Recognition & Accomplishments
Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, projects: renewables and alternative energy (national ranking), 2012-2013
Chambers Global, projects: renewables and alternative energy (USA), 2013
Publications
Co-author, "Public-Private Partnerships for Solar Development: Notes from the Field," Solar Industry Magazine, September 2010
"Financing Fossil Fuel Power Projects in the Era of Carbon Regulation," Platts Insight magazine, October 2008
Speaking Engagements
Panel moderator, "Capital Markets Access for Solar – Impact on Utility-Scale, Securitization, and Tax Equity," 10th Annual Ballard Spahr Wall Street Energy Briefing, New York, November 13, 2012
Panel moderator, "Solar Transaction and Financing Trends,"Novogradac & Company's Financing Renewable Energy Conference, Washington, D.C., November 8, 2012
Panel moderator, "Valuation of Utility Scale Solar Projects and Assets," Infocast 5th Annual Utility Scale Solar Summit 2012, San Diego, October 10, 2012
Panel moderator, "Alternatives for Long-Term Financing of Utility Scale Projects," Infocast for Solar Power Finance and Investment Summit, San Diego, February 27-March 1, 2012
Panel moderator, "Alternative Sources of Finance: Filling the Void Left by Decreasing Appetite for Dollar Funded Assets by Traditional PF Lenders," Euromoney – US Power and Renewable Finance Conference, New York, February 14-15, 2012
Panel moderator, "Utilities Perspectives on the Changing Power Market Landscape," Infocast – Projects and Money 2012, New Orleans, January 18-20, 2012
Panel moderator, "Solar Industry Trends," Novogradac & Company, LLP Financing Renewable Energy Conference, Washington, D.C., November 17-18, 2011
Panel moderator, "Are We in a Generational Shift for Power Generation? Is it a Crisis or an Opportunity?" Ninth Annual Wall Street Energy Briefing, New York, November 3, 2011
Panel moderator, "The Future of Financing Ventures in the Renewable Energy Arena," 13th Annual Platts Financing US Power: The State of Public/Private Capital, the Uptick of M&A, and the Financial Outlook on Renewable Ventures, New York, October 27-28, 2011
Panel moderator, "Risk Allocation and Performance Guarantees," Infocast Utility Scale Summit 2011, San Diego, September 13-15, 2011
"Sources of Financing," Infocast Solar Power Finance and Investment Summit 2011, San Diego, March 21, 2011
Panel moderator, "Managing Risk – The 'Track Record' Barrier for New Technologies," Eighth Annual Ballard Spahr Wall Street Energy Briefing, New York, November 17, 2010
Panel moderator, "DOE Loan Guarantees – Supporting the Clean Energy Economy," Platts Financing U.S. Power Conference, New York City, October 29, 2010
Panelist, "Forecasting the Climate for Finance," Maryland Clean Energy Summit 2010, Baltimore, October 4, 2010
Panel moderator, "Developing and Financing PV Projects," Infocast Utility Scale Solar Summit 2010, San Diego, September 14, 2010
Panel moderator, "Solar Photovoltaic Technology Providers," Infocast Utility Scale Solar Summit 2010, San Diego, September 13, 2010
Panel moderator, "Selling and Structuring Green Energy Deals in the Public Sector," Infocast webinar, June 10, 2010
Panel moderator, "Private Equity Perspectives on Investing in Solar Projects," Infocast Solar Power Finance and Investment Summit 2010, San Diego, March 19, 2010
"Commercial and Residential Solar Rooftop Programs," Financing Renewable Energy in the Mid-Atlantic Symposium, University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center, September 22, 2009
"The New Energy Financing Mechanisms Created by ARRA – Status and Outlook for Game-Changing Structures," Infocast webinar, April 20, 2009
"The Green New Deal – Energy and the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009," Infocast webinar, March 9, 2009
"Is the Future Really Green?" CLE for Free, Commercial Real Estate Investment, Philadelphia, February 26, 2009
"The Carbon Equation – Balancing New Risks & Opportunities Financing Energy Projects," The Business and Law of Climate Change, Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, January 14, 2009
"Community-Based Renewable Energy Projects," Western Renewable Energy Development Summit, San Diego, December 13, 2008
"Developing a Green Energy Strategy in Housing Investments," Housing Authority National Summit, Washington, D.C., November 12, 2008
"Trends in Renewable Energy Finance: Combining Public & Private Models and Mechanisms," Ballard Spahr Energy Briefing, the Harvard Club, New York, October 29, 2008
"Financing the Generation Gap Amid Widening Spreads, Tight Credit and High Costs," Platts Financing U.S. Power Conference, New York, October 20, 2008
"Debt and Equity Financing for Renewable Energy Public/Private Partnerships," Financing Renewable Energy Symposium, The Reznick Group, Denver, July 15, 2008
"Planning Renewable Energy Projects from Environmental Concerns to Mixed Public/Private Financing," EUEC Energy and Environment Conference, Phoenix, February 4, 2008
"Carbon Regulation: The Elephant in the Power Sector," Platts Financing U.S. Power Conference, New York, October 22, 2007