Michael Sykes

Michael Sykes is a partner in the Tax practice in White & Case's Washington DC office. He advises sponsors, developers, investors and lenders on tax incentives and related financing strategies for energy transition projects including solar, wind, storage, advanced manufacturing, carbon capture utilization and sequestration, green and blue hydrogen production, and clean fuel and SAF production projects.

Michael has extensive experience advising on new regimes under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (including transferability, direct pay, prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements, domestic content and energy community), which includes a broad range of experience with partnership and corporate structures, mergers and acquisitions, capital raises, sales and transfers, and various other aspects of renewable energy and infrastructure projects.