Leslie provides strategic advice to developers of large infrastructure projects, with a focus on renewable power generation projects, energy storage projects, and oil and gas upstream and midstream facilities.
Leslie negotiates the contracts required for every stage of a project’s life cycle, from development and construction through revenue generation and day-to-day operation. Her experience covers a wide range of complex development and commercial contracts, including engineering, procurement, and construction agreements, power purchase agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, oil and gas gathering and transportation agreements, and master services agreements. She also advises clients in the negotiation of joint ventures for the development and operation of infrastructure projects.
Her clients range from independent power producers, utilities, and national upstream and midstream oil and gas companies, to equipment manufacturers and professional service providers.
Leslie teaches biannual seminars through EUCI on renewable energy power purchase agreements and regularly teaches internal seminars on the drafting and negotiation of contracts.
She currently serves as the firm's Corporate Practice Group Leader.