Elise Zoli is a partner in the energy and climate solutions practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she focuses on advancing strategic alliances in the clean energy, water, agriculture, and de-carbonized sectors.

Elise has worked extensively on a variety of groundbreaking technologies, transactions, and projects, including with nuclear, solar, wind, fuel cell (PEM (polymer electrolyte membrane) and SOF/EC (solid oxide fuel cells)), storage, micro- and smart-grid, CCUS, de-salination, and water technologies, as well as the associated securitization and markets for carbon, fuels, land, and ecological attributes. In conjunction with her transactional work, which focuses on strategic alliances, Elise has pioneered the use of novel P3 (public-private partnership) instruments, including U.S. Department of Energy grants, loan guarantees, and incentives.

Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, Elise was a partner and the global head of the Future of Energy, Renewables+ and Sustainability initiative at Jones Day. Previously, she led the energy practice and was a partner at Goodwin Procter.

Elise is a co-founder of the Alliance for a Climate Resilient Earth and serves on the board of directors of the Stimson Center, a leading, nonpartisan global think tank. She is currently obtaining her global M.B.A. from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

Honors & Distinctions: Financier Worldwide’s Project Finance & Infrastructure 2021 under “Power Players: Distinguished Advisers” (2021) The American Lawyer’s “New England Trailblazers” list (2021) A Word About Wind, Legal Power List (2020) Law360’s “Ten Influential Women in Energy Law” (2018) Public Utilities Fortnightly’s “Groundbreaking Attorney of the Year in Cleantech” (2011) Best Lawyers in America (2011-2019) Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2007-2018) Stimson Center, Board of Directors (pending) Trustee, Desert Research Institute (Western Regional Climate Center) Bhutan Foundation, Special Advisor