Becky Diffen is a partner based in Norton Rose Fulbright’s Austin office. She focuses her practice on mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, project development, and tax equity financings in the renewable energy industry. Becky has over 18 years of experience in the renewable energy industry and previously worked as a utility-scale wind power developer.

Becky is a co-author of Wind Law, the first and only legal treatise focused on the wind industry. She has been recognized in Chambers USA, Law360 Rising Stars, and A Word About Wind’s “Top 100 Legal Power List,” among honors. In 2019 she received the Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) Initiative Law & Finance Award from the Department of Energy recognizing her nationally as a top lawyer advancing innovative clean energy financing solutions.

Becky is a member of the board of directors of Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE), as well as serving as chair of WRISE’s national webinar committee, co-chair of the 2020 and 2021 WRISE Leadership Forums, and a member of the Advisory Board of the WRISE Austin Chapter. Becky is a magna cum laude graduate of Carleton College and earned her J.D. with honors from the University of Texas School of Law, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, & Energy Law and now teaches a class on renewable energy law as an adjunct professor.