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Represented the lenders in the approximately US$2.3 billion financing of the 1,394 lMW Southland repowering project in Southern California sponsored by The AES Corporation.
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Represented the lenders, Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, ING Capital LLC, Investec Bank PLC and Western Alliance Bank, on the approximately US$123 million back-leverage financing of the 100 MW Mustang solar project located in Kings County, California. The project is expected to produce enough electricity to power approximately 45,000 homes.
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Represented Santander Bank, N.A., as lead arranger and lender, on the financing of the 100 MW Mustang solar project in Kings County, California. The Mustang project benefits from long-term power purchase agreements with two community choice energy aggregators (CCAs) that allow California municipal governments to pool the electricity demand of their communities. The Mustang project is the first project of its size to be financed on the basis of power purchase agreements with CCAs.
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Represented the lead arrangers and lenders for the financing of the 157.5 MW Roserock solar project to be located in Pecos County, Texas. The financing consisted of a construction period credit agreement that provides for a US$63 million construction loan facility, an approximately US$180 million equity bridge loan facility and an approximately US$23 million letter of credit facility, as well as an operating period back-leverage credit facility with a US$63 million term loan facility, and an approximately US$32 million letter of credit facility. Shortly after the closing of the debt transaction, a majority stake in the Roserock project was sold to Southern Power Company.
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Represented KeyBank and CoBank on the debt financing of a solar project in Mississippi being developed by Silicon Ranch Corporation.
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Represented Allianz on the private placement in the financing of the Palouse Wind Project.
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Represented PGGM on the acquisition of cash equity interests in a portfolio of six Solar City tax equity funds and on the structuring of the cash equity partnership with Solar City for this investment.
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Represented an investor on the acquisition of the cash equity interests in a portfolio of tax equity interests owned by JP Morgan in 15 wind projects in the US, and on the structuring of the cash equity partnership with JP Morgan for this investment.
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Represented an investor on the acquisition of the cash equity interests in tax equity interests owned by Credit Suisse in a portfolio of wind projects in the US.
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Represented a consortium, comprised of Macquarie Mexican Infrastructure Fund and other sponsors, on the acquisition, development, financing and partial sale of the approximately US$1 billion, 396 MW Marena wind project in Mexico. The lenders included export credit agencies, multilateral agencies, commercial banks and local development institutions and banks.
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Represented the lenders, led by Deutsche Bank, on a construction revolver and warehousing facility to finance utility scale, commercial scale and residential solar projects developed by SunEdison.
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Represented Macquarie on the sale of its equity interests in a large wind project in the United States.
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Represented Macquarie on the acquisition, and subsequent sale, of a portfolio of solar projects in California.
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Represented Macquarie on the acquisition of equity interests in a portfolio of eleven wind farms across the United States.
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Represented the lenders, led by The Royal Bank of Scotland, on a revolving financing for a portfolio of rooftop solar PV projects owned or to be acquired or developed by Constellation Energy.
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Represented the lenders, led by Union Bank of California, on the financing of a solar PV project in California owned by NRG Energy.
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Represented the lenders on the financing, led by Union Bank of California, on the financing of a solar PV project in New Mexico developed by NRG Energy.
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Represented First Reserve on the acquisition and financing of the Lackawanna Energy Center, a 1,485 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle power plant located in Pennsylvania.
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Represented Macquarie Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition and financing of the Lordstown Energy Center (LEC), a 940 MW combined-cycle gas turbine electric power generation facility.
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Represented Macquarie Infrastructure Partners in connection with its acquisition of Bayonne Energy Center (BEC) from an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners LLC and a subsequent financing for BEC. BEC includes both a 512 MW gas-fired power generation facility located in Bayonne, New Jersey and a 7-mile long transmission cable running beneath the Hudson River connecting the plant to the Consolidated Edison Gowanus substation.
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Represented the lenders in a US$208 million holding company debt financing for Caithness Brookhaven, LLC, which owns 99% of the equity interests in Caithness Long Island, LLC.
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Represented the lenders, including MUFG, GECC and BNP Paribas, on the financing of the US$1 billion, 674 MW Salem Harbor gas-fired power project in Massachusetts.
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Represented the lenders on the US$4 billion financing for Train 2 of the Freeport LNG liquefaction project. The financing won three “IJGlobal Awards” recognizing deals of the year, receiving the “Overall Global,” “North America Oil & Gas” and “Overall North America” awards for 2014.
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Represented the lenders on the US$3.7 billion financing for Train 3 of the Freeport LNG project.
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Represented the lenders, including IFC, ADB, K-sure, the Export-Import Bank of Korea, BNP Paribas, and a syndicate of Indian banks led by the State Bank of India, in connection with the US$4.3 billion project financing of the 4,000 MW Mundra coal-fired ultra mega power project in Gujarat, India, sponsored by Tata Power.
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Represented the senior lenders, led by The Royal Bank of Scotland and Union Bank of California, as joint lead arrangers, on the US$534 million financing of two gas fired peaking power projects in Connecticut developed by GenConn Energy, a joint venture between NRG Energy and The United Illuminating Company.
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Represented the senior lenders, led by Union Bank of California and Santander, on the financing of the 484 MW gas-fired Walnut Creek power project in California sponsored by Edison Mission Energy.
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Represented the lenders committee on the US$1.01 billion restructuring of the debt of Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), the largest gas pipeline company in Argentina.
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Represented The Bank of Nova Scotia and RBC Capital Markets on a financing of a portfolio of four power generation facilities and one coal pulverization facility associated with ArcelorMittal's steel plants in Indiana.
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Represented the borrower on a US$220 million financing for the acquisition and development by Macquarie of a portfolio of landfill gas projects in Rhode Island and California.
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Represented the lenders on a US$275 million financing of a portfolio of three ethanol projects located in the Midwest.
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Represented the lenders on a US$325 million financing of a portfolio of five ethanol projects.
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Represented Duke Energy on an approximately US$300 million financing supported by its Latin American assets.
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Represented Duke Energy on a bridge financing, and a takeout bond financing in Peru.
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Represented the developer on the financing of a 725 MW gas-fired power project located in Louisiana and owned by Mirant and Cleco.
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Represented the lenders committee on the restructuring of the debt of Transportadora de Gas del Norte (TGN), a gas pipeline company in Argentina.
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Represented the lenders on the restructuring of the debt of Aguas Argentinas, a water utility in Argentina.
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Represented the lenders on the restructuring of the debt of Aguas Provinciales de Santa Fe, a water utility in Argentina.
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Advised GE on a preferred equity financing for the acquisition of a power project in Florida.
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Advised GE on a proposed acquisition of a power project in Virginia.
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Represented a commercial bank and institutional lender syndicate in the financing of a 540 MW gas-fired merchant power project located in Connecticut and owned by El Paso.
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Represented the developer on the financing of the 235 MW GVK power project in India, which was one of the “fast track” power projects in India.
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Represented the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Svenska Handelsbanken on the proposed financing of a portfolio of hydro- and thermal power projects in Panama owned by AES.
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Represented the lenders in connection with a credit line to an investment fund that invests in infrastructure projects, and with the restructuring and workout with respect to this credit line.
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Represented a major US developer on the restructuring and proposed securitization of a power contract with a Florida utility.
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Represented the lenders on the financing of the acquisition of two power projects in New Jersey.
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Advised IFC on a proposed financing of an oil and gas field project located in Bangladesh and owned by Unocal.
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Advised IFC on a convertible debt facility to CPFL Energia, a Brazilian holding company.