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354278

Practice:

  • Energy
  • Renewable Energy

Helen Aki Senior Associate

San Francisco

She advises clients on a wide variety of matters, including energy storage and power purchase agreements, debt and tax equity financing, and project acquisitions and sales. She also spent several months on secondment to the project finance group of a major U.S. renewable energy developer. 

As a law student, Helen worked as a summer legal intern in the Administrative Law Judge Division of the California Public Utilities Commission, as a senior business analyst with Pacific Gas and Electric Company and as a legal trainee at Positive Planet UK.

Before practicing law, she led programs with state and local governments and ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs to advance the adoption of clean technologies, including battery storage, virtual power plants, commercial and industrial lighting and advanced building control systems.

397237

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure Sector
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure
  • Renewable Energy
  • Solar Energy
  • Wind Energy
  • Power
  • Public Finance Renewable Energy
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • United Kingdom
  • Hydrogen
  • Offshore Wind

Simon Alsey Partner

London

Simon represents client in connection with acquisitions, disposals, joint venture arrangements and project agreements in energy and infrastructure investments and financings.

740

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure Sector
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure
  • Renewable Energy
  • Latin America
  • Real Estate

Matthew Archer Partner

Houston

Matt's practice is centered on project development and mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) in the energy industry, with a particular focus on electric power and midstream projects. He regularly advises clients on the development, construction, operation, purchase and disposition of conventional power, renewable and midstream projects. His experience includes each stage, from early development, construction, offtake agreements, through commercial operation, financing, repowering and disposition. Matt also regularly represents clients in the development, structuring and construction of large natural gas pipeline, renewable and gas-fired power projects in Mexico.

Matt’s experience encompasses all manner of revenue and construction contracts; equipment supply and warranty agreements, long-term parts and services agreements; operating and maintenance agreements; electric interconnection and transmission agreements; fuel supply and transportation agreements; and ownership, joint venture and equity participation agreements.

740

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure Sector
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure
  • Renewable Energy
  • Wind Energy
  • Solar Energy
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Victoria Boyne Partner

New York

Vicki negotiates project financings, procurement, acquisition and sale of energy and infrastructure projects. She quarterbacks complex mergers and acquisitions as well as project developments that require coordination with a host of different parties and advises on debt and equity financings for renewable and conventional energy projects. Well versed in public-private partnerships (PPP/P3) and securities offerings, Vicki guides clients through the legal and business challenges of large infrastructure projects.

Vicki is recognized nationally by Chambers USA, where clients state that she “is terrific to work with,” and she “always makes herself available and is extremely knowledgeable, intelligent and able to get the best out of everyone she works with.”

A distinctive aspect of Vicki’s practice is her dual focus in both the infrastructure and renewables sectors. She leverages this unique perspective in her client relationships with project developers, sponsors, issuers, lenders and governmental authorities.

Passionate about strategizing to get a project to completion, Vicki helps clients build consensus and find creative solutions with achievable outcomes. Whether it’s for the development of a major airport expansion, the equity or debt financing of a wind farm, or the acquisition of a geothermal facility portfolio, Vicki counsels clients on challenging issues and the broader process, providing commercial advice that considers all stakeholders involved.

435845

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Oil & Gas
  • Renewable Energy
  • Hydrogen
  • Solar Energy
  • Wind Energy
  • Offshore Wind

Dr. Werner Brickwedde Partner

Düsseldorf

While Werner’s corporate and M&A experience spans a broad range of industries, he has built a strong focus on and deep knowledge of the Energy & Infrastructure sector. His experience extends to acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, complex shareholder arrangements and project agreements of a variety of alternative energy and sustainability projects, including offshore wind, storage and mobility.

Werner also has extensive experience in project development, including advising on Operations & Maintenance and energy-related projects, particularly upstream and midstream. His in-depth understanding of how these projects fit together and how risk is allocated enables him to provide commercial, forward-looking advice on complex, cross-border transactions.

Werner is recommended in Germany for energy transactions (JUVE 2022/2023, Legal 500 2023), M&A (JUVE 2022/2023, Legal 500 2024, Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers 2023/24. WirtschaftsWoche 2023) and corporate law (WirtschaftsWoche 2021).

740

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure Sector
  • Renewable Energy
  • Energy
  • Wind Energy
  • Solar Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Infrastructure

Michelle Conde Senior Counsel

New York

Her work includes the structuring and negotiation of project development arrangements, early development oversight, BOP and EPC agreements, including for solar, wind, battery energy storage and high voltage facilities, equipment supply agreements (including warranty packages) for solar, wind and battery energy storage facilities, project financing, and project sale and acquisition agreements.

