Alexander Roberts

Alexander Roberts is a business tax lawyer. His extensive practice focuses primarily on federal tax aspects of corporate and partnership tax planning and structuring. Alexander also has significant experience in advising clients in connection with ongoing REIT compliance and structuring issues.

In this capacity, he has significant experience advising clients in connection with the structuring and funding of projects involving renewable and clean energy, including wind, solar, geothermal and other alternative energy sources, as well as representing clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, restructurings, and bankruptcies.

Selected Renewable Energy Representations

• Citicorp North America and Berkshire Hathaway Energy in their:
  • acquisition of preferred equity interests in the 160 MW Rattlesnake wind power project developed by Goldwind Americas in McCulloch County, Texas
  • acquisition of preferred equity interests in the 300 MW South Plains II wind power project developed by Sun Edison in Floyd County, Texas
• Citicorp North America in connection with its acquisition of preferred equity interests in the approximately 55 MW Gray Hawk solar power project developed by D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments in Kingman, Arizona
• Leading financial institution in its:
• acquisition of preferred equity interests in, and project financing of, three wind power projects located in California, Indiana, and Nebraska
• acquisition of preferred equity interests in the White Pine and White Oak solar power projects, collectively worth approximately US$349 million, developed by NextEra Energy, Inc. in Georgia
• acquisition of preferred equity interests in the approximately US$403 million Live Oak, River Bend, and Chaves solar power projects developed by NextEra Energy, Inc. in Georgia, Alabama, and New Mexico, respectively
• acquisition of approximately US$200 million in preferred equity interests in the Cotton Plains, Old Settler, and Phantom Solar power projects developed by Apex Clean Energy Holdings, LLC in Texas
• John Laing Group plc in its:
• acquisition of preferred equity interests in the Sterling Wind power project being developed by Akuo Energy USA, Inc., a French developer of renewable energy projects, in Lea County, New Mexico
• $100 million investment in the 149 MW Rocksprings wind project in Texas.
• Leading financial institution in connection with the Bloom Wind power project developed by Capital Power in Ford and Clark Counties, Kansas
• Citicorp North America and Berkshire Hathaway Energy in connection with the US$390 million South Plains Wind Energy II power project developed by SunEdison, Inc. in Floyd County, Texas
• Citicorp North America and Berkshire Hathaway Energy in connection with the US$219 million Shannon wind power project being developed by Alterra Power Corp. and Starwood Energy Group in Clay and Jack Counties, Texas
• The acquisition by Goldman Sachs and one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries from BayWa r.e. Wind, LLC of the Anderson Wind Project consisting of two wind projects located in Chaves County, New Mexico
• The acquisition of preferred equity interests in the Osage wind power project developed by Enel Green Power North America Inc.
• The acquisition by Macquarie Infrastructure Company of interests from Exergy Development Group in a portfolio of wind power projects in Idaho
• The acquisition of preferred equity interests in the approximately US$580 million Origin and Goodwell wind power projects developed by Enel Green Power North America Inc.
• The first-ever wind power generation investment by Macquarie Infrastructure Company through its acquisition of the Brahms wind power project in New Mexico from BayWa r.e. Wind, LLC
• The acquisition of preferred equity interests in the Route 66 wind power project developed by First Wind Energy
• The acquisition of preferred equity interests in the Panhandle II wind power project developed by Pattern Energy Group
• The acquisition of preferred equity interests in the Buffalo Dunes wind power project developed by Enel Green Power North America Inc.
• The financing of a portfolio of baseload fuel cell electricity generators to be located in California, Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York by Bloom Energy Corporation, including a long-term strategic partnership with Exelon Generation Company to install Bloom Energy Servers
• The acquisition, construction and term financing, and tax equity financing on behalf of an affiliate of Macquarie Infrastructure Company of a series of solar power projects
• The establishment of a joint venture to provide solar energy services to large-scale solar power projects and the acquisition of various solar power projects for Building Energy S.p.A. as part of its entry into the U.S. renewable energy market
• The acquisition of preferred equity interests in the Canadian Hills wind power project developed by Atlantic Power Corporation
• The acquisition of preferred equity interests in the Chisholm View wind power project developed by Enel Green Power North America Inc.
• The acquisition of preferred equity interests in the Prairie Rose wind power project developed by Enel Green Power North America Inc.
• The acquisition of preferred equity interests in the Rocky Ridge wind power project developed by Enel Green Power North America Inc.