Gregory W. Lavigne Jr.

M&A and Structured Equity

• Calibrant Energy (a Macquarie Asset Management portfolio company) in its acquisition of a carveout of Enel X North America’s distributed energy storage business, with more than 700 MWh of distributed projects in late-stage development.
• Global Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of 50% of TotalEnergies majority ownership position on SunPower Corporation.
• A global offshore wind developer in a disposition of promissory note interests and development commitments in offshore wind development infrastructure in North America.
• Macquarie Asset Management in a $325m investment in Atlas Agro Holding AG, an industrial scale green nitrogen fertilizer plant developer sourced from green hydrogen.
• Apollo Global Management Inc. on the US$816m convertible equity portfolio financing with NextEra Energy Partners for a 2.5 GW renewable energy portfolio, which consists of 13 utility-scale wind and solar assets and approximately 115 MW of integrated battery storage, all of which span the U.S. power markets.
• Macquarie Capital’s Green Infrastructure Group in creating and financing Calibrant Energy, its joint venture and development platform with Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Financial Services groups focused on providing energy as a service (EaaS) solutions for corporate and municipal clients.
• Corio Generation in an equity raise from Ontario Teachers Pension Plan with respect to its position in the Attentive Energy offshore wind developments in the U.S.
• Macquarie Asset Management in a series equity raise in Sortera Technologies, Inc., an innovative material sorting company with a recycling platform powered by artificial intelligence.
• Lombard Odier Asset Management in its preferred equity investment in Aspen Power Partners, a commercial solar developer.
• Macquarie Asset Management in a $250m investment in Galway Sustainable Capital, a specialty finance company.
• Avenue Capital Management in a preferred equity investment in Enerkem, Inc., a waste to biofuels company.
• Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners in the acquisition of its Fighting Jays project from Solar Plus Development Inc.
• Avenue Capital Management in a preferred equity investment in CEA Fresh Farms, Inc., a vertical agriculture developer.

Tax Equity Investments

• RBC Community Investments in the PTC tax equity financing of the 80MW Lockhart I solar project, the 80MW Lockhart II solar project, and the 45 MW 4 hour Lockhart II energy storage project developed by Terra-Gen.
• RBC Community Investments in the PTC tax equity financing of the 240MW Appaloosa Solar I project developed by Greenbacker Capital.
• RBC Community Investments in the ITC tax equity financing of the 185MW/565Mwh Kapolei Energy Storage project developed by Plus Power.
• RBC Community Investments in the ITC tax equity financing of the 80MW Sagebrush A standalone energy storage project developed by Terra-Gen.
• RBC Community Investments in the ITC tax equity financing of several residential solar portfolios developed by Sunrun.
• RBC Community Investments in the ITC tax equity financing of the 100MW Blake solar project and 160MW Elizabeth solar project developed by Opdenergy.
• RBC Community Investments in the ITC tax equity financing of the 200MW Calhoun Solar Energy Center developed by Invenergy.
• RBC Community Investments in syndicating ITC transfer sales with Terra-Gen and Invenergy.
• Calibrant Energy in its first portfolio tax equity investment with Greenprint and portfolio debt facility with Siemens Financial Services, LLC.
• Several tax equity investors and syndicators in structuring and development of ITC and PTC syndication and financing structures.
• ClearPath Energy in a tax equity and preferred equity investment with respect to a portfolio of renewable energy assets.

Project Development and Finance

• EQT Partners in a mezzanine debt financing with respect to refinancing the existing mezzanine and subordinate debt obligations of its portfolio company Cypress Creek Renewables.
• Lombard Odier Asset Management in a structured debt financing of Tillman Networks telecommunications infrastructure development business.
• DE Shaw Renewable Investments in the acquisition, development, tax equity and project financing of the Highlands solar project.
• Fifth Third Bank in a debt facility for solar assets being developed by Amp Solar.
• DE Shaw Renewable Investments in negotiating shared facilities agreements with Algonquin.
• Avenue Capital Management in a convertible note made to CarbonFree.
• CIT Bank in a landco debt financing for SunEnergy1.
• Avenue Capital Management in a $40mm senior secured note to Hudson Sustainable Group.
• ING Capital LLC in a construction and term loan to the Phoenix solar project developed by Pattern Energy.
• Apollo Global Management Inc. in the mezzanine financing of a portfolio of solar projects being developed by Doral Renewables.

The above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.