Mr Christopher Gladbach > McDermott Will & Emery LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

McDermott Will & Emery LLP
THE MCDERMOTT BUILDING, 500 NORTH CAPITOL STREET, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20001-1531
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Work Department

Project Finance Law

Position

Partner Christopher Gladbach counsels clients in energy M&A, project development, tax equity and project finance transactions.

Chris works with energy clients in structuring complex equity and debt investments, advises both buyers and sellers in the power sector in mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures, and on the development of large-scale energy projects. He assists his clients in mitigating and allocating risk associated with these transactions in conjunction with achieving their primary business and financial objectives.

Chris has extensive experience advising clients pursuing opportunities involving the development and financing of United States Department of Defense (DoD) energy projects. He counsels developers, purchasers, lenders and tax equity investors in government contracts and structuring project development and financing arrangements to account for unique risks.

In addition, Chris represents market-leading private equity funds and institutional investors in power asset transactions, and understands the unique challenges and opportunities that these clients face.

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https://www.mwe.com/people/gladbach-christopher/

Memberships

American Council of Renewable Energy (ACORE): Leadership counsel member; Lead author of ACORE’s comments to the US Army EITF’s model PPA

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Energy > Renewable/alternative power

McDermott Will & Emery LLP is often involved in some of the most significant renewables and alternative energy projects in the US, and stands out for its policy-related work in the industry. The Inflation Reduction Act and related tax equity investments have been a major source of recent work for the team, and clients include a wide variety of stakeholders in renewable energy. Co-chair of the practice group Philip Tingle is one of the go-to figures in the market for tax-related issues and has supported heavyweight clients on the IRA and related incentives, tax credits and technologies. Fellow chair Edward Zaelke is based in Washington DC and has vast experience with the full spectrum of alternative energy development and finance matters. Alongside him in Washington DC is Carl Fleming, a transactional lawyer and policy advisor, and Christopher Gladbach, who is well versed in energy industry M&A, project finance transactions, project development, and tax equity matters. Heather Cooper in Miami ‘can provide a quick high-level analysis‘ on the range of tax issues in the energy industry, and New York-based Joel Hugenberger and James Salerno both handle financing and development for solar and wind projects.