Samantha Leavitt

• Represented project developers, lenders, strategic and tax equity investors with respect to the development and financing of utility-scale solar projects utilizing a variety of structures, including partnership flip, sale-leasebacks and back-leverage financings. Transactions include: California Flats 1 and 2; Cuyama Solar; Central Rosamond; Galloway Solar; Hickory Solar; Lapetus Solar; Midway Solar; Northstar; Palmer Solar; Pamplin Solar; Prospero Solar; Ramsey; Rives Road; Shoreham Solar Commons; and Titan Solar.
• Represented parties acquiring and divesting various energy assets on both a single project and portfolio basis, including an independent power producer and a financial institution in connection with the sale of a gas fired facility in Michigan.
• Represented sponsors, lenders and investors with respect to the development and financing (including tax equity) of solar facilities and windpower projects on both a single project and portfolio basis, including with respect to the tax equity financing of a wind portfolio consisting of approximately 600 MW in Kay County, Oklahoma and Nolan County, Texas.
• Represented project developers, sponsors, lenders and tax equity investors in connection with a number of distributed generation financings. Transactions include portfolios across the U.S. developed by Duke Energy (REC Solar) and others financed by financial institutions.
• Represented tax equity investors and developers with respect to a number of residential solar portfolio transactions.
• Representation of a technology company making a tax equity investment (and procuring RECs) from a ~$500M solar project – which was structured to take advantage of a solar hedge and a passive investment from a foreign pension fund (and upper-level debt related to the same).
• Represented of an investment bank in connection with its tax equity investment in an approximately 200 MW utility-scale solar generating facility located in Kern County, California.

_{*Samantha advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie.}