Experience

• Representation of Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation and its affiliates in their (i) acquisitions and related debt and tax equity financing transactions of dozens of wind and solar power projects located in numerous states, including Idaho, California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, North Carolina, Maine, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland and other locations and (ii) negotiations of engineering, construction and procurement arrangements with various contractors and suppliers for wind and solar power projects and turbine supply and service agreements with vendors for the repowering of existing wind power projects.
• Representation of J.R. Simplot Company in its sale of the Magic Reservoir Hydroelectric Project in Idaho to Big Wood Canal Company.
• Representation of Lamb Weston, Inc. in its purchase of the controlling interest in a joint venture that owns a potato processing plant in Washington.
• Representation of Integrated Asset Management, a Canadian fund, through its subsidiary IAM Infrastructure Private Debt Fund LP, in its term loan to a Canadian borrower that was used to refinance the debt of its US-based project company and secured by a hydroelectric facility located in Oregon.
• Structured, negotiated, documented, and closed multiple innovative non-recourse project financings, secured and unsecured corporate lines of credit, and private placements and public offerings of debt and equity securities in the energy sector and other industries.
• Acted as a leading advisor on public-private partnerships (including concessions) and related project financing for various types of infrastructure (including transportation) facilities throughout the world.
• Evaluated and submitted bids for the development or acquisition of thousands of megawatts of power generation facilities of nearly every type, including gas-fired, coal, biomass, wind, geothermal and hydro, located in every region of the U.S. and in foreign countries, and performed valuations and financial pro forma analyses and crafted transaction structures in numerous two-step auction divestitures and request for proposal processes, successfully competing against some of the energy industry’s largest players.
• Performed key role in completing all permitting and development activities for both small- and large-scale power generation facilities, including issuance of land use permits, environmental impact statements, air contaminant discharge permits, water use permits and other applicable governmental approvals, and the negotiation of numerous complex and interrelated agreements with a multitude of project participants, such as equity investors, lenders, power purchasers, steam hosts, fuel suppliers, landowners, water rights holders, transmitting utilities, equipment suppliers, contractors and engineers.
• Led business and legal teams regarding all aspects of strategic, multibillion-dollar mergers of public companies, including due diligence, negotiation of merger agreements, preparation and filing of joint proxy statements and prospectuses and interactions with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust notifications and other regulatory approval processes, and advice to officers and directors regarding transaction structures and corporate governance under applicable law, and participated in developing and executing merger integration plans to enhance combination success.
• Led the complicated divestiture of a large coal mining and power generation subsidiary based in Europe through a multi-phased sale process involving dozens of potential bidders from all parts of the globe, successfully selling the subsidiary to a consortium of other European companies, resulting in a profit of several hundred million euros.
• Participated fully in multi-year bidding process and subsequent contract negotiations with a foreign national government concerning its privatization of nuclear decommissioning activities at one of the most complex nuclear sites in the world, resulting in the award to the company of a long-term management and operations contract valued at over forty billion dollars and the acquisition of a business with over 10,000 employees.
• Structured, negotiated and closed numerous (i) formations of joint venture companies combining the assets and skills of top-tier industry leaders for the purpose of pursuing, in the aggregate, tens of billions of dollars of projects, contracts and businesses throughout the world and (ii) acquisitions and divestitures of assets and companies in various industries.
• Managed the negotiation and execution of thousands of normal course of business construction, engineering, procurement, supply, and other service-type contracts, devising and implementing easy to understand risk allocation guidelines for use by legal and business development teams to ensure quality control across the enterprise.
• Successfully negotiated a number of favorable settlements with U.S. and foreign governments concerning disputes over high-profile projects and contracts, avoiding substantial financial risk to the affected companies.

Honors & Activities

Professional Honors and Activities

• Member, Idaho State Bar
• Recipient, Distinguished Section Member Award, Business and Corporate Law Section, Idaho State Bar, 2017
• Member, Governing Council, Business and Corporate Law Section, Idaho State Bar, 1995–2010 (CLE Director, 1995–1996; Vice Chair, 1996–1997; Chair, 1997–1998)
• Arbitrator, Idaho State Bar Fee Dispute Arbitration Program, 1995–2010
• Recipient, Idaho State Bar Outstanding Service Award, 1998

Civic Activities

• Member, Board of Governors, Andrus Center for Public Policy (Boise State University), 2012–present
• Member, Energy Storage Task Force, Idaho Strategic Energy Alliance (established by Idaho’s Governor), 2016–present
• Member, Leaders in Action Planning Committee, Concordia University School of Law, 2016–2020
• Director, Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce, 2008–2015 (Chair, 2012)
• Director, Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry, 2001–2004, 2008–2010
• Director, Women’s and Children’s Alliance, 1995–2008 (Treasurer, 1996–1998; President, 1998–2003)
• Member, Executive Committee, Idaho Partners Against Domestic Violence, 1998–2005

Insights & Presentations

• “Design, Engineering, Construction, and Procurement” (co-author), Chapter 8, The Law of Wind: A Guide to Business and Legal Issues, Stoel Rives LLP, Ninth Edition, 2022

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