Biography
Alfred is Counsel in the Project Development and Finance Group based in New York. His practice focuses on project development, financing, M&A and joint venture transactions in the renewable energy and decarbonization sectors in the US and internationally. In addition to his work on strategic transactions, Alfred collaborates with his clients in reaching their commercial goals by providing structuring, risk / reward and implementation advice, as well as supporting the execution of transactions and projects.
Prior to White & Case, Alfred served as General Counsel at Onyx Renewables, a distributed generation asset developer. He also previously oversaw the North American legal function for Hartree Partners, a global energy and commodity trading company, where he managed the legal support for its strategic, finance, trading and investment management activities. Alfred also served as Assistant General Counsel at Hess, where he was a core member of the deal team responsible for the divestiture of Hess' downstream businesses in its transformation to a pure play exploration and production company.
Experience
Renewable energy
- Private credit lender on an energy storage services agreement with a major community choice utility and development loan financing for a utility-scale BESS project in California.
- Private credit lenders on separate US$441 million and US$368.7 million ABS-style financings for a leading residential solar and BESS provider in the US.
- Commercial bank lenders on separate US$305 million and US$329 million back-leverage financings of 41-project and 78-project distributed generation and community solar portfolios in Illinois and Maryland developed by Summit Ridge Energy.
- Commercial bank lenders on a US$100 million secured mezzanine financing for a fuel cell and thermal loop project in Connecticut and community solar projects, behind-the-meter solar plus BESS projects and microgrid projects in the US.
Energy Transition
- Wabash Valley Resources on the US$1.56 billion US DOE loan financing for a first-of-a-kind carbon capture and ammonia fertilizer project in Indiana.
- Major US power company in ongoing financing matters for the installation of US$1 billion+ post-combustion carbon capture systems at two utility-scale gas-fired power plants in California and Texas.
- Sponsor on finance structuring matters (including tax equity and tax credit monetization) for a US$ multibillion first-of-a-kind green hydrogen-derived eFuels facility in Texas.
- Syrah Resources on restructuring matters for the US DOE loan financing of the Vidalia graphite active anode material facility in Louisiana.
- Vale on financing matters (including a US$282.9 million US DOE grant) for a first-of-a-kind low-emissions, cold-agglomerated iron ore briquette production facility in the US Gulf Coast.
Tax equity & tax credit transfers
- TotalEnergies on a tax equity financing for its Clinton solar project in Ohio.
- Major US healthcare provider on its production tax credit purchase generated from 265 MWdc utility-scale solar project in Texas.
- Commercial bank on its investment tax credit sale generated from a solar and BESS portfolio in California.
- Major US healthcare provider on its investment tax credit purchase generated from a 120 MWac solar facility in Virginia.
- Major US healthcare provider on its investment tax credit purchase generated from a 119 MW BESS project in California.