Sean M Moran

Sean focuses on asset finance, with an emphasis on financing, acquiring, and disposing of renewable energy, zero carbon, and infrastructure assets. Instrumental in creating the structure that has become the standard for renewable energy deals in the United States, Sean has handled many of the country’s largest and most complex renewable energy financing transactions, including numerous first-of-its-kind deals.

In the course of his practice, Sean represents Fortune 50 companies, tax equity investors, private equity funds, sponsors, developers, lenders, and borrowers. His clients include some of the largest investors in the renewable energy market, collectively investing billions of dollars in renewable energy generation. His projects include wind; solar; battery storage; hydrogen; geothermal; biomass, renewable natural gas (RNG), sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and other renewable fuels; carbon capture and sequestration; electric vehicles; and manufacturing and mining. His experience includes tax equity, tax credit finance and sales, M&A and joint ventures, reorganizations and bankruptcy, project finance, and structured finance. Sean has worked with dozens of clients and stakeholders to develop and execute on structures utilizing monetization opportunities available through the Inflation Reduction Act.

Sean is recognized globally and nationwide as a Band 1 lawyer in Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy by Chambers Global 2025 and Chambers USA 2026.

Chambers Global, Projects: Renewables and Alternative Energy, 2015-2019

Chambers USA, Projects: Renewables and Alternative Energy (Nationwide), Band 1, 2014-2020

The National Law Journal, “Energy & Environmental Trailblazer,” 2016

Daily Journal, “Top 100 Lawyers in California,” 2015

Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 1988 (Fordham Law Review)

New York University School of Law, LL.M., Tax, 1994

Fordham University, B.S., 1981