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Stewart Forbes
Counsel Global Regulatory
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Stewart Forbes has joined Hogan Lovells after spending over ten years at the Department of Energy (DOE). Stewart supported multiple DOE program offices, laboratories and sites during his tenure, which he concluded as Senior Counsel in the General Counsel Office for Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property. Stewart led initiatives to modernize DOE laboratory agreements, worked extensively on research security issues, and worked with a variety of important energy industry partners across the technology spectrum. His support of DOE program offices included the Offices of Science, Technology Commercialization, Nuclear Energy, Fossil Energy, Clean Energy Demonstrations, and Electricity.
He led work on major funding agreements involving technologies from hydrogen development to direct air capture, and from advanced reactor development to industrial decarbonization. While at DOE, he pioneered efforts to make DOE federal lands available to private sector developers including data center developers and nuclear utilities.
At Hogan Lovells, Stewart focuses his practice on Department of Energy activities, lab agreements, and funding opportunities. He’s recognized as a knowledge leader as relates to DOE authorities, its laboratory, nuclear development, and the siting of private sector assets on federal land. He graduated magna cum laude from the University at Buffalo School of Law, where he specialized in corporate transactions.
Representative experience
Spearheaded, and received a secretarial award for, updates to DOE’s Other Transactions Guide and regulations, allowing the Department to greater flexibility in issuing commercial agreements*
Supported DOE lab policies, agreements, and reviews, including voucher programs, streamlined FOCI reviews, and national security policy implementation across the DOE lab system.*
Developed funding opportunities incl. Hydrogen Demand-Side, Clean Energy on Minelands, Direct Air Capture, Advanced Reactor Demo, and Nuclear Industry revolving funding programs.*
Innovated DOE contract terms to enable private sector land use, ease interagency collaboration, and provide nuclear fuel access for advanced reactor developers.*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
Education
- University at Buffalo School of Law, Magna Cum Laude, 2013
- Brigham Young University, 2001
Bar admissions and qualifications
- New York