A ‘suite of well-experienced industry experts’ makes up the renewable energy offering at Mayer Brown, which has a particularly broad scope in terms of the types of energy projects it advises on, encompassing battery storage, fuel cell, geothermal, nuclear, carbon capture, offshore wind, and biomass. The team includes experts in construction financing, tax equity financing, back-leverage, and securitization, and is coordinated by Paul Astolfi from the Chicago office. His client base includes a notable crop of the major financial investors in the world, and he has built a strong track record in transactions. Also in Chicago, Katy McNeil is building renown in this area across a breadth of financing structures. Houston-based Robert Goldberg is across domestic and international project finance, M&A, joint ventures and project development transactions, with a strong focus on the energy sector. For tax matters in the renewable energy industry, Daniel Kiely in New York is the contact to note, while John Tormey in Washington DC has recently led a number of solar energy deals. Nadav Klugman departed the practice in April 2024.
Testimonials
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‘Legal expertise. Ability to call on an entire suite of well-experienced industry experts. Combined with commercial acumen and knowing how to handle counterparts, individuals, in negotiations where both parties are trying to head towards a closing.’
‘First class best-in-industry: Paul Astolfi and Katy McNeil. Smart, legally solid, commercially reasonable and likeable. Difficult combination to replicate.’
'Very attentive to their clients' needs, do not waste time on stuff that matters less, very humble. Great people to work with.'
Key clients
- Apollo / Atlas Securitized Products
- Ares Management
- Bank of America
- BlackRock
- Blackstone
- Brookfield Asset Management
- Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)
- ClearGen LLC (100% owned portfolio company of Blackstone Credit Sustainable Resources Platform)
- Deutsche Bank AG
- Diamond Generating Corporation
- Duke Energy Corporation
- ENGIE North America Inc.
- Fengate Asset Management
- GE Energy Financial Services, Inc
- ING Capital LLC
- MUFG
- Nestlé
- Nomura
- Norddeutsche Landesbank
- KKR/ Global Atlantic Financial Group
- Leeward Renewable Energy
- Longroad Energy
- Rabobank
- Santander
- Tyr Energy
- Wells Fargo
Work highlights
- Represented Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ) in consortium with Blackstone and Invenergy to acquire renewables portfolio from AEP for $1.5bn.
- Represented ClearGen in a partnership that acquired the membership interests owned by MUFG in 25 operating wind projects.
- Acted for Leeward Renewable Energy as sponsor on both debt and tax equity financing for its 102 MWac solar plus 52 MWac storage Chaparral Springs project and its 72 MWac solar plus 36MWac storage Willow Springs project in California.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Paul Astolfi