Projects: Power
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In collaboration with more than 100 lawyers operating in key energy and financial centers around the world, Morgan Lewis’s project finance and infrastructure team advises on project development and finance; mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures; capital markets transactions; the full range of corporate and securities matters for utility systems; and regulatory and compliance issues. We offer practical, thoughtful, and informed advice on some of the world’s most complex and significant energy transactions.
Our team advises clients in various sectors, including conventional and renewable power; nuclear power; electrical transmission; upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas; pipelines and liquefied natural gas (LNG); public-private partnerships (PPPs); and energy infrastructure and telecommunications projects.
We regularly represent all types of participants in project financings and energy and infrastructure acquisition financings, refinancings, and debt offerings. Our team has developed and structured virtually every type of project in the energy and infrastructure space, and has drafted, negotiated, and advised on the forms of agreements necessary to properly structure a project finance transaction.
Chambers Review
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is well thought of for the depth of its bench and level of understanding concerning renewables projects. The firm is well versed in warehouse and tax equity structuring. It is active on solar and wind financings throughout the USA. It has additional strength in the conventional power space, assisting significant clients with the development, financing, acquisition and disposition of power projects throughout the USA. The firm is able to draw on expertise of practitioners stationed across a nationwide and international network of offices.
Work Highlights
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP represented Invenergy and a subsidiary in the $100 million back-leverage financing for an approximately104 MW wind-powered electric energy generation project.
Strengths
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"Morgan Lewis has a very commercial and practical approach to transactions."
"Morgan Lewis has a very commercial and practical approach to transactions."
Notable Practitioners
James Tynion expertly represents renewable power sector clients across the financing, development, sale and acquisition of projects. He capably handles both tax equity and debt financing structures.
Elizabeth Hanigan is an impressive lawyer in renewable energy infrastructure M&A with expertise handling the acquisition and sale of development-stage wind and solar assets, completed projects and portfolios. She frequently acts for developers, private equity funds and institutional investors in these transactions and has further capabilities negotiating build-transfer and power purchase agreements.
Michael Müller handles the financing of projects in the traditional power space and is regularly sought out by clients for his substantial expertise.
Neeraj Arora is a strong performer in the renewables sector who frequently represents developers, lenders and investors in connection with the development and financing of solar, offshore wind and battery storage infrastructure.
"Neeraj has a wide range of knowledge, is extremely responsive, personable and has business savvy."
Amy Maloney's expertise covers the financing, sale and acquisition of assets in the power and renewables space.
Richard Filosa has considerable expertise in the conventional power sector, where he ably represents clients in financing, structuring and the negotiation of commercial agreements.
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