“Nandan is highly experienced and a great expert in the power and energy sectors. He is able bring leadership and execution to very complex and difficult transactions.”
“Nandan is one of the most efficient lawyers in the business.”
Biography
Nandan is a partner in the Project Development and Finance Group based in White & Case's New York office. He focuses on the development, financing, acquisition and sale of major energy and infrastructure projects. He represents private equity investors, corporates, lenders, developers and sponsors in complex energy, infrastructure, project finance and M&A transactions in the US and around the world. Nandan has been involved in the financing, acquisition and sale of many energy and infrastructure assets and companies, including some of the largest renewable energy projects in the US, Middle East, Asia and Latin America.
Experience
Renewable Energy
Calpine on:
- development and US$1 billion+ green financing of the 680 MW Nova BESS project in California.
- development and US$1.75 billion green financing of its 725 MW Geysers geothermal power complex in California.
- multiple US$1 billion+ holdco portfolio financings in support of its various natural gas, solar, geothermal and BESS businesses across the US.
TotalEnergies on:
- US$884 million back-leveraged portfolio and bridge financing for a 1 GW+ utility-scale solar portfolio in Texas and Pennsylvania.
- US$1.25 billion sale to KKR of a 1.4 GW+ utility-scale solar and distributed generation portfolio primarily located in the US.
- US$800 million sale to Apollo of a 50 percent stake in a 2 GW solar and BESS portfolio in Texas.
- separate tax equity financings and tax credit transfer transactions for its 405 MW Hill Solar, 325 MW Brazoria Solar I and 49.9 MW Clinton Solar projects in Texas and Ohio.
- acquisition of a portfolio of 12 distributed solar projects in Georgia.
- acquisition and development of the 4 GW Core Solar utility-scale solar and battery storage platform located across multiple power markets in the US.
Lenders on US$500 million+ financings of multiple 90 MW+ Cypress Creek Renewables solar portfolios across US.
Lender on a construction financing of the Lightning Dock geothermal power facility in New Mexico.
Energy transition
Major US power company in all ongoing development and financing matters for the US$1 billion+ installation of post-combustion carbon capture systems at two natural gas-fired power plants in California and Texas.
Sponsor in ongoing debt financing matters for a US$ multibillion renewable fuels biorefinery in the US.
US nuclear power company in the ongoing development and financing of multiple small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear projects in the US.
SK Siltron CSS on the US$544 million US DOE financing for its Bay City silicon carbide (SiC) wafer manufacturing facility in Michigan.
Wabash Valley Resources on the US$1.56 billion DOE loan financing of a first-of-a-kind integrated blue ammonia fertilizer and carbon capture facility in Indiana.
Vale on a US$282.9 million DOE grant for a first-of-its-kind low-emissions, cold-agglomerated iron ore briquette production facility in the US Gulf Coast.
Lenders on a bridge financing for a US$ multibillion green hydrogen and ammonia project in Canada.
Lenders in the ongoing project financing of a US$ multibillion green lithium mining project in Canada.
Talen Energy on multiple equity / debt financings and development matters for the carbon-free nuclear-powered Cumulus hyper-scale data center complex in Pennsylvania.
Conventional Energy
Calpine on the development and US$278.32 million Texas Energy Fund financing of the 460 MW Freestone gas-fired peaker facility in Texas.
Talen Energy Supply on a US$290 million financing of its 608 MW Lower Mount Bethel and 1.7 GW Martins Creek power plants in Pennsylvania.
Korean sponsors on the US$738 million financing (construction, term loan, mezzanine, equity) of the 950 MW Trumbull CCGT project in Ohio.
EIG on multiple debt / preferred equity financings for the Limetree Bay refinery and oil storage terminal in the US Virgin Islands.
Various sponsors and lenders on 10+ project developments and financings of large-scale conventional power projects located within the PJM and other power markets in the US.
Band-Ranked: USA: Projects, Chambers 2026
"State of the Storage Market & the Road Ahead", Infocast Solar + Wind Finance & Investment Summit 2025, Phoenix, AZ
"State of the Wind Industry & the Road Ahead", Infocast Solar + Wind Finance & Investment Summit 2024, Phoenix, AZ