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Amy Padgett

Partner

Washington, D.C.

Amy practices at the center of the Energy Transition, advising on project financings, joint ventures and M&A transactions in the renewable energy sector.

She represents leading sponsors, developers, investors and electric utilities in cash equity and tax equity financings, joint ventures, M&A, private placements and a broad range of corporate matters for renewables projects across the United States and Canada.

  • Project Finance, M&A and Capital Markets

    • Intersect Power in three tax equity financings with various investment banks and a Fortune 100 technology company that were part of a $2.6 billion financing for a 1.5 GW of solar and 1 GWh storage portfolio. Named Americas ESG Deal of the Year by Project Finance International and North American Solar Deal of the Year by Proximo.
    • An energy company in the sale of a portfolio of assets consisting of 291 MW of distributed generation solar, 10 MW of fuel cells and 21 MW of residential solar. Named M&A Deal of the Year by Power Finance and Risk.
    • Macquarie in the sale of its interest in a portfolio consisting of a 3.2 GW utility-scale solar project pipeline and 2 GW of co-located energy storage projects.
    • A global renewable energy developer in the sale of a minority stake in a $2.55 billion 1,100 MW portfolio of wind projects.
    • One of the world’s largest renewable developers in $3+ billion of tax equity financings of utility-scale wind, solar and storage projects.
    • A global renewable energy developer in $3.2 billion of tax equity financings of utility-scale wind and solar project portfolios.
    • A global renewable energy developer in tax equity financings of 343MW of utility-scale wind projects.
    • A global renewable energy developer in the sale of a majority stake in a $860 million 500 MW portfolio of wind projects located in the United States and Canada.
    • A global renewable energy developer in the acquisition of a 500MW portfolio of solar project companies.
    • A global renewable energy developer in the acquisition of multiple solar, wind and storage project companies throughout the United States.
    • A global renewable energy developer the sale of a minority stake in a 400MW portfolio of operating and development-stage wind projects to a private equity investor.
    • A global renewable energy developer in the sale of a minority stake in a portfolio of utility-scale solar projects.
    • A global renewable energy developer in the acquisition of multiple development-stage distributed generation solar project companies.
    • A developer in the construction financing and sale of its interests in 260 MW of utility-scale wind projects located in Texas and Illinois to a multinational corporation.
    • A global energy investor in connection with a tax equity investment in a portfolio of repowered wind projects.
    • A developer in connection with a sale and leaseback transaction for a portfolio of solar projects.
    • Electric utilities in private placements of long-term debt securities.
    • Generation and transmission cooperatives in $1+ billion of credit facilities.
    • Methanol producer in connection with private placement of long-term debt securities.

    Joint Ventures, Project Development and General Corporate

    • A global offshore wind project developer in a joint venture with a private infrastructure fund to develop utility-scale offshore wind projects in the United States.
    • Birch Infrastructure on its strategic merger with Copia Power, a renewable energy development platform backed by the global investment firm Carlyle.
    • Subsidiaries of NOVA Chemicals Corporation and Borealis AG in their Texas joint venture with Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA, Inc. with respect to two existing polyethylene facilities, an under-construction ethane cracker and a development stage Borstar polyethylene facility.
    • A global renewable energy developer in connection with negotiating and drafting a master joint development agreement and joint venture limited liability company agreement for the development, financing and construction of a utility-scale wind project.
    • A global renewable energy developer in connection with the negotiation and drafting of Balance of Plant (BOP) and solar equipment supply agreements.
    • A global renewable energy developer with respect to an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Agreement and Turbine Supply and Service Agreement for a utility-scale wind project.
    • Renewable energy companies with respect to corporate governance and corporate compliance matters.
    • Tribal corporation with respect to DOE grant funding opportunities.

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