Renewable Energy M&A: Deal Structures, Key Issues, and Diligence Considerations

Ms. Diffen focuses her practice on energy transactions, M&As and project development. She represents developers, private equity firms, investment banks, and a variety of other public and private companies in the renewable energy, energy storage, power generation, and oil and gas industries on complex transactions, including M&As, joint ventures, development projects, and project finance. Ms. Diffen serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Texas School of Law.

Mr. Hoeppner is a member of Invenergy’s in-house legal team focusing on commercial transactions, including M&A, offtake, construction and procurement, interconnection and transmission, O&M and other service contracts, joint ventures and joint development arrangements and, a variety of other commercial matters. Prior to joining Invenergy, Mr. Hoeppner was an associate at a large, international law firm where he focused on a variety of financings and other transactional matters.

Mr. Lynch is a member of the firm’s Project Finance & Development practice group. He represents developers, commercial users, energy marketers, investors, financial institutions, utilities and other market participants in a wide range of energy transactions. Mr. Lynch’s practice encompasses project finance and development, energy marketing and trading, renewable energy, and M&As. He has advised clients in conventional and renewable energy projects related to solar, wind, biomass, electricity, natural gas, coal, renewable energy credits, biofuels, weather, and carbon capture and sequestration.

Mr. Bobovich has been working on energy transactions for over a decade, with particular experience in renewables. During this time, he has negotiated all manner of project contracts, including M&A transactions, power purchase agreements, hedges, construction and procurement, interconnection and transmission, and operations and maintenance. Recently, he negotiated several turnkey build transfers.