Eric is a trusted advisor to his clients, offering “incredibly in-depth knowledge about market standards and evolving transaction structures.” Chambers Global, 2020.

Eric is co-chair of the firm’s renewable energy practice and is ranked by Chambers Global (Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy in USA); Chambers USA (Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy in USA – Nationwide and Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional - USA - Nationwide); and recommended by Law360, IFLR and the Legal 500 in recent years. Eric is also the contributing editor of the Getting the Deal Through, global renewable energy guide for 2017 through 2019.

With over two decades of experience in the energy sector, Eric has represented clients in the development, financing and acquisition of a variety of asset types (including nuclear, coal, gas, solar, wind, hydro, biomass, transmission facilities, water utilities and data centers), utilizing a variety of transaction structures, including energy M&A, debt finance, tax equity, DOE loan guarantees and export-credit agency finance.

Prior to joining the firm, Eric represented clients on transactional energy matters while at a leading international law firm. In addition, from 1999 to 2004, Eric was a project manager at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Relevant Experience

• Represented parties acquiring and divesting various energy assets on both a single project and portfolio basis, including:
  • Represent Duke Energy in the sale of a minority interest in a multi-billion dollar portfolio of operating wind, solar and battery projects;
  • Represent an investor with respect to its acquisition of an interest in a portfolio of 25 operating wind projects across the U.S., including related partnership and financing matters;
  • Represent a utility acquiring, and simultaneously tax equity financing, a portfolio of distributed generation fuel cell projects;
  • Represent a Spanish investor acquiring a portfolio of 19 operating, U.S. solar projects;
  • Represent a private equity investor bidding on an unregulated utility’s solar portfolio consisting of 26 operating utility-scale solar projects;
  • Represent a private equity investor with respect to the sell-down off its entire solar portfolio (including warehoused panels) in a series of transactions; and
  • Represent a tax equity investor selling down its wind portfolio.

• Represented project developers, lenders, strategic and tax equity investors with respect to the development and financing of utility scale solar projects utilizing a variety of structures, including partnership flip, sale-leasebacks and back-leverage financings. Transactions include:
  • California Flats 1 and 2; Camp Solar; Cuyama Solar; Cleanlight Solar; Central Rosamond; Lapetus Solar; Muscle Shoals; Palmer Solar; Prospero Solar; Shoreham Solar Commons; Simon Solar Farm; and Switch Solar 1 and 2.
• Represented sponsors, lenders and investors with respect to the development and financing (including tax equity) of windpower projects on both a single project and portfolio basis. Transactions include:
  • Centennial I and II; Fluvanna; Javelina; Gearbox Portfolio; Grant County Wind; Great Western; Lindahl; Limon 3; Magic Valley; Mammoth Plains; Mesteno; Red River Portfolio; Stephens Ranch I and II; Sunflower and Thunder Ranch.
• Represented project developers / sponsors, lenders and tax equity investors with respect to a number of distributed generation financings. Transactions include portfolios across the U.S. developed by:
  • Duke (REC Solar), Eastlight Renewables, ENGIE (Socore) Longroad, and NRG Renewables
• Represented tax equity investors with respect to a number of residential solar portfolio transactions, including portfolios across the U.S., developed by:
  • Exelon (including Constellation); Standard Solar, SunEdison, SunPower, Tesla (including SolarCity) and Vivint
• Represent clients on a variety of other commercial transactions, including
  • Represented equity investor in its acquisition of an indirect interest in a 2 MW solar PV generating facility and a related 10 MW battery energy storage system in Arizona.
  • Represented a private equity client with respect to acquisition financing and related matters for a portfolio of water utility assets.
  • Represented DTE Energy Services in the acquisition of an interest in, as well as with respect to structuring, financing and operational matters related to, a California power plant being converted to a biomass-fired facility.
  • Represent a private equity firm in the purchase and subsequent resale of two hydropower projects, including related FERC approvals.
  • Represent a developer, including negotiating EPC arrangements, power purchase agreement and site lease arrangements, with respect to a ground-mounted, utility-scale project developed in New Mexico.
  • Represent a developer with respect to structuring, development, financing, construction, and operational matters related to planned new nuclear power projects, including preparation of a loan guarantee application pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and a related export credit agency construction financing.
  • Represent an owner with respect to structuring, development, financing, construction and operational matters for a uranium enrichment facility, including preparation of a loan guarantee application pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, Georgetown University Law Center, cum laude, 2005AM, Washington University in St. Louis, 1999BS, The George Washington University, magna cum laude, 1997