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DLA Piper LLP (US) Offices
500 EIGHTH STREET, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20004
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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Timothy Moran
Work Department
Finance; Projects, Energy and Infrastructure; Energy and Natural Resources
Position
Partner; US Co-Chair, Projects and Infrastructure; US Chair, Renewable Energy; US Chair, Energy M&A
Career
Timothy Moran leads DLA Piper’s Global Project Finance Team and serves as the US Chair of Energy Mergers & Acquisitions, as well as the US Chair of Renewable Energy. Though based in Washington, D.C. and primarily focused on North American markets, Mr. Moran spends substantial amounts of time in New York, the UK/Western Europe and offices focused on delivering services to clients throughout Latin America, Asia and the Middle East.
As the Head of the Global Project Finance Team, Mr. Moran has been charged with building and coordinating a team that is now more than 100 partners globally. The Global Project Finance Team is comprised not only of Project Finance, Energy and Energy M&A Attorneys but also attorneys in the Corporate, Capital Markets, Derivatives, Restructuring, Real Estate, Tax and Environmental groups whose practices naturally and routinely cross into the energy and infrastructure space. The primary and ongoing goal of the Team is to integrate the Firm’s global resources and expertise to deliver a broader range of coordinated services to the Firm’s global clients.
As the Firm’s US Head of Renewable Energy, Mr. Moran leads and coordinates the Firm’s considerable US assets in the renewable sector. Mr. Moran brings to this role his own experience of having represented clients in the development and/or financing of US renewable energy projects with an aggregate value in excess of $70 billion dollars. These projects stretch across 40 of 50 states and include utility scale solar, residential solar portfolios, utility scale onshore wind, utility scale offshore wind, biomass, energy storage (battery) projects, microgrid and inside-the-fence transactions. This experience is the result of work on behalf of developers, commercial lenders, private equity and tax equity providers.
As the Firm’s US Head of Energy Mergers & Acquisitions, Mr. Moran has and continues to lead clients in the purchase or sale of power and mid-stream oil and gas assets with an estimated aggregate value in excess of $32 billion. These projects/assets include the purchase or sale of (i) all or substantially all of the economic interests in portfolios of wind projects, (ii) all or substantially all of the economic interests in portfolios of solar projects, (iii) numerous gas-fired generation projects (operating or in development); (iv) numerous mid-stream oil and gas assets, (v) a number of existing or proposed energy storage projects, and (vi) both energy parent companies and holding companies. Mr. Moran’s clients include not only US-based parties pursuing either the purchase or sale of US-based assets, but also (a) Asia-based companies – including state owned entities – in the purchase of US and non-US assets, (b) Canadian and European-based companies in the purchase of US and non-US assets, and (c) US and non-US lenders in the acquisition financing of all-of-the-above.
Mr. Moran focuses on the development, financing, acquisition and/or sale of (i) solar projects/portfolios; (ii) wind projects/portfolios (both on- and offshore); (iii) gas-fired generation; (iv) energy storage (battery) projects; and (v) mid-stream oil and gas projects. His representations over the past 25+ years have included working on behalf of sponsors, lenders, private equity and tax equity. Mr. Moran regularly represents his clients in the structuring of complex financial transactions and/or in resolving unique challenges. In addition to his significant experience in the drafting and negotiating of all sponsor-side development documents (including EPC arrangements, Purchase and Supply arrangements, Operating and Maintenance arrangements and overall/turnkey-style development arrangements), Mr. Moran: structures and negotiates all styles of financing arrangements, including construction and term loan financings, private placements, tax-based equity investments, letter of credit facilities, revolving credit facilities and intercreditor facilities; and represents clients in all aspects of the various manners in which projects, portfolios of projects and holding and parent companies transact and consummate purchases and sales.
Education
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law; B.A., University of Virginia
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Fintech
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense