
Lindsay Hall

2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 500 West
Washington, D.C. 20037

Lindsay is counsel in the Washington, DC office of Vinson & Elkins and a member of the firm’s Environmental & Natural Resources practice. She advises clients on a wide range of environmental and regulatory matters at issue in project development, mergers and acquisitions, project financings and real estate development. In addition, Lindsay is routinely involved in the permitting of, and defending challenges to, infrastructure and energy development projects.
Lindsay has assisted clients with successfully navigating the energy transition, including sustainable financing requirements, such as the Equator Principles, and compliance with voluntary climate disclosure frameworks, such as the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). She also has experience advising clients engaged in low-carbon ventures, including navigating the structuring of carbon credits, emissions accounting, and permitting issues, specifically in connection with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects.
Lindsay is also a member of the V&E ESG Taskforce, and counsels clients on environmental policies and practices, corporate governance, and climate change risk management. She works with other members of the ESG Taskforce to develop creative solutions for clients navigating these and other non-financial risks and opportunities.
Experience Highlights
Represented a major airline in connection with its procurement of low-carbon fuel and allocation of associated environmental attributes and marketing rights
Represented a biofuel manufacturer in connection with its procurement of bio mass and assessment of domestic and international mandatory and voluntary low-carbon fuel framework compliance obligations
Represented numerous lenders in connection with performing environmental and climate change due diligence on transactional matters for the electric vehicle, manufacturing, and chemical industries
Assisted one of the largest American multinational investment bank in the preparation of their climate disclosure report for the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures
Assisted a multinational energy company in the development, corporate approval, and announcement of its carbon reduction strategy
Represented tax equity investors in performing environmental due diligence in connection with the financing of a portfolio of wind energy projects in Texas
Representing an integrated LNG company in all aspects of the development, permitting, and operation of an LNG liquefaction facility, export facility and power plant
Represented tax equity investors in the financing of a portfolio of rooftop solar projects in Louisiana and Connecticut
Represented various lenders in a transaction to provide the financing and development of each of $140 million, 115 MW wind power plant and transmission line and $118 million, 115 MW solar power plant and transmission line in Chile
Credentials
- The George Washington University Law School, J.D. with honors, 2014 (George Washington Scholar; Notes Editor, George Washington Journal of Energy and Environmental Law; Vice President, Environmental Law Association)
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, B.S. Environmental Policy and Planning summa cum laude, 2010
- Law Clerk, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, Environment and Nuclear Protection Division (Washington, DC), 2012
- Clerk, Executive Office of the President, Council on Environmental Quality (Washington, DC), 2011
- Legal 500 U.S., Environment: Transactional, 2022
- Selected to the Washington, D.C. Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers® (Thomson Reuters), 2021–2023
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” (Washington): Natural Resources Law, 2022 and 2023; Environmental Law, 2023
- Treasurer, Women’s Energy Network, Washington DC Chapter (2019–2021)
- Member: American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources
- New York
- District of Columbia
- InsightMay 1, 2023
V&E Environmental Update
- Rankings & AwardsApril 28, 2023
- InsightMarch 15, 2023
- InsightJanuary 10, 2023
- Deals & CasesJanuary 4, 2023
- InsightDecember 21, 2022
V&E Environmental Update
- Deals & CasesNovember 1, 2022
- Deals & CasesSeptember 21, 2022
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 18, 2022
- Deals & CasesAugust 17, 2022
- Rankings & AwardsJune 16, 2022
- Rankings & AwardsMay 2, 2022
- InsightMarch 15, 2022
- InsightDecember 1, 2021
- InsightNovember 24, 2021
- InsightNovember 5, 2021
Originally Published June 29, 2021
- Deals & CasesSeptember 22, 2021
- InsightJune 29, 2021
- InsightJune 23, 2021
V&E Environmental Update
- InsightMay 21, 2021
V&E Climate Change Update
- Rankings & AwardsApril 22, 2021
- InsightApril 13, 2021
Published in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
- Deals & CasesJanuary 22, 2021
- InsightJanuary 20, 2021
- InsightApril 17, 2019
- Fourth Annual Georgetown Law Corporate Symposium, 2018 (panelist)
- “Reconciling Enforcement Weaknesses and Lender Liabilities in the Equator Principles,” George Washington Journal of Energy and Environmental Law, 2014 (published note)
News & Insights
V&E Environmental Update