Joshua Berliner
Associate
Areas of Focus
- Projects & Energy Transition
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Renewable Energy
- Project Debt & Equity Finance
- Project Development
- Solar
- Wind
- Experience representing clients on renewable energy and infrastructure transactions.
- Advises on the development, financing, acquisition and sale of energy transition assets.
Josh is a senior associate in the corporate practice. He advises financial institutions, project sponsors and developers on a variety of United States and cross-border project finance and development transactions, with an emphasis on renewable and clean energy technologies.
Prior to joining Akin, Josh was a senior associate in the energy and infrastructure group at another leading global law firm in New York. He also served as an associate at a New York-based firm and served as the law clerk to the Honorable Louis S. Sceusi, J.S.C. (Ret.), in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Morris Vicinage. Josh’s experience includes legal internships at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Josh received his J.D., magna cum laude, with a Certificate in Environmental Law from Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, where he served as Articles Editor for the Pace Environmental Law Review. He holds a B.A., summa cum laude, with a double major in environmental studies and economics from Bucknell University.
- A private equity firm: Advised the firm as purchaser on an approximately $11 million investment tax credit transfer transaction for a utility-scale wind generation project and associated infrastructure in Tunica County, Mississippi. The project is Mississippi’s first utility-scale wind farm.
- A private equity firm: Advised the firm as purchaser on an approximately $112 million investment tax credit transfer transaction for two utility-scale solar and storage projects in Kern and Los Angeles Counties, California.
- Elia Group SA/NV: Advised on its acquisition, through Elia Group’s wholly owned subsidiary WindGrid USA LLC, of a 35.1% stake in energyRe Giga Projects, a subsidiary of energyRe LLC, the proceeds of which will be used to fund renewable U.S. transmission and energy generation projects, including offshore wind.
- Osaka Gas USA: Advised on its partial refinancing and restructuring of existing project-level debt and additional mezzanine debt totaling approximately $370 million for a combined-cycle gas-fired power plant.
- Golden State Clean Energy: Advised on securing and refinancing a debt facility for various early-stage construction solar projects in California.
- Gateway Development Commission: Advised the bi-state partnership, involving the State of New York, the State of New Jersey, New Jersey Transit, Amtrak and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, on all aspects of the construction procurement and financing of its comprehensive $30 billion Hudson Tunnel Project investment program to replace and update rail infrastructure assets along the Northeast Corridor and increase track, tunnel, bridge and station capacity.
- A major financial institution: Advised on its tax equity investments in various utility scale solar, stand-alone storage, combined solar and storage and portfolios of distributed generation assets.
LanguagesSpanish
Spanish
EducationJ.D., Pace University School of Law, magna cum laude, 2018
B.A., Bucknell University, summa cum laude, 2015
J.D., Pace University School of Law, magna cum laude, 2018
B.A., Bucknell University, summa cum laude, 2015
ClerkshipsNew Jersey Superior Court
New Jersey Superior Court
Bar AdmissionsNew Jersey
New York
New Jersey
New York
- Moderator, “Go Go Power Lawyers! – Meeting the Unprecedented Demand for Power,” ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources 54th Spring Conference on Environmental Law, Philadelphia, PA, March 28, 2025.
- “New Jersey’s New C-PACE Legislation – A Major Upgrade to New Jersey’s Current C-PACE Legislation and a Catalyst for Meeting New Jersey’s Climate Change Goals,” N.J. LAW. MAG., no. 336, at June 30, 2022.
- “Changing the Way We Power Our Transportation, and Our Homes,” N.J. LAW. MAG., no. 324, at 44 (co-authored with Bhavini A. Doshi), June 2020.
- “Environmental Injustice/Racism in Flint, Michigan – An Analysis of the Bodily Integrity Claim in Mays et al. v. Snyder et al. as Compared to Other Environmental Justice Cases,” 35 PACE ENVTL. L. REV. 108, 2017.
