Nicholas Atwood

Partner

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Nicholas Atwood

Partner

natwood@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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Biography
  • Significant experience representing clients on conventional power, renewable energy and infrastructure transactions.
  • Advises on the development, financing, acquisition and sale of energy transition assets.

Nick provides comprehensive advice to strategic investors, commercial lenders, private equity sponsors, export credit agencies (ECAs) and other energy & infrastructure project participants. His experience spans conventional power, renewable energy, battery storage and other energy transition assets, both domestically and internationally.

With a global background and career, Nick has practiced in the United States and Asia and is fluent in Mandarin.

Prior to joining Akin, Nick practiced at another leading international law firm, where he focused on complex energy & infrastructure transactions.

Representative Work
  • Advised Advanced Power US Holdings Inc. on a senior secured revolving letter of credit and loan facility supporting a portfolio of solar, battery storage and natural gas-fired power generating facilities totaling approximately 8,000 MW that are currently operating, under construction and in development in the United States.
  • Advised Osaka Gas and its subsidiaries on 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.
  • Advised ECAs and commercial banks on a $3 billion financing for a gigafactory in the United States.
  • Advised South Field Energy LLC as the borrower on a senior secured Term Loan B facility. The proceeds were used to refinance existing indebtedness for constructing an approximately 1,182 MW combined-cycle generating facility in Columbiana County, Ohio, owned by the company.
  • Advised Sixth Street Partners, Tor Investment Management and Corbin Capital on a mezzanine financing for the $1.3 billion Trumbull natural gas-fired electric combined-cycle power plant in Ohio (named IJ Global’s North American Power Deal of the Year).
  • Advised Elia Group SA/NV 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 will be used to fund renewable U.S. transmission and energy generation projects.
  • Advised a strategic investor in connection with a $400 million pre-NTP facility for development-stage projects, with a borrowing base comprised of various asset categories such as onshore generation, transmission assets and uncalled equity capital.
  • Advised an Asian sponsor on a bridge facility and subsequent ECA financing for a cathode manufacturing plant in the United States.
  • Advised Syrah Resources Limited, a natural graphite and battery anode company, on its proposed U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) financing for the Balama graphite mine in Mozambique. The offtake will be processed in South Carolina and sold to a North American car manufacturer for use in electric vehicle batteries.
  • Advised a strategic investor on the proposed sale of three separate natural gas facilities located in the United States.
  • Advised SACE and a group of international banks led by BNP Paribas in connection with a €300 million SACE-guaranteed green loan for Raizen Energia SA, the third largest Brazilian energy company by revenue and the fifth largest in Brazil (named TXF Energy Export Finance Deal of the Year).
  • Advised a leading developer on a proposed build transfer agreement (BTA) with a public utility for a renewable energy asset.
  • Advised Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) and Banco Santander on a $100 million credit agreement for Sociedad Quimica y Mineral De Chile S.A., one of the largest producers of lithium carbonate in the world.
  • Advised various bidders on the acquisition of offshore wind assets in the United States.
  • Advised a project sponsor in connection with the financing of a solar power generation facility in Texas.
  • Advised Citi Energy on commodities intermediation financing involving a renewable diesel asset.
  • Advised International Finance Corporation (IFC) in connection with the restructuring of IFC loans to Molino Cañuelas S.A.C.I.F.I.A., the largest Argentine producer and exporter of wheat flour in the world.

List may include matters worked on prior to joining Akin.

Education
  • J.D., Harvard Law School, 2011

  • B.A., Yale University, 2005

Bar Admissions
  • New York

Speeches and Publications
  • “Gas Asset Finance & Investment 2025,” Infocast Projects & Money, New Orleans, LA, January 29, 2025.
  • “Elective Pay & Tax Incentives for Eligible Entities 101: The What, When, and How,” Lawyers for Good Government webinar, August 9, 2023.

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