Mayer Brown enhances energy project finance offering with six-person team led by Elina Coss and Trevor Shelton
Mayer Brown announced today that a prominent team led by partners Elina Coss and Trevor Shelton have joined the firm, significantly strengthening its global project finance capabilities in the renewable energy sector while adding depth to the firm’s Projects & Infrastructure group. Elina, formerly with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, joins the firm’s New York and London offices and Trevor, previously at Vinson & Elkins LLP, joins the firm’s Los Angeles office. In addition to Elina and Trevor, the team includes one counsel and three associates. Together, the group spans Mayer Brown’s offices in London, New York, Chicago, Washington DC, and Los Angeles.
“Significant demand for infrastructure assets coupled with high investor demand make investing in today’s market as competitive as it has ever been,” said Joe Seliga, co-leader of Mayer Brown’s Projects & Infrastructure team. “Elina and Trevor’s in-depth knowledge across all areas of infrastructure uniquely positions them to offer practical and commercial guidance to leading global investors who are filling the capital gap and fueling the growth of infrastructure as an asset class. I am confident that our clients will benefit immediately from Elina and Trevor’s experience on complex financing transactions in the renewable energy sector.”
Elina represents clients in numerous cutting-edge transactions in the development, financing, acquisition, workout and disposition of energy and infrastructure projects, with a particular emphasis on renewable and alternative energy sectors such as solar, wind, and energy storage. Her clients consist of sponsors, developers, lenders, investors and other participants in a broad variety of complex asset-based financings at all levels of the capital stack, including development, construction, back-leverage, warehouse and mezzanine financings, tax equity, preferred equity and cash equity transactions, tax credit transfer transactions, capital market securitizations, and forward flow financings. Elina is also experienced with the geothermal, nuclear, energy efficiency, water, and distributed energy resources industries, as well as with joint ventures and the disposition and acquisition of energy and infrastructure assets.
“I am excited for the opportunity to join Mayer Brown’s thriving projects and infrastructure team and connect with the broader global energy team,” said Elina. “Having access to the firm’s finance specialists and industry-leading structured finance capabilities, as well as its strong development and project finance teams, will be invaluable to my clients.”
Trevor brings more than 15 years of experience advising on transactions totaling over eight gigawatts of renewable energy capacity and more than $13 billion in investment, including numerous first-of-their-kind transactions and some of the largest renewable energy projects in the US. He focuses on advising equity investors, sponsors, developers, borrowers, and lenders on a wide range of financings, including tax equity, construction, term, and other forms of project debt and equity. He also has extensive experience in project development matters, asset dispositions and acquisitions, tax credit transfers, and a variety of other project finance and development transaction types. Trevor has industry-leading experience across utility-scale solar, wind, and storage, as well as deep experience involving distributed generation, emerging clean technologies, and other innovative and established asset types.
“I am thrilled to join Mayer Brown’s Projects & Infrastructure group,” said Trevor. “The firm offers one of the world’s premier finance practices, deep experience in renewables, and a market-leading projects team. This combination provides an outstanding platform to support and grow my practice.”
