A key player in renewable and alternative power transactions, Clifford Chance advises investors, developers, infrastructure funds and financial institutions on M&A, project finance, development and tax equity matters. Lori Ann Bean, based in Washington DC, focuses on project and acquisition finance, representing lenders, sponsors and institutional participants in complex renewable and infrastructure financings. The practice is co-led by Anthony Giustini in Houston. Also in Houston, Jonathan Castelan advises on energy transition mandates, including carbon capture, hydrogen and renewable fuels, with experience spanning acquisitions, joint ventures and commercial arrangements. Houston-based David Stringer supports sponsors and investors on acquisitions, divestitures and development projects involving renewable energy and infrastructure assets, strengthening the firm’s capabilities across the clean energy lifecycle.
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Key clients
- U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
- Export-Import Bank of the United States
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Inter-American Investment Corporation (IDB Invest)
- Proparco - the French development bank
- AES Corporation
- KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH
- Aggreko / Aggreko Energy Transition Solutions
- Heelstone Renewable Energy
- Aligned Climate Capital
- Partners Group
- ExxonMobil
- MUFG Bank, Ltd.
Work highlights
Advised ExxonMobil on multiple carbon capture utilization and sequestration (CCUS) agreements with third party emitters, including an agreement with Calpine Corporation, the nation's largest producer of electricity from natural gas, to transport and permanently store up to 2 million metric tons per annum of carbon dioxide from Calpine's Baytown Energy Center, a cogeneration facility near Houston, Texas.
Advised KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH, MUFG Bank, Ltd., DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Export Development Canada, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, The Korea Development Bank, Asset Management One Alternative Investments Ltd, and Nippon Life Insurance Company on the US$800 million project financing of a 374MW solar project and 150MW/600MWh battery storage project located in Riverside County, California. The project is jointly owned by EDF Renewables North America and Power Sustainable Energy Infrastructure.
Practice head
Lori Ann Bean; Anthony Giustini
Other key lawyers
Jonathan Castelan; David Stringer