Clients regularly turn to Troutman Pepper Locke LLP for guidance on solar and wind developments, drawing on the team’s strong track record across the full lifecycle of project development matters. Leadership is shared between Los Angeles-based John Leonti, whose practice spans a broad mix of assets including solar, wind, gas, battery storage, and emerging technologies; and New York office partner Christine Byrnes, who concentrates on renewable energy projects, with particular experience in tax equity partnerships and lease investment structures. Based in Richmond, Anne Loomis is another core member of the group, frequently acting as tax counsel on matters involving electric generation and distribution, as well as gas transmission.
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Key clients

  • Greenflash Infrastructure LLC
  • UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Competitive Power Ventures
  • Huntington National Bank
  • EDP Renewables North America
  • NextEra Energy Resources, LLC
  • Plus Power
  • Deriva Energy
  • Serena Energy
  • M&T Bank
  • Sabanci Renewables, Inc.

Work highlights

Advised Greenflash Infrastructure, L.P. (Greenflash), an H.I.G. Capital-backed energy platform, in the closing of an innovative hybrid tax capital and debt financing for a 400 MW / 800 MWh standalone Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) battery storage project.
Represented Sumitomo as tax equity investor in Pacifico's portfolio of solar plus storage projects that consist of 27 MW solar PV and 25 MWh battery storage located in Massachusetts and California.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

John Leonti; Christine Byrnes

Other key lawyers

Anne Loomis