Mayer Brown brings notable strength in renewable and alternative power financings, advising sponsors, lenders, and investors on projects involving wind, solar, battery storage, hydrogen, and carbon capture technologies. The team is particularly active in complex debt, equity, and tax equity financings, as well as acquisitions and project development transactions. Robert Goldberg in Houston regularly advises on financings, project acquisitions, and development matters involving renewable energy portfolios. Elina Coss in New York focuses on project financings, acquisitions, and restructurings involving solar, wind, storage, and geothermal assets. Also in New York, Daniel Kiely advises on tax structuring and monetization of renewable energy tax credits, while Isaac Maron advises developers, lenders, and investors on tax equity financings, tax credit transactions, and acquisitions involving renewable energy assets.
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Key clients

  • JERA Nex Americas LLC
  • TC Energy Corporation
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
  • Diamond Generating Corporation
  • TransGrid Energy, an affiliate of Hanwha FutureProof
  • Longroad Energy Partners
  • Sunpin Solar
  • Leeward Renewable Energy
  • Siemens Financial Services
  • Nomura

Work highlights

Represented JERA Nex Americas in the sale of a 50 percent equity interest in Crawfish Solar Holdings 2, LLC, which indirectly owns a solar project portfolio, which includes the 300MW Oxbow solar farm in Louisiana and the 95MW Happy solar farm in Arkansas, to SG US Aggregator LLC, an affiliate of private equity firm Schroders Greencoat LLP.
Represented TC Energy Corporation (TCE) and affiliates on the sale to Orsted of the Cowbird Solar Project, a 220MW development stage solar project located in the TVA area and the potential sale of several additional solar development projects in the TVA area.
Represented TransGrid Energy as lead finance counsel on raising $1.4 billion in financing for two utility-scale, stand-alone battery storage facilities, the Atlas VIII and Atlas IX projects in La Paz County, Arizona.
Practice head

Rob Goldberg

Other key lawyers

Elina Coss; Daniel Kiely; Isaac Maron