Team

Lean, high-caliber team.

Nick Olmsted

Founder and Managing Partner

Nick is a renewable energy and infrastructure lawyer with 20+ years of experience and is also a full-stack software developer/engineer. Nick has led legal work on hundreds of major transactions and agreements across the spectrum of renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure development, construction, financing and operation, in dozens of U.S. states as well as a number of foreign jurisdictions. His work encompasses solar, wind, battery storage, EV infrastructure and other technologies and extends to project M&A, debt financings, development capital financings, co-investment transactions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, as well as construction, offtake, real estate and supply arrangements.

Nick is the chief developer and architect of Algorithm Law’s legal software platform. Nick has also worked on the business side of energy development and financing, having co-founded and sold to an independent power producer a leading commercial solar project finance platform. Prior to launching Algorithm Law, Nick served as General Counsel of several top companies in the energy and technology sectors and worked for seven years on complex financing and M&A transactions at Wall Street firms Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.

Nick graduated with honors from New York University School of Law and holds additional degrees from Harvard University, the University of Michigan and Vassar College. Nick is a member of the bar in California, New York and Washington, D.C.

Hilary Gelsinger

Partner

Hilary is a Partner at Algorithm Law and specializes in legal advice relating to renewable energy development, construction, financing and operation. Hilary has advised on numerous M&A transactions, project financings, power purchase agreements, development services agreements, engineering, procurement and construction agreements, and other matters concerning energy projects in multiple regions.

Prior to joining Algorithm Law, Hilary worked as a real estate finance associate in the New York office of Wall Street firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, where she advised on financing, acquisition and leasing of large commercial real estate portfolios.

Hilary is a graduate of New York University School of Law, where she was a Dean’s Scholar, and Georgetown University. Hilary is a member of the bar in New York.

Stephanie Schlitter

Senior Associate Attorney

Stephanie is a Senior Associate Attorney at Algorithm Law and advises on legal matters relating to renewable energy development, construction, financing and operation. Stephanie has advised on M&A transactions, financings, power purchase agreements, engineering, procurement and construction agreements, commercial agreements and other matters concerning energy projects in multiple regions.

Stephanie is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, Stanford University and the University of California-Berkeley. Stephanie is a member of the bar in Illinois.

Arifa Ali

Associate Attorney

Arifa is an Associate Attorney at Algorithm Law. She is a 2024 J.D. graduate of Yale Law School, holds an undergraduate degree from Hunter College – CUNY, where she graduated as salutatorian of her class, and joined Algorithm Law in 2026. Prior to joining Algorithm, Arifa was an associate in the New York office of Sidley Austin.

Arifa advises on project M&A transactions, financings and agreements relating to project development, construction and operation. Arifa is a member of the bar in New York.

Mari Paz Luna

Legal Counsel – Platform Operations

Mari supports Algorithm Law’s platform operations and also provides assistance on transactions under the supervision of Algorithm’s lawyers. Mari has passed the New York Bar exam and her admission to the bar is pending.