Jeff Quinn-Cane
Partner
Seattle
Jeff's practice focuses on advancing renewable energy projects through sophisticated project finance and tax-monetization strategies.
With an emphasis on project development and tax-driven finance, Jeff advises developers, sponsors, lenders, investors and utilities across the renewable energy spectrum. He has extensive experience guiding clients on complex tax equity transactions to finance and develop utility-scale solar and wind, distributed solar, geothermal, fuel cell, biomass and other projects that promote a low carbon energy transition.
Previously, Jeff spent four years working as a litigation consultant, an experience that equipped him with a deep understanding of the factors that lead to litigation and effective ways to prevent it.
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Tax Equity Financing
- Sponsor in tax equity investment in two PTC solar projects in Texas totaling 452 MW.
- Sponsor in $120 million tax equity investment in two solar projects in Hawaii.
- Investor in $113 million tax equity investment in 335 MW solar project in Texas.
- Investor in $128 million tax equity investment in 260 MW solar project in Michigan.
- Investor in $41 million tax equity investment in 32 MW solar portfolio in Maine, New York.
- Sponsor in the tax equity financing of four portfolios of New York community solar projects, totaling $200 million.
- Sponsor in tax equity financing of two portfolios of fuel cell projects totaling $191 million.
- Sponsor in $100 million tax equity financing of community solar projects in Illinois and New York.
- Sponsor in $40 million tax equity investment in battery energy storage project in California.
- Sponsor in $52 million tax equity investment in 56 MW portfolio of solar projects in Michigan.
- Sponsor in $93 million tax equity investment in 90 MW portfolio of solar projects in Michigan.
- Sponsor in $142 million tax equity financing of wind project in Texas.
- Sponsor in tax equity financing of $250 million residential solar portfolio across U.S.
Debt Financing
- Borrower in $500 million agency financing to construct and operate solar module production facility in India.
- Borrower in $90 million construction/term loan for portfolio of solar projects in Michigan.
- Borrower in $173 million construction/term loan for portfolio of solar projects in Michigan.
- Borrower in $260 million construction/term loan for solar and storage projects in Hawaii.
- Borrower in $50 million construction/term loan for seven solar projects in New York.
- Lenders in $60 million financing to support borrower’s global business of developing and constructing utility scale and commercial solar projects; managed collateral pledges in nine countries.
- Lenders in $75 million refinancing for owner and operator of 100 MW wind project.
Private Equity / Mergers & Acquisitions
- Investor in up to $400 million investment in developer of green hydrogen projects in the U.S.; incorporated option agreement to acquire projects when developed.
- Developer of U.S. battery storage projects in formation of strategic partnership and implementation of multi-tiered private equity investment of up to $145 million
- Investor in acquisition of preferred equity in solar developer and negotiation of framework agreement to purchase developed projects.
- Investor in up to $1 billion of cash equity investments in partnerships to develop and operate U.S. community solar projects.
- Seller of 50% sponsor equity in 471 MW Texas solar project and formation of joint venture.
- Seller of upstream interests in two utility-scale solar projects in Texas.
- Seller of upstream interests in two utility-scale solar and storage projects in Hawaii.
- Purchaser in acquisition of an equity interest in a portfolio of PV facilities containing 37 MW of operating projects and 170 MW of projects in development.
- Seller of project company developing a battery energy storage system in New York.
- Abu Dhabi-based purchaser in the acquisition of 60 MW of battery energy storage systems.
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