A Boutique Climate Law Firm
Skylight Law is a boutique climate law firm with one mission: to decarbonize our planet. We structure and negotiate commercial transactions to unlock capital and strategic partnerships for carbon reduction and removal projects.
We advise
Climate tech startups in connection with the development and deployment of direct air capture, clean energy and other decarbonization solutions from first pilot through commercialization.
Project developers, funders and other stakeholders in connection with the financing, development and management of technology-based and nature-based carbon projects.
Marketplaces and other platforms in connection with the standardization of commercial contracts for voluntary carbon market transactions.
Our experience
We have advised on multiple first-of-their kind transactions, including novel forward financings of carbon projects, and have helped launch innovative decarbonization marketplaces and platforms in the U.S. and Europe. Our clients operate globally, and our experience includes carbon projects in North America, Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Meet the Team
Michael Byrd, Partner
Michael advises clients on carbon credit and other environmental benefit transactions for nature-based and tech-based projects in the U.S. and globally. He also advises on debt and equity raises and related securities law matters.
Prior to co-founding Skylight Law, Michael worked for a global law firm’s London and Frankfurt capital markets practices. He received his law degree from the NYU School of Law.
Michael is qualified to practice law in New York and England and Wales.
Ryan Covington, Partner
Ryan advises clients in connection with the financing, development and management of carbon projects globally. He also supports climate tech founders on matters relating to R&D and commercialization of their tech in the U.S. market and abroad.
Ryan previously worked in the London and New York offices of two global law firms as a member of their respective energy and infrastructure teams. He received his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center.
Ryan is qualified to practice law in New York.
