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Eric Stephens Partner
San Francisco
Eric helps clients design and build successful renewable energy businesses by advising on how projects and portfolios large and small can maximize their value through well-informed negotiation, efficient diligence and acquisition techniques, and responsive and creative problem solving.
Eric has particularly deep knowledge in helping developers strategically procure the equipment and services necessary to develop, construct, commission, operate and sell renewable energy projects of all sizes, and in helping investors evaluate the development work of potential investments. Development and procurement managers excel at sourcing and pricing a project’s needs, and Eric can build on this by bringing these contracts to completion with deep market knowledge, in a way best suited to the client’s commercial objectives and so that they withstand the scrutiny of project investors, lenders and buyers. Eric balances work for utility-scale projects with the growing distributed energy generation and storage sector, both of which recently include negotiation of contracts to “safe harbor” equipment or construction activities to preserve higher levels of ITC or PTC. He has represented energy project developers, equipment suppliers and installers, publicly-owned utilities, private equity investors and other parties in developing energy projects from very early stages of securing technology and land/resource rights to buying and selling operating assets, and everything in between.
Practice:
- Energy & Infrastructure Sector
- Energy
- Renewable Energy
- Solar Energy
- Wind Energy
- Power
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Banking & Finance
- Public Power Financing
- Infrastructure
- United Kingdom
- Offshore Wind
Evan Stergoulis Partner
London
Evan advises lenders, ECAs, institutional investors, renewable energy companies, investment firms and pension funds on financings, M&A, joint ventures and other strategic combinations. He brings considerable experience in wide range of renewable energy portfolio deals, as well as gas and power transmission and distribution projects and he has a market-leading offshore wind practice.
Chambers Global 2020 notes that clients say Evan is a “leading figure who has secured incredible and loyal clients because he does an excellent job.” He has also been named to The Lawyer’s Hot 100. and named to A Word About Wind's Top 100 Legal Power List.
Practice:
- Renewable Energy
- Energy
- Power
- Infrastructure
- Energy & Infrastructure
Michael Tardif Partner
Singapore
Michael’s practice services a broad range of industry sectors, including conventional power, renewable energy (solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric), infrastructure, oil & gas and mining across Asia, Australia and the US. His project finance experience covers the complete toolkit of complex transactions from corporate and acquisition financing, structured/leveraged finance transactions and derivatives, including hedging arrangements.
Michael has notable experience in transactions involving multilateral lenders and export-credit agencies which are often crucial supporters of project financings in developing countries in the region.
Ranked in Band 1 in the Chambers Asia Pacific guide for Indonesia Projects & Energy lawyer for seven years in a row, Michael is also recognized as a “Leading Individual” by Legal 500 Asia Pacific.
Practice:
- Energy & Infrastructure Sector
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Infrastructure
- Energy
- Real Estate
- Capital Markets
Patrick Tardivy Partner
Paris
Patrick advises French and international companies and investors on all aspects of corporate law in the context of acquisitions, disposals, mergers, reorganizations, including business carveouts and strategic alliances.
Patrick is particularly active in the energy and infrastructure fields as well as the tech sectors, working alongside investment funds, French and foreign groups, on both domestic and cross border transactions. Patrick also has significant experience in M&A projects with a focus in the real estate sector where he acts as lead counsel on high-profile transactions.
Recognized by the major international ranking guides, Patrick is described by his clients as "[…] very good. He has a very good depth of technical skills but also good pragmatic vision" and "[his] business sense is exceptionally useful; he knows our business model and what we are capable of achieving. There is a mutual sense of trust." (Chambers Europe 2024 – Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability).
Prior to joining Orrick in 2016, Patrick was a partner in a Magic Circle law firm.
