Danielle Varnell

Practice Areas

Ms. Varnell specializes in mergers and acquisitons and complex joint venture transactions in the energy power sector, with a focus on renewables and sustainability. She advises on some of the largest onshore and offshore wind, solar and battery storage transactions in the world, as well as on transactions involving carbon capture and sequestration and other innovative clean technologies. Her clients include independent power producers, developers, strategic investors, utilities and private equity funds.

Ms. Varnell also advises on energy project development, including the negotiation and drafting of build transfer agreements, EPC contracts, O&M agreements, shared facilities agreements, construction management agreements, asset management agreements, and equipment procurement agreements, as well as numerous other project development agreements.

She speaks about and writes extensively on issues of import in the energy sector, including onshore and offshore wind, solar and battery storage development and financing solutions for renewable energy projects.

Professional Memberships

Law360, Energy Editorial Advisory Board, 2021 and 2022

Personal

University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D., 1997, cum laude, Order of the Coif; Ripon College, B.A., 1993, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa