Energy Financing
Our firm advises corporations in the energy industry (developers, builders, operators), as well as investors and banks, in the following areas:
- Structuring energy-related projectsto ensure their “bankability”(securing authorizations clear of third-party claims, securing land tenure, connection to the grid, negotiating satisfactory project agreements, securing project revenue within the framework of an agreement to purchase or sell energy on the market);
- Equity financing of energy projects:increase in capital, shareholder’s loans, intra-group loans or B2B loans;
- Debt financing on the bond market;
- Project financing:drafting of project audits, drafting and/or review of financing documents (financing agreement, intercreditor agreement, security documents), negotiation and handling of the closing. Our firm also has expertise in project financing arrangements that includes refinancing by the KreditanstaltfürWiederaufbau (KfW)’s programs for the financing of renewable energy sources;
- Crowdfunding:setting up financing arrangements (equity or debt) that allow citizens (via crowdfunding platforms) and local authorities to invest in projects that generate electricity from renewable energy sources.
References
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Provided counsel and assistance to a lender financing a wind farm of 32 MW (over 50 million in loans): audited the project and drafted the financing documentation following the “Loan Market Association” (LMA) standards.
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Provided counsel and assistance to a lender financing a wind farm of 13.6 MW: audited the project and drafted the financing documentation.
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Accompanied a mutual fund (FPCI) issuing convertible bonds (refinancing of an earlier tranche of maturing convertible bonds) issued by a holding company dedicated to investments in portfolios of roof-mounted solar panels.
Our firm advises corporations in the energy industry (developers, builders, operators), as well as investors and banks, in the following areas:
- Structuring energy-related projectsto ensure their “bankability”(securing authorizations clear of third-party claims, securing land tenure, connection to the grid, negotiating satisfactory project agreements, securing project revenue within the framework of an agreement to purchase or sell energy on the market);
- Equity financing of energy projects:increase in capital, shareholder’s loans, intra-group loans or B2B loans;
- Debt financing on the bond market;
- Project financing:drafting of project audits, drafting and/or review of financing documents (financing agreement, intercreditor agreement, security documents), negotiation and handling of the closing. Our firm also has expertise in project financing arrangements that includes refinancing by the KreditanstaltfürWiederaufbau (KfW)’s programs for the financing of renewable energy sources;
- Crowdfunding:setting up financing arrangements (equity or debt) that allow citizens (via crowdfunding platforms) and local authorities to invest in projects that generate electricity from renewable energy sources.
References
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Provided counsel and assistance to a lender financing a wind farm of 32 MW (over 50 million in loans): audited the project and drafted the financing documentation following the “Loan Market Association” (LMA) standards.
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Provided counsel and assistance to a lender financing a wind farm of 13.6 MW: audited the project and drafted the financing documentation.
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Accompanied a mutual fund (FPCI) issuing convertible bonds (refinancing of an earlier tranche of maturing convertible bonds) issued by a holding company dedicated to investments in portfolios of roof-mounted solar panels.