Paul Hastings LLP

Helmed by the heavyweight duo of Gregory Tan and Robert Freedman who possess ‘both strong commercial and legal knowledge’, Paul Hastings LLP has a sponsor-driven energy and infrastructure practice that handles a wide array of financing structures, from leveraged finance and private placements to complex tax credit transactions. The firm also acts for an enviable roster of commercial banks, highlighted by its continued work with MUFG as lenders counsel in relation to both traditional and renewable assets. Freedman has demonstrated prolific activity on large-scale, multi-faceted solar developments over the past twelve months, approaching an array of transactions as from the lenders and noteholders, administrative agent and sponsor standpoint. Tan, who has also has an extensive energy practice that see him engage with assets across North and Latin America, has been the chief lead on infrastructure mandates, overseeing university campus and utility developments and LNG import terminals – amongst other instructions. Both practitioners operate out of New York.