Profile

Ben Busboom is a forward-thinking corporate and transactional attorney who serves as the chair of Womble Bond Dickinson's renewable energy group. With a focus on the energy transition, Ben supports companies and investors navigating complex energy, natural resource, supply chain, and environmental matters. His extensive experience within project permitting, real property, engineering/construction, material supply, and offtake business sectors underscores his deep understanding of the interconnectedness of the ever-evolving energy industry.

Ben's practice is centered on structuring and negotiating transactions across a spectrum of innovative and traditional energy matters, including:

• Renewable energy projects
• Battery energy storage systems (BESS)
• District energy solutions and microgrids
• Behind-the-meter solutions and projects
• Critical mineral and raw material offtake and processing
• Supply chain management
• Oil and gas operations
• Mining ventures
• Nuclear energy initiatives
• Data center development
• Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture, transport, sequestration, and tax incentives
• Biofuels, focusing on ethanol and renewable natural gas
• Environmental diligence and ownership/development of contaminated or environmentally sensitive areas and/or projects

Drawing on more than 15 years of experience in the environmental, engineering, and energy industries, Ben also provides strategic counsel on general operational, regulatory, and developmental matters, including environmental diligence, risk mitigation, permitting, compliance, and resolving administrative disputes or enforcement actions.