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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Projects: PPP

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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

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Projects: PPP - USA

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP offers clients a broad projects practice with particular strengths in PPP and renewable power developments. It takes a leading role representing sponsors and developers on complex PPP negotiations. The team is recognized for notable capability in transit and aviation PPPs. The firm is well versed in issues surrounding tax equity planning in the renewables space. It has possesses considerable prowess handling acquisitions and sales of single projects and portfolios. The firm is also active on conventional power development.
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Work Highlights

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  • Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP advised Intersect Power on closing two transactions representing $837 million in financing commitments to build and operate three standalone battery energy storage systems in Texas.

Strengths

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  • Orrick has technical legal abilities and an unmatched knowledge of the industry.

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  • The firm has subject matter expertise based on hands-on experience, excellent communication skills and an outstanding approach to understanding their client's needs.

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  • Orrick has strong experience with project finance and how to efficiently structure projects. It brings a deep bench of experienced attorneys that can handle all facets of an engagement.

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  • Strong commercial understanding of underlying transactions enables Orrick lawyers to expeditiously work through challenges. The depth of their legal team is exceptional.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Daniel A Mathews
    Daniel A Mathews

    Daniel A Mathews

    Daniel Mathews has an impressive track record of representing lenders, sponsors and investors on a broad array of PPP projects, particularly in the transportation and energy sectors.

    • Dan Mathews has deep experience and not only that, but he coordinates Orrick - he's the orchestra leader.

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    • Dan knows exactly what we're looking for, gets the right answer the quickest and his advice is always spot-on. He is very easy and approachable and his knowledge for documents on deals is sharp.

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  • Leslie E Sherman
    Leslie E Sherman

    Leslie E Sherman

    Leslie Sherman has notable expertise spanning solar and wind generation projects as well as battery storage development. He is commended for his work advising clients on the structuring and negotiation of PPAs.

    • Leslie is a remarkably good attorney in the renewable space.

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  • Mark P Weitzel
    Mark P Weitzel

    Mark P Weitzel

    Mark Weitzel has substantial experience working advising prominent clients on the financing and development of power generation projects spanning both the conventional and renewables sectors.
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  • Bradford Gathright
    Bradford Gathright

    Bradford Gathright

    Bradford Gathright represents a strong choice for investors and developers in conventional and renewable energy infrastructure M&A. He has expertise across project and portfolio transactions.

    • Brad is a superstar.

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  • Christopher J Moore
    Christopher J Moore

    Christopher J Moore

    Christopher Moore provides clients with top tier tax equity and other project financing counsel.

    • Christopher is a tremendous lawyer and a genius. He is keenly commercial, able to talk about risk allocation and finds novel ways to keep the deal moving forward.

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  • Thomas B Glascock
    Thomas B Glascock

    Thomas B Glascock

    Thomas Glascock has considerable experience advising clients engaged in renewable energy projects. He is at home working on both solar and wind financings.
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  • Young J Lee
    Young J Lee

    Young J Lee

    Young Lee has a stellar reputation for her handling of transportation sector PPP. She provides expert representation in the development and financing of high value and sophisticated infrastructure projects.

    • Young is very pragmatic, available and comes up with great solutions.

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  • Dahl Thompson
    Dahl Thompson

    Dahl Thompson

    Dahl Thompson has notable expertise in the sale and acquisition of conventional and renewable power assets and portfolios at all stages of development.
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  • John Eliason
    John Eliason

    John Eliason

    John Eliason manages a broad array of tax-based financing arrangements, with a particular focus on solar generation and energy storage infrastructure projects.

    • John was a real pleasure to work with and is a tremendous lawyer.

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  • Kristin Seeger
    Kristin Seeger

    Kristin Seeger

    Kristin Seeger has expertise in handling sales and acquisitions of renewable energy projects and platforms, with particular strengths in assisting with utility-scale solar transactions.

    • Kristin's main qualities are responsiveness, thoroughness and her understanding of the market. She brings such experience to deals, it's very hard to fault her on anything.

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    • Kristin knows where the market is and makes strong deal points.

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  • Matthew Nesburn
    Matthew Nesburn

    Matthew Nesburn

    Matthew Nesburn is notable for his expertise across the full range of renewables asset types. In addition to his handling of the financing of projects, he has a robust transactional practice which sees him handle the sale and acquisition of developments in the space.

    • Matthew is thoughtful and commercial.

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  • Daniel Shapiro
    Daniel Shapiro

    Daniel Shapiro

    Daniel Shapiro is recognized for his expertise and skill in PPP infrastructure projects. He assists clients with a range of projects, including transportation infrastructure.

    • Daniel is really knowledgeable, rigorous and very accessible.

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    • Dan has been a great problem-solver. He has excellent PPP knowledge.

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  • Eric Stephens
    Eric Stephens

    Eric Stephens

    Eric Stephens has particular strengths in the financing and development of distributed solar projects as well as energy storage solutions, both standalone and paired with generation assets. He has further expertise in advising on the structuring and negotiation of PPAs and EPC agreements.
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  • Matt Archer
    Matt Archer

    Matt Archer

    Matt Archer's broad practice encompasses both the development and A&D of assets in the renewable space.

    • Matt Archer has a lot of market intelligence.

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  • Matthew Neuringer
    Matthew Neuringer

    Matthew Neuringer

    Matthew Neuringer regularly assists private developer and public sponsor clients with the project financing of PPP projects in the transport and education sector.
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  • Paul Zarnowiecki
    Paul Zarnowiecki

    Paul Zarnowiecki

    Paul Zarnowiecki is recognized for his work supporting sector clients on renewable and battery storage projects.

    • Paul is keenly aware of ongoing market developments and what it takes to bring abstract project ideas from the drawing board into commercial operation.

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  • Rohit Sachdev
    Rohit Sachdev

    Rohit Sachdev

    Rohit Sachdev represents project developers and owners on complex financings. His expertise includes wind, solar and battery projects.

    • Rohit has an incredible sense of viewing the project as a whole. He has foresight, and can highlight the issues ahead better than anyone else.

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  • Victoria Boyne
    Victoria Boyne

    Victoria Boyne

    Victoria Boyne is noted for her strength in the PPP space. She is experienced across a range of matters concerning social and transport infrastructure.
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  • Alejandra Garcia Earley
    Alejandra Garcia Earley

    Alejandra Garcia Earley

    Alejandra Garcia Earley has wide-ranging experience in project financings which she brings to bear when expertly representing clients on matters, including those involving renewable energy assets.
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  • Louise Gibbons
    Louise Gibbons

    Louise Gibbons

    Louise Gibbons has experience across the full range of assets in the renewable energy space with noted strength with those concerning solar projects.
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