Norton Rose Fulbright’s transactional electric power team works across acquisitions, development, financing, and divestitures. The practice frequently works cross-practice with its real estate, tax equity, and energy regulatory teams. Becky Diffen, experienced in M&A, joint ventures, and renewable energy, energy storage, power generation, and transmission project development, co-leads the practice from Austin. Co-leading the team from New York is Kessar Nashat, a key advisor for debt and equity offerings in energy and infrastructure, in addition to M&A. Elizabeth Sluder supports the practice’s equipment procurement and EPX contracts and built-transfer agreements expertise from Los Angeles. Other key contacts include Sameer Ghaznavi in Chicago, experienced in representing private and public companies, developers, utilities, and sponsors in acquisitions and sales of energy and infrastructure projects.
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Key clients
- Ecofin U.S. Renewable Infrastructure Trust PLC
- Perennial Power Holdings, Inc.
- Qualitas Energy Private Equity, S.G.E.I.C., S.A.
- New York Power Authority
- Savion Equity, LLC
- Woodside Energy Group Ltd.
- TerraForm Power
- REV Renewables
- 38 Degrees North
Work highlights
Represented Savion Equity, LLC (backed by Shell plc) in the formation of Tango Holdings, LLC, a joint venture with a fund managed by the Ares Infrastructure Opportunities strategy that will manage 496-MW of solar projects in Ohio, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Indiana.
Represented JERA Americas Inc. in its share transfer of equity interests in three gas-fueled power plants with a combined generating capacity of more than 3,000-MW to Tenaska and Tyr Energy LLC.
Represented Qualitas Energy Private Equity, S.G.E.I.C., S.A. and its platform company, Heelstone Development, LLC, in HD’s acquisition of a 2,050-MW portfolio of early- to mid-development stage wind and solar projects located in Montana, New Mexico, Texas and Wyoming from Valor Infrastructure Partners, LLC.
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Sameer Ghaznavi
Practice head
Becky Diffen; Kessar Nashat
Other key lawyers
Elizabeth Sluder; Sameer Ghaznavi; Anastasia Slivker; Erin Mitchell