Miriam Figueroa
DLA Piper Puerto RicoThe experienced energy and natural resources team at DLA Piper Puerto Rico provides a one-stop shop to advise regulators, the regulated, investors, developers and other key industry stakeholders, including governments, over the course of a major project’s entire lifecycle, from inception and development to completion, operation and sale. With a client base that includes power generators and multinational corporates across the utilities, energy, logistics and tech sectors, the group’s full service covers assistance with project finance, regulatory compliance, high-value, cross-border transactions, restructuring and dispute resolution. The team is led by deputy managing partner Miriam Figueroa, who assists with negotiating power purchase agreements and private operations contracts. Of counsel Laura Rozas brings 25 years of experience in the practice area and specialises in Puerto Rico and federal environmental law and Puerto Rico energy and land use law.
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Key clients
- Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority
- Luma Energy
- Biomass Green Fuels
- Smitcoms
- PRTC (Claro)
- Clean Energy Nexus
- Bluepath
- Stonecrest
- Sunrun
Work highlights
- Assisted the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) in the procurement process and negotiation of contracts with major US suppliers of automatised water meters and remote reading systems.
- Advising Biomass Green Fuels on corporate, tax, permitting and environmental matters as well as energy regulation and financing of the project.
- Advising Luma Energy on energy regulatory matters affecting the operations of the company, including representing it before the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau in various regulatory cases.
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Miriam Figueroa