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Chad Richards
Projects & Infrastructure, Global Energy, CORPORATIVO Y VALORES
Visión general
Chad Richards advises project developers, strategic investors, financial institutions, investment funds and their portfolio companies, and other energy industry participants on regulatory matters before the US Department of Energy (DOE), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and state regulatory commissions, among other regulators. He has particular expertise in the regulatory aspects of the development, financing, and disposition of US energy infrastructure assets.
Experiencia
In the renewables and energy transition space, advised:
- Consortium of Global Infrastructure Partners and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in connection with their $6.2 billion acquisition of ALLETE, Inc. (NYSE: ALE).
- Global Infrastructure Partners in connection with its $12.5 billion acquisition by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK).
- Energy Capital Partners in connection with its $1 billion combination with Bridgepoint Group plc (LSE: BPT).
- Blackstone Infrastructure Partners in connection with its $1 billion preferred equity investment in a portfolio of wind and solar projects with NextEra Energy Resources.
- Basalt Infrastructure Partners in connection with its acquisition of AEP OnSite Partners, the distributed generation business of American Electric Power (NASDAQ: AEP).
- Blackstone Inc. (NYSE: BX) and its portfolio company, Aypa Power, in connection with the construction and tax equity financing of utility-scale energy storage and hybrid renewable energy projects.
- ArcLight Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of Duke Energy’s (NYSE: DUK) commercial distributed generation business.
Educación
- University of Michigan Law School, JD, cum laude
- University of Saint Thomas, BA
Admisiones
- District of Columbia
- Nueva York