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Direct Pay and Other Tax Opportunities in the Inflation Reduction Act for Early-Stage Entrepreneurs
Speaking Engagements
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Webinar

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Stanford’s Lawyers for Sustainable Economy Initiative is hosting a webinar on Tax Opportunities for Early-Stage Entrepreneurs in the Inflation Reduction Act. Come join Karen Skelton, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and clean energy tax law and startup experts from Wilson Sonsini on September 27 as they take a deep dive into how early-stage entrepreneurs can benefit from the Direct Pay provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act.

The webinar will include:

  • An overview of the Inflation Reduction Act, with a detailed overview of the Direct Pay and Transferability provisions;
  • The mechanics of Direct Pay, including how to register, with a focus on 45X, 45V, and 45Q applicable to private companies and startups;
  • A discussion of the draft Direct Pay proposed regulations; and
  • A detailed Q&A.

Contacts

Juliana Campbell

jcampbell@wsgr.com

Presenters

Nicole Gambino
Senior Of Counsel
San Francisco

Nicole Gambino is Senior Of Counsel in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and a member of the firm’s energy and climate solutions practice. She specializes in tax matters related to project finance, with a focus on renewable energy and infrastructure assets. Her clients include developers of solar, wind, and energy storage facilities. Nicole has also represented financial institutions and other investors that finance utility-scale wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass facilities, as well as investors in new market tax credit transactions. She has extensive experience utilizing a variety of structures to finance these assets, has worked on numerous cutting-edge deals, and has advised clients more broadly in their debt financings, initial public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions.

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Jaron Goddard
Associate
Seattle

Jaron Goddard is an associate in the Seattle office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she is a member of the firm's energy and climate solutions practice. She works on a broad range of project development, financing, regulatory, and policy issues affecting the solar, wind, hydroelectric, energy storage, energy efficiency, distributed energy resources, electric vehicle, and other renewable energy industries. Jaron combines a diverse experience as a clean energy lawyer, former U.S. Senate staff counsel involved in negotiating and drafting provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), and strong industry background to create solutions for her clients engaged in the clean energy transition and navigating a constantly evolving international, federal, and state legal and regulatory landscape.

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Scott A. Zimmermann
Partner
San Francisco

Scott Zimmermann represents companies in the solar, energy storage, energy efficiency, and distributed energy resources markets. He also helps clients in developing industries such as water and electric vehicles.

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