Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy

Kirkland & Ellis has a robust oil and gas practice focusing on lender side representations across the upstream and midstream sectors. It possesses expertise spanning a broad array of structured finance solutions to meet clients' development and acquisition goals. The firm offers further strength in the financing of traditional power assets. It has a strong group of attorneys handling complex financing in the renewable energy space, including solar, battery storage and on and offshore wind assets. The firm has additional capabilities in the LNG space.

"Kirkland really thinks about what the client might need beyond what it can see."

"Kirkland stands out in its commercial focus and knowing where the market is."

Kirkland & Ellis advised a consortium led by Macquarie Asset Management on the USD460 million debt refinancing of Lordstown Energy Center, a 940 MW thermal power generation facility in Ohio.

Robert Eberhardt has a strong track record of handling financing and hedging agreements involving solar, wind and other energy projects. "Robert is a go-to for all things related to financing projects. He is extraordinarily detail-oriented and very practical in his approach."

Rohit Chaudhry has an impressive track record representing lenders in sophisticated financing arrangements for projects in the oil and gas and renewables sectors. He provides adroit counsel on both smaller distributed asset developments and large utility-scale projects. "Rohit is one of the preeminent project finance lawyers. He knows the industries and knows the projects." "Rohit is highly commercial but also knows everything that's going on in the documents."

Tatiana Monastyrskaya has notable expertise in energy project finance and development, with a particular focus on oil pipelines. "She's a very smart, experienced and practical lawyer."

Kelann Stirling's project financing experience covers an array of assets from the refinancing of gas-fired plants to virtual PPAs for renewable energy offtake to recapitalization of oil and gas assets. "She knows the space well and is very detail-oriented."

Michael Masri is commended for his expertise in renewable tax credits for large solar and wind projects. "Mike is one of those leaders who's trying to push the market forward when we're without much clear guidance from the IRS." "He is extremely creative, solutions-oriented and very commercially-minded." "The advice that he's given to clients is more robust and more commercial than we've seen elsewhere - he has a good sense of what works and what doesn't."

Roald Nashi has wide-ranging project financing experience and regularly represents clients with interests in LNG, solar, pipeline and traditional power projects. "Roald is absolutely phenomenal. He brings very strong intellectual ability to thinking about strategy and understands the complexities of financing relative to other issues. He's very thought-forward and has an appreciation for the underlying business."

Sam Kamyans handles tax equity financing of energy infrastructure with a particular focus on renewable energy assets. "Sam Kamyans is a very talented tax lawyer who is open-minded and creative in this thinking."