Experience

Renewable Energy Project Development

• Advise solar developer in negotiating PPA for utility-scale solar and solar + energy storage projects in 2016 Marin Clean Energy solicitation.
• Advise solar developer in negotiating PPA for utility-scale solar + energy storage project in 2017 Xcel PSCO solicitation.
• Advise solar developer in negotiating PPA for utility-scale solar project in 2017 CleanPowerSF solicitation.
• Advise energy storage project developer in preparing offtake, installation, and operations and maintenance agreements for commercial-scale energy storage projects.
• Advise community solar developer in negotiating construction and operations and maintenance agreements for Minnesota community solar gardens projects.
• Advise community solar developers in preparing subscription agreements for Minnesota community solar gardens projects, including back-up subscription agreements.
• Regularly assist solar developers with offtake, site control, installation, and similar agreements for commercial-scale solar projects.

Energy Corporate, M&A, Project Finance

• Advise wind energy developer in over $1 Billion worth of tax equity and cash equity financing transactions for wind energy projects across the United States.
• Advise solar developer on acquisition of utility-scale solar project in Mexico.
• Advise energy storage developer in sale of portfolio of utility-scale energy storage projects in Canada.
• Advise solar developer in purchase of portfolio of commercial-scale solar projects in California.
• Advise solar developer in purchase of commercial-scale solar project in California.
• Advise energy efficiency financing company in sale of company assets to hedge fund.

Cleantech  and Climate Change

• Advise electric vehicle charging technology startup in Series A financing with strategic investor.
• Advise community solar software startup in convertible note financing, corporate governance, and commercial agreements.
• Advise electric vehicle charging company in development of fast-charge electric vehicle charging infrastructure in California.
• Advise electric vehicle software company on data licensing, software licensing, patent licensing, debt financing, trademark enforcement, corporate governance, and other matters.
• Advise solar software company on data licensing and software licensing transactions.
• Advise entity subject to AB 32 on purchase of $2 million in compliance carbon offsets.
• Advise forestry carbon offset developer on sale of AB 32 compliance carbon offsets.
• Advise carbon offset developer on compliance with voluntary carbon offset protocols.

Honors & Activities

Professional Honors and Activities

• Strategic Advisor, Joint Venture Silicon Valley, Smart Energy Enterprise Development Zone (SEEDZ) Initiative
• Advisor, Startup Legal Office Hours, Prospect Silicon Valley, Nov. 11, 2016
• Co-Chair, Joint Venture Silicon Valley Energy Storage Symposium, 2014
• Chair, UC Hastings Cleantech Roundtable, 2009-2015
• Corporate Secretary, Young Professionals in Energy, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, 2014-2015

Civic Activities

• Board of Directors, Berenice Sports Club, 2006-2014
• Alumni Board, Hastings Law Journal, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 2014

Insights & Presentations

• Frequent contributor to Stoel Rives' Renewable + Law^® blog
• Moderator, “Innovative Business Models in Cleantech,” San Diego Startup Week, San Diego, CA (forthcoming June 2018)
• Moderator, “Solar Risk Management: What is It and Why It Matters to Investors, Sponsors & Asset Managers,” Solar Asset Management North America, San Francisco, CA, March 14, 2018
• Quoted, “Can EV Infrastructure Keep Up With Adoption?,” Microgrid Knowledge, Feb. 14, 2018
• Quoted, “The Good, Bad and Ugly of Vehicle-to-Grid Services,” Microgrid Knowledge, Jan. 5, 2018
• Moderator, “Model Community Solar Program Design and Implementation,” First Annual CCSA Community Solar Summit, Denver, CO, July 27, 2017
• Speaker, “Renewable Energy Storage:  Implementing Projects, Overcoming Co-Location Challenges, and Mitigating Risks,” Strafford Publications Webinars, July 25, 2017
• Speaker, “Community Solar: Lessons from Early Experiments,” Buying & Selling Electric Power in the West, Law Seminars International, Seattle, WA, Jan. 24, 2017
• Chairperson, Technical Workshop, Infocast Solar Asset Optimization Conference, San Diego, CA, Sept. 27, 2016
• Speaker, “Privacy Rules With Smart Grid Energy Data,” CleanwebSF, 2015
• Speaker, “Regulatory Update on SB43 Shared Renewable Energy Program,” Joint Venture Silicon Valley SEEDZ Quarterly Meeting, 2014
• Quoted, Article on BP Deepwater Horizon Ruling, International Bar Association, 2014
• Speaker, “Privacy Rules With Smart Grid Energy Data,” EnergyCentral Smart Cities Conference, 2014
• Moderator, “Innovative Financing Models in Cleantech: Solar, Storage, and Energy Efficiency,” 4th Annual UC Hastings Cleantech Roundtable, 2014
• Author, “Are VOSTs Needed to End Subsidies to Non-Solar Customers?,” CleanTechnica.com, 2014
• Moderator, “Interagency Coordination on Energy Storage Policy in California,” 4th Annual Joint Venture Silicon Valley Energy Storage Symposium, 2013
• Author, “Know Your Offset Risk,” Carbon Finance magazine, 2013
• Guest Lecturer, “Administrative Law in the Energy and Environmental Context,” UC Hastings College of the Law, 2012
• Moderator, “Making the Desert Bloom: Key Issues in Developing Renewable Energy Projects,” 3rd Annual UC Hastings Cleantech Roundtable, 2012
• Author, “Keys to Developing Wind Energy Projects in Baja California,” Natural Resources & Environment, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, 2012
• Speaker, “Cleantech Opportunities in Latin America,” Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, 2010
• Speaker, “Cleantech Litigation,” ABA Law Student Division Fall Leadership Summit, UC Berkeley Law School, 2009
• Moderator, “Climate Change and Carbon Emissions Trading,” 1st Annual UC Hastings Cleantech Roundtable, 2009
• Co-author, “When to FERC, When Not to FERC,” California Energy Circuit, 2006
• Co-author, “Court of Appeals Holds That State Court Should Hear Claims Relating To Alleged Transfer of $4 Billion From PG&E Bankruptcy Estate To Parent Corporation,” EnergyPulse, 2006
• Author, “Transmission in Transition: Analyzing California’s Proposed Electricity Transmission Regulatory Reforms,” 56 Hastings Law Journal 343, 2005
• Co-author, “Court of Appeals Holds That SMUD Has No Contractual Right to Transmission Service,” EnergyPulse, 2005

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