber Shandwick currently works with Abengoa, Bloom Energy, Cobalt Technologies, eMeter, INEOS Bio, MiaSole, OPX Bio, Recurrent Energy, Simbol Materials, Suntech Power, The Green Grid and Vantage Point Capital Partners. In 2010, Weber Shandwick was named Global Agency of the Year by The Holmes Report for the second year in a row; an 'Agency of the Decade' by Advertising Age, Large PR Agency of the Year by Bulldog Reporter, a Digital Firm of the Year by PR News, and Top Corporate Responsibility Advisory Firm by CR Magazine. Weber Shandwick is part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). For more information, visit http://www.webershandwick.com.
   

EXHIBITORS:

DAI Management Consultants
www.daimc.com/

PNC Equipment Finance
www.pnc.com

  Stoel Rives
www.stoel.com
Stoel Rives LLP is a business law firm providing corporate and litigation services to a wide range of clients throughout the United States. Rated one of the top 15 U.S. law firms for renewable energy in 2009-2011 by Chambers and Partners, Stoel Rives provides a broad array of legal services to developers, investors, utilities and project owners in the renewable energy sector.

  Ballard Spahr
www.ballardspahr.com
Ballard Spahr is a national firm with more than 475 lawyers in 13 offices in the United States.  The firm combines a national scope of practice with strong regional market knowledge in litigation, business and finance, real estate, intellectual property, and public finance. Our clients include Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, life sciences and technology companies, health systems, investors and developers, government agencies and sponsored enterprises, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations., Ballard Spahr LLP is an Am Law 100 firm with more than 500 lawyers in 12 offices in the United States.  The firm combines a national scope of practice with strong regional market knowledge in litigation, business and finance, real estate, intellectual property, and public finance. Our clients include Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, life sciences and technology companies, health systems, investors and developers, government agencies and sponsored enterprises, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.

  Suzlon
http://www.suzlon.com
Suzlon is a leading wind power company spread across worldwide, America, Australia, Europe, Denmark, India, The Netherlands and is the 5th largest wind turbine manufacturer

CMB Regional Centers
www.cmbeb5visa.com 
CMB Regional Centers is one of the oldest EB-5 Investor Visa Regional Centers. They currently operate two Federally Designated Regional Centers; CMB Export, LLC with the geographic scope of the entire state of California, and CMB Summit, LLC with the geographic scope of the entire state of Ohio.

NREL
www.nrel.gov

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