Brad Warner

Counsel

Areas of Focus

Brad Warner

Counsel

bwarner@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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Biography
  • Advises on project and corporate finance transactions involving a range of energy and infrastructure assets.
  • Focuses on renewable energy assets.

Brad focuses his practice on advising a variety of financial institutions, private equity firms, strategic sponsors and developers in connection with all phases of the development and financing of power (including wind, solar and gas-fired power plants), battery storage, transmission assets, LNG and other infrastructure projects. His experience includes a focus on commercial loans, syndicated loans, private placements and other direct lending arrangements.

Representative Work

Renewables

  • Represented the sponsor in the acquisition, development and debt and tax equity financing for two 100 MW solar energy projects.*
  • Represented the note purchasers in connection with the private placement offering of $500 million of senior secured notes for a portfolio of over 370 utility scale and distributed generation renewable energy projects located throughout the U.S.*
  • Represented the sponsor in the development and tax equity financing of an approximately 180 MW wind energy project in Illinois.*
  • Represented a tax equity investor for a portfolio of residential rooftop solar systems.*
  • Represented the senior lenders in connection with the financing of the 163 MW Midway Wind project, serving the high-demand ERCOT market in San Patricio County, Texas, with a long-dated hedge for its power production.*
  • Represented a sponsor in the development and tax equity financing of 197 MW and 148 MW wind energy projects in Texas.*
  • Represented Vivint Solar Inc. in the tax equity financing of a portfolio of residential rooftop solar systems.*
  • Represented the lenders in the senior secured bank financing of the $1.3-billion South Field Energy Center, a 1,182 MW natural gas-fired generation project in Ohio.*
  • Represented the lenders in the term loan B refinancing of the Carroll County Energy Project, a 700 MW natural gas-fired generation project in Ohio.*
  • Represented Avenue Capital / Middle River Power in connection with a private placement of debt in connection with numerous gas-fired projects in California.* 

LNG

  • Represented Cheniere Energy Partners LP in the commercial bank financings of certain of its subsidiaries and projects.*
  • Represented the sponsor in connection with the financing of the ELBA Island Liquefaction facility.*

Other Infrastructure

  • Represented the senior lender in connection with the $365-million acquisition financing and conversion of an oil refinery into a biofuels refinery.*
  • Represented the senior secured lenders in connection with the financing of Vopak and BlackRock’s acquisition of certain terminal and storage facilities from Dow Chemicals.*

*Matters handled prior to joining Akin Gump.

Education
  • J.D., Emory University School of Law, with honors

Bar Admissions
  • New York

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