Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP’s renewable energy team is well regarded for advising developers, sponsors and lenders on complex clean power transactions spanning project development, financings and acquisitions. Co-headed by Jeff Schroeder in Washington DC and Eric Nedell in New York, the group supports clients across the full project lifecycle, including regulatory approvals, tax credit transactions and project financings involving solar, wind, biomass and hydroelectric assets. Schroeder focuses on domestic and international project finance and acquisitions of renewable energy assets and portfolios. Nedell advises lenders, sponsors and borrowers on energy financings and tax credit transfer transactions. Also in Washington DC, Ryan Ketchum advises on the development and financing of renewable energy and infrastructure projects, representing sponsors, lenders and institutional participants on cross-border clean energy mandates.
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Key clients
- American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP)
- U.S. Department of Energy and Commerce
- Nuclear Power Plants Authority of Egypt (NPPA)
- Exus NA Holdings LLC
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Development Finance Institute (DFIC) Inc. (FinDev Canada)
- Netherlands Development Finance Institution (FMO)
- Development Bank of Jamaica Ltd. (DBJ)
- Sagicor Bank Jamaica Limited (Sagicor)
- REV-Up Ventures
- Core Tech International (Guam)
- Government of Ethiopia
- Anzana Electric Group (Formerly Virunga Power Holdings Limited)
- Sevana Bioenergy
- CIFI Latam, S.A
- Providence Advisors Limited
- Government of Uzbekistan
- Ferrovial SE
- Dana Incorporated
- FCC Environmental Services
Work highlights
Advising the sponsors, Rev-Up Ventures, in connection with the development of a proposed 200 megawatt solar photovoltaic and 800 megawatt hour battery energy storage system (BESS) located in Zambia.
Advidsed The Government of Ethiopia’s recently established Directorate General for Public-Private Partnerships engaged IFC to advise it on (i) two bidding rounds of PV solar projects, (ii) two utility-scale wind projects that will be based on the Scaling Wind platform, and (iii) the development and financing of an additional utility scale solar project. The utility-scale projects will total up to a maximum of 250 MW.
Represented Exus North America Holdings LLC in connection with its acquisition of the Highland North, Twin Ridges, and Patton wind farms, totalling 244MW, from Vitol, as well as related debt and tax equity financings for the three wind farms that are currently being re-powered. Hunton provided holistic advice on the transaction, including with respect to environmental permitting advice, energy regulatory guidance, and real estate issues.
Practice head
Jeffrey Schroeder; Eric Nedell
Other key lawyers
Ryan Ketchum