Over the past twenty years, Michelle has been active in renewable energy development, encompassing wind energy projects in the United States, Mexico, Europe, South America and Asia, solar energy projects in the United States, Mexico, Asia and South America and the formation and investment activities of energy investment funds. Michelle has also represented a wide range of clients in general corporate law, private equity, restructuring, share and asset purchases, structured financing, bank finance and leasing.

381106

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure Sector
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure
  • Renewable Energy
  • Power
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Responsible Business

Sue Cowell Senior Counsel

Washington, D.C.

Sue’s practice focuses on environmental law as it applies to the financing, construction and operation of all types of power generation, including several offshore wind projects, infrastructure projects, and the purchase and sale of commercial enterprises. Sue is also experienced with the environmental facets of ESG, including ESG reporting and disclosure.

Sue advises clients with respect to environmental and permitting matters in the context of domestic and international transactions. She is skilled in identifying environmental risk and negotiating the allocation of such risk in a variety of transactional contexts, including financing agreements, purchase and sale agreements, and leases (including with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management).

435940

Practice:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Hydrogen
  • Renewable Energy
  • Wind Energy
  • Offshore Wind
  • Solar Energy

Alexander Dartsch Counsel

Düsseldorf

Alexander has many years of experience in advising national and international energy suppliers, global corporations and institutional investors across the entire value chain in the energy sector.

His work primarily involves advising on offshore wind, onshore wind, photovoltaic, and battery storage projects. He supports clients through all phases of a project, from establishing joint ventures for collaborative project development to acquiring project pipelines and investing in existing projects.

During a secondment, Alexander served a leading institutional investor specializing in infrastructure investments. He is recognized by Legal 500 Germany for his expertise in energy transactions (2023).

Alexander also advises on the drafting and negotiation of long-term power supply agreements (PPAs) for the procurement of electricity from renewable energy sources and on the associated regulatory and supervisory issues.

He has also advised on a large number of fundamental issues in the energy industry and represented clients in official and court proceedings. These include matters such as remuneration for power plant operators for redispatch measures, maintaining operational readiness of system-relevant coal-fired power plants, and the regulation of hydrogen networks.

390910

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure Sector
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure
  • Data Centers

John Donaleski Partner

New York

John represents sponsors, debt providers (commercial banks, debt funds and other financial institutions (including ECAs and DFIs)), and equity providers (energy and infrastructure and private equity funds) in financings and acquisitions for various energy and infrastructure assets, including renewable power (including solar and wind), conventional power and a broad range of other infrastructure assets (including smart city and telecommunications infrastructure and oil and gas).   

Notably, he is experienced with a wide array of debt financing structures (including those placed in the commercial bank / term loan A, term loan B, private placement and direct lending markets), involving single-asset and multi-asset portfolios, whether in the form of senior secured project-level financings, or in the form of back-leveraged holdco and super holdco financings.

740

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure Sector
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure
  • Renewable Energy
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Banking & Finance

Kyle Drefke Partner

Washington, D.C.

Kyle has represented clients in domestic and international financings, including syndicated credit facilities, private placements, and registered securities offerings. He has extensive experience in the development and structuring of long-term power purchase agreements with respect to thermal (nuclear, coal and natural gas) and renewable generation facilities. He has also represented clients in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), auctions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and other general corporate matters.

Kyle has represented clients in various matters relating to the development, construction, ownership and operation of electric generation facilities in the United States, South America and Europe. His practice also includes the representation of clients seeking and obtaining substantial financing from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

353461

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure Sector
  • Energy

Dan Eliades Managing Associate

New York

Dan represents sponsors, debt providers and equity investors in financings and acquisitions of various energy and infrastructure assets, including renewable power and telecommunications infrastructure.

His experience includes drafting and negotiating documentation specific to project finance, tax equity finance, debt finance, and general corporate matters.

397256

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure Sector
  • Real Estate
  • Energy
  • Renewable Energy
  • Solar Energy
  • Wind Energy
  • Real Estate
  • Public Finance Renewable Energy
  • Banking & Finance
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • United Kingdom
  • Hydrogen
  • Offshore Wind

Simon Folley Partner

London

He regularly counsels clients on a broad range of real estate matters, including the acquisition and disposal of investment property across asset classes; advice to corporate occupiers on lettings and office moves; real estate development; and the property aspects of corporate and financing transactions.

Simon also has extensive experience in the energy sector, where he has advised on the acquisition, sale, development and financing of a variety of projects. He has particular knowledge in renewable energy, with significant experience in offshore and onshore wind, solar and biomass. He is a member of the Orrick team that is adept in the disposal of offshore transmission assets as part of the OFTO tender process run by Ofgem.