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Course Information
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    On-Demand

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

    Intermediate

  • work Practice Area

    Energy

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Tuesday, November 11, 2025

  • schedule Time

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.


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This CLE course will guide counsel advising companies in the renewable energy industry on structuring M&A deals. The panel will discuss due diligence measures that effectively identify and mitigate risks and liabilities as well as crucial considerations under various types of deal structures. The panel will also touch on key trends affecting M&A in the industry such as tax credit phase-out and utility acquisitions.

Faculty

Becky H. Diffen
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright, LLP

Ms. Diffen is a partner based in Norton Rose Fulbright's Austin office. She focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and project development of renewable energy, energy storage, power generation and transmission projects - including wind, solar, battery storage, green hydrogen, carbon capture, geothermal, waste-to-energy, RNG and other technologies. Ms. Diffen also has experience advising clients on Texas regulatory law. She has over 20 years of experience in the renewable energy industry and previously worked as a utility-scale wind power developer. Ms. Diffen has been recognized annually by Chambers Global and Chambers USA, was honored as a 2021 Law 360 Project Finance MVP, and in 2019 was named the C3E Law and Finance award winner by the U.S. Department of Energy. She is a co‑author of Wind & Solar Law, a legal treatise and textbook published by LexisNexis, which recently released the third edition in June 2024. 

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Nathan Hoeppner
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
Invenergy, LLC

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.

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Description

As the renewable energy industry continues to grow exponentially and many new players enter the market, renewable energy mergers and acquisitions transactions are growing rapidly. Attorneys and advisers within the energy sector must handle complex issues involving transaction structure, due diligence to identify and allocate risks, and valuation and balancing upside/risks between buyers and sellers.

Structuring transactions for renewables involves recognizing key components in buying and selling projects at different stages on a renewables timeline. The panel will discuss various deal structures to sell projects in the renewable energy industry. Our panel will focus on the following types of transactions that are scattered across the timeline: (1) developer to developer, (2) completion of development, (3) build transfer agreements, and (4) operating projects. Also, counsel must prepare for issues relating to payment structures, credit support, closing conditions, and buy-back rights.

Listen as our panel guides counsel advising companies in the renewable energy industry on structuring M&A deals. The panel will discuss due diligence measures that effectively identify and mitigate risks and liabilities, as well as crucial considerations under various types of deal structures. The panel will also touch on key trends affecting M&A in the industry, such as tax credit phase-out and utility acquisitions.

Outline

I. Sale of development-stage projects

II. Development completion sales

III. Build transfer agreements

IV. Sale of operating projects

V. Current trends

A. Utility acquisitions

B. Tax credits phase-out

Benefits

The panel will review these and other mission-critical issues:

  • Different types of deal structures and critical deal points
  • Key due diligence issues for buyers and sellers in renewable energy M&A deals
  • How tax credits impact M&A negotiations and activities