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Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Offices

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
200 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10166
NEW YORK
United States
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Mr Brendan Harney

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+1 212.309.1255 bharney@HuntonAK.com View profile

Work Department

Sustainability and ESG, Capital Markets and Securities, Energy, Energy and Infrastructure, Energy Finance and Securitization, Power and Utilities Capital Markets, Public Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Mr. Harney represents issuers and underwriters in a range of debt and equity capital markets transactions.

He assists clients with public and private securities offerings, with a concentration in the energy and utility industries. His experience includes SEC registered debt offerings, Rule 144A/Regulation S debt offerings, utility first mortgage bond offerings, convertible debt offerings, common stock offerings, establishment of “at-the-market” equity programs, equity-linked offerings, preferred and hybrid securities offerings, establishment of “medium-term notes” programs, liability management transactions, tax-exempt offerings and remarketings of multimodal debt, 4(a)(2) private placements and dedicated utility rate securitization transactions.

He regularly advises clients on ESG (environmental, social and governance) offerings and establishment of ESG frameworks. Mr. Harney also has experience advising clients on general corporate matters, including corporate governance, securities law compliance, mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, and preparing ’33 and ’34 Act securities filings.

He is a frequent contributor to internal blogs, client alerts and external publications.

Memberships

Admitted to New Jersey and New York State Bars

Education

  • JD, Rutgers University School of Law, 2010
  • BA, Binghamton University, State University of New York, cum laude, 2006

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Energy > Energy transactions: electric power

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has carved out a niche in the US energy market as a leading tax equity practice, advising both established industry players and new market entrants on the tax equity financings of substantial solar and battery storage projects, as well as advising multinational financial services firms on tax credit transactions. Alongside this, the practice boasts a formidable capital markets offering, working closely with household names in the utilities space, as well as leading underwriters, on significant financing arrangements. Co-heads Jeffrey Schroeder and Peter O’Brien operate out of Washington DC and New York, respectively, with the latter the key figure in the group for power, utilities, and capital markets work, often working closely with colleagues Michael Fitzpatrick and Steven Friend, who demonstrate further excellence in this area and sit alongside O’Brien in New York. Richmond-based Laura Jones is an especially well-regarded tax lawyer who oversees a wealth of tax credit transactions, both generating repeat instructions and new business for the firm. Washington DC’s Geoffrey Lorenz‘s wide-ranging experience covers a variety of financing and transaction structures, and he is also highly active on tax-equity investments. Patrick Jamieson and Brendan Harney are further names of note for their debt and equity capital markets work from New York, while Douglas Dua and Jean Liang received promotions to partnership and counsel, respectively in 2023, also sitting in the New York office.

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