Amy Maloney focuses her practice on project finance and development, working with sponsors and financing sources including commercial and investment banks, developers and independent power producers, private equity funds, insurance companies, and other institutional investors. Amy advises clients on the development, construction, operation, and debt and equity financing of various types of energy and infrastructure projects, including wind, solar, and other renewable assets, gas-fired facilities, gas and liquids pipelines, transmission lines, and transportation infrastructure.
North America - United States • Finance
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP offers a strong bench of advisors who are ‘excellent collaborators’ and whom possess the ’ability to provide market perspective on transactions and negotiating positions.’ The firm handles a diverse stream of financing transactions that includes debt, equity and tax equity financings as well as refinancings and acqusition financings for a wide roster of developers, investors and sponsors particularly focused on wind, solar and battery storage matters. Team lead Elizabeth Hanigan is based in Chicago and covers the transactional waterfront of renewable energy assets, whereas fellow co-head and Washington DC attorney Stephen Spina is a go-to for utility clients. Neeraj Arora has been active on construction loan financings, acqusition financings, and tax equity financings over the past twelve months, sitting in the Los Angeles office. Laura Neumeister Wright splits her time between New York and Chicago and has presided over novel novel production tax credit agreements and sustainability-linked credit facilities as part of a formidable book of renewable energy mandates. Boston’s Amy Maloney continues to be a prominent name in the practice and for sponsors, lenders and developers and has been a leading name on the firm’s large-scale gas-fired energy projects.
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Testimonials
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- 'The firm are good risk advisors facilitating better decision making, and are excellent collaborators and user friendly, prompt.'
- 'Ability to provide market perspective on transactions and negotiating positions.'
Key clients
- Ares Management L.P.
- Astoria Energy
- Basalt Infrastructure Partners
- Credit Agricole CIB
- JPMorgan Chase Bank
- MUFG
- National Grid Ventures
- Lotus Infrastructure
- South Jersey Industries
- Swift Current Energy
- Invenergy
- Brookfield/Luminace
- Energy Capital Partners
- HQI US Holding LLC/Hydro-Québec
- Ashtrom
- American Electric Power
- CarVal Investors
- CIT Group
- Evergy
- Osaka Gas
- Pardee Renewable Energy
Work highlights
- Advised Orion Infrastructure Capital on a debt financing for a $20 million senior secured term loan facility for Forge Nano Inc.
- Advised hep energy USA on an approximately $9.4 million debt and approximately $9.3 million tax equity financing of a 9.8-megawatt solar project located in North Carolina.
- Represented Ashtrom Renewable Energy (ARE) in the development, construction, and term financing of a 300 MW solar project located in Texas, including the first-of-its-kind 10-year PTC transfer agreement under the new IRA transfer scheme.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Elizabeth Hanigan, Stephen Spina