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Clifford Chance

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Clifford Chance acts for a diverse array of both US and international agencies, with notable clients including the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office and the Department of Commerce. The firm stands out for its specialization in the renewable energy sector, providing expert guidance on the development, financing, and acquisition of wind, solar, and geothermal portfolios. From the Washington DC office, Lori Ann Bean heads up the team, routinely assisting clients with the development and financing of complex infrastructure and energy projects. Co-head of the firm’s Latin America group Fabricio Longhin is the go-to choice for a number of developers, commercial banks, infrastructure and energy funds involved in the development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects in Latin America and the US, an area in which Latin America expert Jessica Springsteen is also active. Based in Houston, Alexander Leff‘s practice focuses on renewable energy and infrastructure projects. All practitioners are based in Washington DC unless otherwise stated.

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Key clients

  • U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
  • Export-Import Bank of the United States
  • Build America Bureau of the U.S. Department of Transportation
  • U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
  • Inter-American Investment Corporation (IDB Invest)
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
  • KfW - the German Development Bank
  • EKF - Denmark's Export Credit Agency
  • CAF - Development Bank of Latin America
  • Proparco - the French development bank
  • SACE, Simest
  • Hermes
  • Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo S.A. (Cofide) - Peru
  • Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional (FDN) - Colombia
  • Department of Commerce - CHIPS
  • Southern Power

Work highlights

  • Advised the DOE Loan Programs Office on a $2.5bn loan to Ultium Cells to help finance the construction of new lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan.
  • Advising the DOE Loan Programs Office on the expansion of a mineral processing facility.
  • Advised BBVA, Intesa SanPaolo, and MUFG Bank as lenders on a $252m construction to back-leverage project financing package to OPDEnergy for the construction of two solar photovoltaic electric generating facilities in Louisiana and West Virginia.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Lori Ann Bean

Other key lawyers

Fabricio Longhin, Jessica Springsteen, Alexander Leff, Peter Hughes, Greg Jehle, Lauran Smith