Practice:
- Energy & Infrastructure Sector
- Energy
- Infrastructure
- Renewable Energy
- Power
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Oil & Gas
- Latin America
Dahl Thompson Partner
Houston
Dahl represents project sponsors/developers, private equity investors, utilities and strategic investors in all stages of structuring, financing, acquiring and disposing of energy projects and companies, including the negotiation and drafting of purchase and sale, joint development, shareholder, partnership and LLC operating, debt and equity financing, security and credit agreements. Over the last decade, Dahl has successfully closed transactions relating to projects totaling many thousands of megawatts and many billions of dollars in asset value.
John F. Thomson Counsel, Energy, Infrastructure
Washington, D.C.
Practice:
- Energy
- Infrastructure
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Finance
John F. Thomson Counsel
Washington, D.C.
John currently advises borrowers, sponsors, contractors and other market participants on complex project finance, project development, capital market and corporate transactions, primarily in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
Practice:
- Energy & Infrastructure Sector
- Energy
- Renewable Energy
- Wind Energy
- Solar Energy
Jon Thursby Partner
London
Jon advises sponsors, financial institutions and contractors on the development of offshore wind, solar and biomass projects across Asia, Europe and the United States. He has a particular focus on the developing offshore wind markets in Taiwan, Japan and elsewhere in the APAC region.
Jon's recent experience includes performing the role of Commercial Director for the Formosa II offshore wind project, which is being jointly developed by JERA, Macquarie's Green Investment Group and Swancor Renewable Energy in Taiwan. Jon also recently advised the lender group on the award-winning Changfang and Xidao offshore wind project, which remains one of the largest offshore wind project financings in Asia.
Prior to relocating to Singapore, Jon was based in London where he advised Ørsted, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and other offshore wind developers, as well as export credit agencies, commercial lenders and other financial institutions, on some of the most complex and innovative offshore wind projects in the UK.
Jon began his career as a construction litigator and continues to advise on both contentious and non-contentious matters.
Practice:
- Energy & Infrastructure Sector
- Energy
- Oil & Gas
- Infrastructure
Lisa Tonery Partner
New York
At the forefront of her field, Lisa helped a client obtain the first authorization from the DOE to export domestic natural gas as LNG to all trading partners, and represented the first bi-directional LNG terminals proposed in the United States in proceedings before FERC.
Lisa has been recognized both nationally and globally as a leading practitioner by Chambers Global, Chambers USA, and The Legal 500 for more than a decade.
“Lisa Tonery comes highly recommended for her considerable expertise in representing major clients in high-value LNG proceedings . . . Sources say: ‘She's an expert . . . she really understands the critical issues.’” (Chambers Global)
"Client-focused, business-minded and dogged in the pursuit of her clients' interests. Her depth of knowledge is best-in-class. She has extensive relationships with FERC at all levels and is very pleasant to work with." (Chambers USA)
Lisa van Velsor Counsel, Real Estate, Renewable Energy
San Francisco
Practice:
- Real Estate
- Renewable Energy
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Lisa van Velsor Counsel
San Francisco
Lisa represents clients in a variety of energy transactions, including project development, mergers, acquisitions and financings. She has a particular focus on real property matters, including negotiating site control documents, title insurance policies and surveys, and coordinating a wide variety of title curative work.
Lisa's background includes commercial real estate work for institutional clients and high net worth individuals, with extensive experience representing clients on acquisitions, dispositions, financing, and joint ventures.
Practice:
- Renewable Energy
- Oil & Gas
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Energy & Infrastructure
Michael Vance Managing Associate
Houston
Michael represents clients in complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investments, project development, commercial agreements and general corporate matters primarily in the oil and gas and renewable energy industries.
Calvin Vaughan Associate, Energy & Infrastructure
Washington, D.C.
Calvin Vaughan Associate
Washington, D.C.
His practice focuses on transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
Andres Vega Managing Associate
Washington, D.C.
Andres Vega Managing Associate
Washington, D.C.
He regularly represents project developers and investors in energy project finance transactions, including tax equity and debt financing, M&A, joint ventures, project development and a broad range of corporate matters. His prior experience includes international and multijurisdictional financing and development of energy projects in Mexico and across Africa, including Equatorial Guinea, South Africa, Nigeria, and Egypt.