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Shab Puri

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Partner

T 415.276.6507 San Francisco
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Shab Puri is a seasoned energy law attorney who drives the firm's engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracting work advising project developers, project owners, contractors, subcontractors, integrators, equipment suppliers, service providers, investors, financing parties, and others. He relies on a rich network of relationships developed over two decades of practice in the energy sector to secure high-value transactions and to support technology leaders, including DWT institutional clients, on their most important energy and infrastructure projects. Shab's expertise is also instrumental to powering the firm's growing data center development capabilities.

Shab partners with energy clients in both the conventional and renewable sectors, focusing on solar, battery storage, biomass, wind, and hydrogen projects. He handles engineering service agreements, professional services agreements, limited notices to proceed (LNTP), EPC agreements, equipment supply agreements (including project specific, master and framework agreements), operation and maintenance (O&M) agreements, long-term service agreements (LTSA), power purchase agreements, project-related financing and real estate matters, and general commercial matters.

As the founder of a Bay Area boutique firm focused on clean energy issues, Shab brings an entrepreneurial spirit to his work, serving to anchor the firm's national and West Coast energy practices. Shab's experience is a balance of detail-oriented finesse and support at large scales—he served as associate general counsel for the U.S. affiliate of a German solar developer and senior in-house counsel for the world's largest photovoltaic panel manufacturer.

Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC)

Battery storage system integration

Represented integrator with the negotiation of a master engineering, procurement, and integration agreement for 200 MW battery storage system located in California.

Solar plus storage project development

Advised project developer with preparation of battery supply and integration agreement for 300 MW solar plus storage project located in Arizona.

Utility-scale solar EPC agreements

Advised project developer with EPC agreement for 200 MW project located in Michigan.

Biomass equipment supply and installation

Advised supplier/installer with negotiation of biomass equipment supply and installation agreements.

Utility-scale solar power plant agreements

Advised project developer with early engineering, LNTP, EPC and operation, and maintenance agreements for 500 MW utility-scale solar power plant.
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Equipment Supply

World's largest solar panel supplier

Represented U.S. affiliates of the world’s largest solar panel supplier concerning the manufacturing and sale of solar panels, warranty issues, and related matters.

Battery storage service agreements

Represented project developer with the negotiation of a long-term service agreement template for battery storage systems.

Battery storage service agreements

Advised project developer with negotiation of battery energy storage system supply agreements and long-term service agreements.

Battery storage service agreements

Advised project developer with operation and maintenance agreement for battery energy storage system with third-party service provider.

PV module supply agreements

Advised project developers with framework agreements for long-term supply of domestic and international PV modules.
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Hydrogen

Fuel cell equipment agreements

Prepared sales and service agreement templates for fuel cell equipment supplier.

Fuel cell equipment agreements

Advised fuel cell supplier with global licensing requirements.

Electrolyzer supply agreements

Represented developer with preparation of electrolyzer supply agreement template.

Electrolyzer supply agreements

Advised developer with negotiation of electrolyzer supply agreement.

Fuel cell warranty preparation

Prepared limited warranty for fuel cell supplier.
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Power Purchase Agreements

Floating solar project PPA

Represented project developer concerning power purchase agreement for floating solar project in California (at the time of construction it was the largest floating array in the United States).

Commercial solar PPA templates

Assisted national residential and commercial solar provider with updating all of their commercial power purchase agreement templates (physical and virtual).

Behind the meter PPAs

Counseled developers and offtakers concerning behind the meter power purchase agreements.

Net metering agreements

Advised clients with net metering/billing credit agreements.

Renewable energy credit agreements

Represented clients with renewable energy credit purchase and sale agreements.
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Project-Related Real Estate

Renewable energy property rights

Advised renewable energy developers with lease, license, and easement agreements for project-related property rights.

EV charging station agreements

Counseled electric vehicle service providers with real estate and other agreements related to the buildout of their regional charging station networks and related matters.

Telecommunications site leases

Assisted global telecommunications provider with cell site leases and related matters.

Big-box retailer property acquisitions

Represented solar developer regarding negotiation of agreement for purchase of real property rights from land bank organization.

Big-box retailer property acquisitions

Advised the country's largest "big-box" retailer, concerning acquisitions of real property and related matters.
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Project Finance

Natural gas power plant financing

Advised independent power producer/borrower concerning $2.5 billion revolving construction credit facility (Project Finance International's North American Deal of the Year 2000) for the financing and construction of 12 natural gas-fired power plants and the capital markets refinancing of such credit facility (Project Finance International's North American Refinancing Deal of the Year 2004).

Natural gas power plant financing

Counseled independent power producer/borrower concerning $1 billion revolving construction credit facility (Project Finance International’s North American Deal of the Year 1999) for the financing and construction of eight natural gas fired power plants and the capital markets refinancing of such credit facility (Project Finance International’s North American Refinancing Deal of the Year 2003).
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M&A/Commercial

Solar project acquisition in Guam

Advise CleanCapital Holdings LLC with the acquisition of an operating facility and certain additional development rights of a solar project located in Guam.

Project-related entity transactions

Represented sellers and buyers with the acquisitions and dispositions of project-related entities and assets.

Carport solar project acquisition

Advise client on the acquisition of a 4 MW carport solar project located in Los Angeles.
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Admitted to Practice

  • California

Education

  • J.D., University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, 1999
    • William H. Leary Scholar, 1998-1999
    • Editor, Journal of Land, Resources and Environmental Law
  • B.A., Art History, University of Utah, 1995
  • Study abroad, French Language, Université de Neuchâtel, 1993

Background

    • Partner, K&L Gates, San Francisco, 2021-2025
    • Founder and Principal Attorney, Puri Law Group, San Francisco, 2013-2021
    • Senior Counsel, Suntech, San Francisco, 2012
    • Associate General Counsel, Solar Trust of America LLC, Oakland, Calif., 2010-2012
    • Deputy County Counsel, Office of the County Counsel, County of Santa Clara, San Jose, Calif., 2009-2010
    • Associate, Stein & Lubin LLP and Pepler Mastromonaco LLP, San Francisco, 2005-2008
    • Associate, Stoel Rivers LLP, San Francisco, 2000-2005
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Publications
03.04.25
News
Davis Wright Tremaine Expands Energy Practice on West Coast with Addition of Partner Shab Puri in San Francisco Read More
12.05.24
Presentations
Panelist, "Negotiating Commercial Contracts for Energy Storage Projects: Procurement, EPC Contracts, Energy Storage Agreements," Strafford
September 2020
Publications
Co-author, "The Eye of the Beholder: An Introduction to Key Clauses in Solar Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contracts," Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Section of the State Bar of Texas, Vol. 44, No. 3, September 2020
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