Mackenzie A. Zales

Mackenzie Zales is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Washington, D.C., office and a member of the Public Policy & Regulation Group's Clean Technology Team. Ms. Zales focuses her practice on government financing opportunities and compliance for energy companies.

Ms. Zales works with clean technology and renewable energy clients focused on clean technologies, critical minerals, renewable energy and the battery supply chain to pursue federal funding and financing programs at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), with a particular focus on funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). As a member of the Clean Technology Team, Ms. Zales has helped clients negotiate and secure hundreds of millions of dollars in grants from the DOE to onshore their manufacturing and production facilities in the U.S.

As part of her compliance practice, Ms. Zales supports clients negotiating federal grant awards and clients under awards to build and strengthen their regulatory compliance mechanisms. This support can include troubleshooting compliance questions, setting up internal systems and working through remediation of compliance oversights.

Ms. Zales also has extensive experience in international trade matters. In this practice, she focuses on international regulatory and compliance matters, as well as a broad range of corporate issues, including foreign direct investment, industrial security, export control, sanctions and customs matters.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Zales served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Jennifer Choe-Groves at the U.S. Court of International Trade, assisting in civil actions concerning determinations of the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC).