Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP

Chairman: R. Thomas Amis
Managing Partner: Rusty A. Brewer
Number of partners: 7
Number of lawyers: 15
Languages: English, Spanish

FIRM OVERVIEW:
Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP (APB) is a boutique law firm providing legal services to the clean energy and sustainability sectors. The firm was founded by leading project development and finance practitioners with the goal of providing an improved service offering to a sector undergoing profound transformation. The members of APB share the belief that clean energy and sustainability infrastructure is different from traditional energy infrastructure: different from a legislative, regulatory and policy standpoint; different from a technical standpoint; and different from a revenue generation standpoint. APB’s lawyers have worked exclusively in the clean energy and sustainability sector for over fifteen years. This focus results in a knowledge base and breadth of sector relationships that few competitors can match. APB offers a radically different value proposition to our clients. Large renewable energy and sustainability projects have heretofore been predominantly serviced by law firms with high-cost global footprints and hundreds or thousands of lawyers. The firm was founded in the belief, based on decades of real-world experience, that the conventional law firm business model inevitably breeds inefficiencies, often resulting in higher costs for sub-optimal service. APB resolved to do better. The closing of transactions with an aggregate value of over $15 billion since its formation in March of 2017 indicates that the firm is on to something.

MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE:  

Project Development & Finance focused on Clean Energy & Sustainability:

TRANSACTIONS: 

• Representation of Capital Dynamics in the acquisition, ongoing development, debt and tax equity financing of a 230 MW combined solar and 90 MW/360 MWh battery storage project located in Boulder City, Nevada; named 2019 Financial Investment Deal of the Year by S&P Global Platts.
• Representation of Capital Dynamics in the take private acquisition and financing of the $1.7 billion 8Point3 Energy utility and distributed generation solar portfolio; named 2018 Financial Deal of the Year by S&P Global Platts and 2018 IJGlobal North American Solar Deal of the Year .
• Representation of Capital Dynamics in the acquisition, ongoing development, debt and tax equity financing of the 344 MW Moapa Southern Paiute Solar Project in Nevada, the first utility scale solar project to be constructed on tribal lands in the United States; named 2017 IJGlobal North American Solar Deal of the Year .
• Acquisition, joint venture structuring and BLM lease negotiations for a 300 MW phased solar project in Eldorado Valley, Nevada.
• Acquisition and debt and tax equity financing of a two-phase 280 MW solar facility in Monterrey County, California
• Development and tax equity financing for a sixty (60) megawatt-alternating current, two hundred forty (240) megawatt hour battery energy storage system retrofitted into an existing solar project.
• Acquisition and subsequent development of a 1,950 MW/7,800 MWh portfolio of standalone, front-of-meter battery energy storage projects in California.
• Acquisition and subsequent development of a 400 MW combined solar and 300 MW/1,200 MWh battery energy storage project near California City, California.
• Acquisition and subsequent development of a 125 MW combined solar and 50 MW/200 MWh battery energy storage project located in Clark County, Nevada.
• Acquisition, ongoing development and financing of a 150 MW solar photovoltaic power generating project and up to 150 MW/672 MWh battery energy storage system located in Imperial County, California
• Acquisition and development of a 3,000+ MW solar portfolio in MISO.
• Acquisition and development of a 3,500+ MW solar portfolio in MISO and SERC.
• Joint Venture and structuring of a majority ownership in a development company for the funding and eventual purchase of 150+ distributed generation project portfolio across the United States.
• Acquisition and debt and tax equity financing of a 250 MW solar project in Imperial County, California.
• Acquisition and debt and tax equity financing of a 250 MW solar project in Clark County, Nevada.
• Acquisition, development, tax equity and debt financing and sale of two solar projects in Nevada totaling 300 MW.
• Sale of a 260 MW portfolio of solar projects located in PJM (Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware and Virginia).
• Sale of two 150 MW solar project in Ashley County, Arkansas.
• Sale of a portfolio of solar project totaling 550 MW located in Michigan and Kentucky.
• Acquisition, development, and debt and tax equity financing of a 180 MW solar project in Texas.
• Acquisition and debt and tax equity financing of a 90 MW solar project in Kern County, California.
• Acquisition, development, and subsequent sale of an 80 MW solar project in Wyoming.
• Sale of a 72 MW solar project in South Carolina.
• Sale of 120 MW solar project portfolio in North Carolina.
• Development and sale of an 80 MW solar power project in South Carolina.
• Development and sale of three solar projects in Nevada totaling 100 MW.
• Sale of a 100 MW solar project in Utah.
• Acquisition and financing of a 35 project distributed generation portfolio in California, Illinois and New Jersey.
• Acquisition of two solar projects totaling 104.5 MW in Kern County, California.
• Development and sale of a 100 MW solar project in Virginia.
• Acquisition, development, and subsequent sale of an 80 MW solar project in Idaho.
• Sale of a 90 MW solar project in New York.
• Acquisition and financing of a minority position in a 345 MW solar project.
• Preparation of standard form C&I documentation for European developer entering the US market.
• Acquisition and development of a three-project Massachusetts C&I solar portfolio.
• Sale of 60 MW small scale solar portfolio (in CA, NJ, MA, NY markets).
• Acquisition and debt and tax equity financing of a five project, 100 MW solar project portfolio in Idaho.
• Acquisition of two solar projects totaling 104.5 MW in Kern County, California.
• Development and sale of a 100 MW solar project in Virginia.
• Development and sale of 12 small scale solar sites for sales of energy to a grouping of municipal co-ops in Texas.
• Joint venture transaction and subsequent purchase of development rights for a proposed 1600 MW New Jersey offshore wind project, including subsequent permitting work.
• Negotiation of 800 MW worth of offshore PPAs with three utilities in Massachusetts.
• Negotiation of 804 MW worth of offshore PPAs with two utilities in Connecticut.
• Acquisition of development rights for a New Jersey offshore wind project.
• Acquisition, development, and debt and tax equity financing of a two-phase 300 MW wind energy project in Baylor and Knox counties, Texas.
• Acquisition, development, and debt and tax equity financing of 150 MW wind energy project in Briscoe County, Texas.
• Negotiation of nation’s first offshore wind power purchase agreement (Delaware) with PEPCO affiliate, including structuring of solutions to congestion issues involved in injecting power into Delmarva peninsula load pocket.
• Acquisition of three operating wind energy facilities in Minnesota, Iowa, and Oregon.
• Negotiation of a $600 million frame wind turbine purchase agreement.
• Negotiation of a $500 million frame wind turbine purchase agreement.
• Development of a 300 MW wind project in South Texas.
• Development of a proposed direct current wind energy transmission corridor from Iowa to Chicago.
• Development of proposed DC wind energy transmission corridor from Oklahoma to Tennessee.
• Acquisition of a 38 MW wind energy project in Massachusetts.
• Development of a 185 MW wind energy facility in Oklahoma.
• Development and sale of a 120 MW repowering project in California.
• PPAs with MUSH market and corporate offtakers, including Google, Amazon, Apple, Walmart, Facebook, Starbucks, Verizon, Switch, Shell, Home Depot, the Indiana Municipal Power Authority, Valley Electric Association, SCCPA, LADWP, SPPA, City of Glendale, City of Pasadena, City of Vernon, City of Philadelphia, Colorado State University-Pueblo and the University of Pennsylvania.
• PPAs and RA Contracts with large utilities, including SCE, PG&E, SDG&E, NV Energy, Georgia Power, Duke, KCP&L, HECO, Pacificorp, Portland General, Puget Sound Energy, DTE, Dominion, SMUD, Xcel, AEP, National Grid, Consumers, PSCo, PEPCO, Direct Energy, PREPA, EcoElectrica and Alliant.

KEY CLIENTS:
Arevon Energy, Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts & Co., L.P., EDF Renewable Energy, Atlantic Shores Wind Energy, Crossover Energy Partners, Capital Dynamics, Clearway Energy, Vineyard Wind, Recurrent Energy, Avangrid Renewables, 174 Power Global Corporation (Hanwha Q-Cells), The Inter-American Investment Corporation, Eolian Renewable Energy, Pattern Energy, Boralex , BrightNight Energy, Hudson Energy, SparkFund, Community Energy, Sol Systems, Equilibrium Capital, Dakota Power Partners, Open Road Renewables, R3 Renewables and Horizon Solar Power

Contact Names:  

US Projects:
Rusty Brewer
Tel: 202-601-8502
Email: [email protected]

Nik Patel
Tel: 202-601-8503
Email: [email protected]

Latin America Projects:
Mauricio Posadas
Tel: 202-601-8504
Email: [email protected]