Matt Eldred takes a comprehensive approach to advising clients on a diverse array of energy, transactional, land use, and zoning issues. He conducts environmental due diligence for corporate and real estate transactions, advises clients on the permitting processes, ensures compliance with environmental regulations and health and safety standards, and addresses the legal aspects of land use, zoning regulations, matters related to the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), and a variety of municipal law matters.
Matt represents municipalities, landowners, and businesses in all stages of energy development, from utility scale generation to transmission project siting and data center development. He is seasoned in negotiating subscription agreements, power purchase agreements, revenue sharing agreements, and leases in New York’s highly technical solar energy industry, with projects ranging from less than one megawatt of distributed generation to utility-scale projects of 160 megawatts and larger across the country. Matt also maintains a regular practice supporting and leading a buy- and sell-side acquisitions and transactions across a variety of industries.
Matt began his legal practice as a corporate attorney representing private and public companies on corporate and transactional matters including corporate structure, sales and acquisitions, and trade partner negotiations. Matt’s experience as a corporate practitioner is an invaluable asset and it provides him with a unique perspective in his role as an energy and transactional attorney. His prior corporate experience drives his practical, business-focused and solutions-oriented approach.
Before attending law school, Matt was a land surveyor at a regional engineering firm where he planned and directed teams in completing intricate projects for state, national and multi-national agencies and organizations, ranging from powerline transmission upgrade studies and infrastructure maintenance to theatrical production modeling and archaeological preservation.
Matt Eldred takes a comprehensive approach to advising clients on a diverse array of energy, transactional, land use, and zoning issues. He conducts environmental due diligence for corporate and real estate transactions, advises clients on the permitting processes, ensures compliance with environmental regulations and health and safety standards, and addresses the legal aspects of land use, zoning regulations, matters related to the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), and a variety of municipal law matters.
Matt represents municipalities, landowners, and businesses in all stages of energy development, from utility scale generation to transmission project siting and data center development. He is seasoned in negotiating subscription agreements, power purchase agreements, revenue sharing agreements, and leases in New York’s highly technical solar energy industry, with projects ranging from less than one megawatt of distributed generation to utility-scale projects of 160 megawatts and larger across the country. Matt also maintains a regular practice supporting and leading a buy- and sell-side acquisitions and transactions across a variety of industries.
Matt began his legal practice as a corporate attorney representing private and public companies on corporate and transactional matters including corporate structure, sales and acquisitions, and trade partner negotiations. Matt’s experience as a corporate practitioner is an invaluable asset and it provides him with a unique perspective in his role as an energy and transactional attorney. His prior corporate experience drives his practical, business-focused and solutions-oriented approach.
Before attending law school, Matt was a land surveyor at a regional engineering firm where he planned and directed teams in completing intricate projects for state, national and multi-national agencies and organizations, ranging from powerline transmission upgrade studies and infrastructure maintenance to theatrical production modeling and archaeological preservation.
