Business & Regulatory Counseling

Counseled on all aspects of the design and implementation of procurement, accounting, auditing, and compliance systems relating to expenditure of FEMA Stafford Act grant funds for disaster response and hazard mitigation by a private, for-profit entity acting as agent for a state entity under a unique arrangement created by state statute to enhance operations through the use of the private sector to operate and maintain a state-owned utility.

Counseled an international financing and investment firm on the legal risks involved in providing development financing to a major offshore wind energy project, including due diligence on federal, state, and local legal issues.

Counseled companies on the requirements of The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), including the impact on utilities of MAP-21’s Buy America provisions.

Counseled energy services companies and utilities from the inception of laws authorizing ESPCs and Utility Energy Service Contracts (UESCs), including how to continue operations and secure funding in light of the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA), decision holding that Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SRECs) cannot be included in the calculation of “energy savings” under ESPCs and that the provisions in contracts that include SRECs in energy savings are “invalid.”

Counseled re-insurance companies on the federal procurement opportunities (and associated risks) under the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, which provides potential opportunities for privatizing reinsurance of the National Flood Insurance Program.

Miles & Stockbridge serves as Maryland counsel to Lyft , including in all regulatory matters before the Maryland Public Service Commission.

Represented numerous contractors, including in litigation, as part of challenging agency plans to disclose the contractors’ confidential information in response to requests pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act.