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Hagai Zaifman

Hagai Zaifman

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HAGAI ZAIFMAN is a leading practitioner in the renewable energy and energy transition tax space. He advises clients in connection with the development, financing and investment in all renewable energy technologies, including wind, solar, battery storage, clean hydrogen, fuel cell, biogas, carbon capture, advanced manufacturing and others. Hagai has extensive experience structuring, planning, and negotiating renewable energy transactions, with particular emphasis on tax equity financing, projects’ development, repowering transactions and dispositions, including advising on the qualification for, and monetization of, the various available clean energy tax credits. His clients include leading independent power producers, developers, sponsors, leading private equity and strategic investors and large financial institutions.

Earlier in his career, Hagai was the Tax Director at GE Energy Financial Services (GE EFS), one of the leading US investors in renewable energy projects. In this role, Hagai led the GE EFS tax team and oversaw all tax aspects of the business, including underwriting, structuring, investing, managing, and disposing the business’ debt and equity portfolio of US and foreign renewable energy projects.

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Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy - USA

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Hagai Zaifman has experience across a wide variety of renewable energy financings, including solar and wind assets.

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  • Hagai is very commercial and is really able to get proactive solutions for his clients.

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