Marissa Prieto

Senior Associate

Seattle

Marissa is a senior associate in the Energy & Infrastructure practice group, focusing on energy transactions, project finance and development, and debt and acquisition finance, particularly for renewable projects.

Her experience includes representing borrowers, sponsors, investors and lenders in a variety of financing and equity arrangements, including project and portfolio M&A, development financing, equity investments and joint ventures with wind, solar and other alternative energy projects.

  • Representative transactions include the following:

    • A leading financial institution in connection with a workout agreement related to an energy hedge for a wind project.
    • A leading financial institution in connection with an energy hedge in respect of a solar project.
    • Leading private investment house Ardian in connection with a bridge loan/acquisition financing for its parking concessionaire acquisition at The Ohio State University.
    • A sponsor/developer in connection with a term loan financing of a 275 MWh battery energy storage project in California.
    • A sponsor/developer in connection with a term loan financing for construction and operation of geothermal power generation facilities.
    • A sponsor/issuer in connection with a 4(a)(2) note offering for a combined-cycle natural-gas powered electrical generating facility.
    • A sponsor/developer in connection with a working capital facility for construction and operation of power facilities.
    • A borrower in connection with an ATVM loan for battery cell manufacturing facilities.