As Co-Chair of Foley Hoag’s Energy & Cleantech Industry Group and an active participant in the Cleantech sector, Mark Barnett has a business law practice with a special focus on energy and clean technology companies and projects. Drawing on his broad experience across the sector, Mark advises energy, water and materials technology companies on strategic growth and development issues as well as corporate governance, venture capital and other equity and debt financings, merger and acquisition activity, intellectual property licensing, joint ventures and partnerships and industry-specific regulatory and policy matters. His client and industry experience spans energy generation, energy storage, energy efficiency, biofuels and alternative transportation, advanced water technology and projects, innovative waste management technology and other advanced materials and environmental business endeavors.
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In addition to his work assisting technology companies, Mark also has a significant energy and cleantech project finance and development practice, advising developers in all aspects of project development, including financings, partnerships, supply and off-take agreements, credit sales and regulatory matters. His project development practice is primarily focused in the solar energy sector, but his experience spans energy efficiency, wind, hydropower, biofuels and biogas and water. Mark also represents investors in the energy, water and waste sectors on technology company and project investments and has experience with fund formation as well.
Mark recently returned to the firm after two years as VP Business Development & General Counsel at firm client Sun Catalytix, where he helped the company complete a $9.5 million Series B Financing led by the Tata Group and raised significant non-dilutive funding as well. He draws on this and other experiences in the business and governmental arena to serve as a strategic and business advisor to clients.
Mark originally joined the firm in 2005 and shortly thereafter co-founded the Energy Technology & Renewables practice, helping to build it into one of the leading practices of its kind in the region. Immediately prior to joining the firm, he served as counsel to the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, a quasi-public state agency that supports the development of clean energy technology. Mark’s history of work in clean technology also includes as an analyst with a Norwegian clean technology venture capital firm and a number of years working in water policy and technology, including time in the Middle East working on a USAID-funded, joint Israeli-Palestinian water resources project and a stint in California with a quasi-state agency working on collaborative approaches to water management and wetlands conservation issues.
Energy & Cleantech