Sheppard supports company founders, project developers, financiers, utilities and infrastructure investors on a wide range of issues. The team is led by three partners: Benjamin Huffman in Chicago, alongside Anthony Toranto in Del Mar and Kathryn Shurin in Houston. Toranto advises sponsors, creditors and investors on corporate and transactional matters including capital raising, acquisitions, financings and leasing arrangements. Katherine Gillespie, in Chicago, acts for sponsors and financing parties on the financing, development and acquisition of renewable energy projects, while
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Key clients
- 174 Power Global
- Accelerate Investment Partners
- AES Clean Energy Development, LLC
- ALLETE Clean Energy, Inc.
- Alluvial Power
- Akuo Energy USA Inc.
- Amalgamated Bank
- Ampliform
- Arevon Energy, Inc.
- Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC
- Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P.
- Avangrid, Inc.
- Aypa Power LLC
- The Blackstone Group
- Blue Ocean Ventures Partners LLC
- Brookfield Power U.S. Asset Management LLC
- California Wind Energy Association
- Capital Power Corporation
- Cardinal Renewables
- Circle Power Renewables
Work highlights
Represented Arevon in developing and financing two major battery energy storage projects in San Diego, advised on all aspects of development, including transactional, land use, regulatory, environmental permitting, title, survey, and compliance matters, and played a key role in securing necessary permits, rights, and agreements with local agencies and stakeholders.
Represented Invenergy in a series of financings totaling over $1 billion which included a construction to term loan, tax credit bridge loan and letter of credit issuance financing facility for the 450 MW (ac) Chalk Bluff solar power generation facility under construction in St. Francis County, Arkansas.
Practice head
Benjamin Huffman; Anthony Toranto; Kathryn Shurin
Other key lawyers
Katherine Gillespie