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Provided by Lauren A. Collins
Lauren Collins focuses on tax matters related to project finance, with an emphasis on renewable energy and infrastructure assets. Lauren has represented clients in the financing, disposition, acquisition, and development of renewable energy and energy transition projects, including solar, wind, energy storage, hydrogen, carbon sequestration, fuel cell, biogas, RNG, and manufacturing facilities, among others. She has considerable experience utilizing a variety of structures to finance these assets and has helped develop some of the most complex and cutting-edge renewable energy financing transactions in the U.S., including numerous first-of-its-kind deals.
In the course of her practice, Lauren represents Fortune 50 companies, investors, utilities, sponsors, and developers in the renewable energy space and has advised clients more broadly in connection with various federal and state tax matters. Her experience includes tax equity, tax credit finance and sales, M&A, reorganizations and bankruptcy, project finance, and structured finance.
Lauren is ranked Band 3 by Chambers Global 2026 and Chambers USA 2025 in Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy. She is also recognized by Chambers USA 2025 Tax California: Southern in Band 4, where one client notes “Lauren is a pleasure to work with; she has a very strong knowledge base and is helpful in thinking through complex issues.”
University of Southern California Gould School of Law, J.D., 2010 (Southern California Law Review, Senior Content Editor)
New York University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation, 2011
University of California – San Diego, B.A. Political Science with honors, 2007
Provided by Chambers
Lauren Collins regularly handles tax matters related to transactions. She specializes in work in the renewables sector.
Provided by Chambers
Lauren Collins has deep and extensive experience within tax equity.
Lauren brings valuable expertise, responsiveness, a solution-oriented mindset, creativity and flexibility to the table.
Lauren in highly technical yet creative.
Lauren Collins has deep and extensive experience within tax equity.
Lauren brings valuable expertise, responsiveness, a solution-oriented mindset, creativity and flexibility to the table.
Lauren in highly technical yet creative.