Jennifer L. Johnson

Jennifer Johnson is a partner in the Corporate practice group and has extensive experience representing clients on significant business transactions in the renewable energy industry. Jennifer regularly advises renewable energy project developers, owners, operators, and investors in the development, acquisition and sale of both operational and development-stage renewable energy generation and battery storage projects throughout the United States. Jennifer also represents clients in a variety of industries on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial transactions and contracts. In addition to her corporate practice, Jennifer counsels clients in premerger antitrust compliance and filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. As a former corporate counsel and legal compliance manager for Cosentino, N.A., a leading global manufacturer of natural stone surfaces, Jennifer has a particular appreciation for the business needs of in-house legal departments and company executives.

Education

William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., 2009

University of Minnesota, B.A., European Studies and French, 2001

Admissions

Minnesota

Languages

Commercial Transactions

• Represented Standard Solar in acquisitions of community solar, distributed generation, and utility scale solar and battery storage projects throughout the U.S. including Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
• Represented ENGIE North America in its acquisition of a 6 GW portfolio of solar, paired, and stand-alone battery storage development projects from Belltown Power U.S.
• Represented EDF Renewables North America in its sale of a 50% stake in the Maverick 6 solar-plus-storage project (131 MWdc coupled with a 50 MW/200 MWh BESS) and the Maverick 7 solar project (179 MWdc) in California to MEAG/Munich Re.
• Represented developers, owners, operators, and investors in the acquisition, development, and sale of renewable energy generation and battery storage projects throughout the U.S.
• Represented buy and sell side clients with respect to antitrust regulatory compliance in the U.S. and international jurisdictions, including international pre-merger filings and pre-transaction notifications to the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act for large value acquisitions.
• Represented wind developers in the sale of wind-powered electric generation development projects including a 320 MW facility in Wyoming and a 168 MW facility in Michigan.
• Represented AltaGas in the acquisition of GWF Energy Holdings LLC, which holds a portfolio of three natural gas-fired electrical generation facilities in northern California totaling 523 MW, including the 330 MW Tracy facility, the 97 MW Hanford facility and the 96 MW Henrietta facility, for a purchase price of approximately US $642 million.

Contracts and General Transactions

• Represented clients in negotiating and drafting joint development agreements for combined heat and power, solar, batter, and waste to heat power generation facilities.
• Represented clients in drafting and negotiating product and equipment purchase and sale agreements, consignment agreements, and leasing agreements.
• Represented a stone distribution company in negotiating and drafting numerous national account supply agreements, customer contracts in distribution, fabrication and purchase money security interests, marketing and trade-out agreements, licensing agreements, builder contracts, commercial contracts, and vendor agreements.
• Represented a national stone distribution company in developing its companywide agreement structure, contract administration protocol, and form contracts including customer fabrication agreements, national account programs, subcontractor agreements, and a purchase money security interest policy and procedure and form documents.

Corporate

• Represented clients in corporate restructuring matters involving mergers, stock exchanges, entity conversions, and liquidations.
• Represented companies in formation matters, stock and equity issuances, corporate governance, and drafting of buy-sell and third-party agreements.

Insights & Presentations

• “The Current Landscape: Gender Diversity, Pay Equity & Creating Change,” Women in Law & Leadership Summit [Virtual]: Minneapolis, December 8, 2020
• “What Every Business Attorney Should Know About the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act,” Stoel Rives LLP Business Attorney Training, November 15, 2018
• “Hart-Scott-Rodino Act: 2017 Thresholds and Key Considerations,” Stoel Rives LLP Energy Initiative Presentation, March 6, 2017

• Named to Minnesota Lawyer’s Top Women in Law, 2024
• Excellence Award for Mentoring in the Profession, Hennepin County Bar Association, Recipient, 2024
• Stoel Rives LLP Andrew Guy Pro Bono Award, Recipient, 2022

Professional

• Environmental Commission, City of Mahtomedi, Minnesota, Former Member

Civic

• LegalCORPS, Volunteer Attorney