Paul L. Weber

Partner

Practice Description

Representative Matters

• Represented a sponsor in the acquisition and financing of the approximately $3 billion 550 megawatt Desert Sunlight photovoltaic solar power project in Riverside County, California.
• Represented Caithness Shepherd Flat LLC in the financing of the approximately $2 billion 845 megawatt Caithness Shepherds Flat wind power project under construction in Oregon.
• Represented MetLife in the financing and acquisition of the Long Island Solar Farm, a 32 megawatt solar photovoltaic power project located at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York.
• Represented MetLife in the financing of equity investment in the 20 megawatt Ilumina photovoltaic solar power project in Guayama, Puerto Rico.
• Represented GE Energy Financial Services, Inc. and others as equity investors in connection with multiple investments in wind power projects.
• Represented GE Energy Financial Services, Inc., as lender, in connection with the leveraged lease financing of the King City Cogeneration Facility, an 80 megawatt gas-fired power plant developed by Calpine Corporation.
• Represented HSBC in connection with the construction and term loan financing of the Whirlwind wind power project in Texas. 
• Represented LS Power Associates in connection with the $1 billion financing of the 665 megawatt Plum Point coal-fired power project in Arkansas.
• Represented the equity investors in connection with the development and financing of a 660 megawatt undersea transmission line between Long Island, New York and New Jersey.
• Represented a commercial bank syndicate in the restructuring of certain loans to Aguas Argentina S.A.
• Represented an affiliate of AES Frontier Ltd. in the financing of a barge-mounted power project in Nigeria.
• Representation of Citibank N.A. and Credit Suisse in the $675 million financing of the Mega petrochemical project in Argentina and subsequent restructurings.
• Represented Aquila Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Midlands Electricity plc.
• Represented ABB Structured Finance in the financing of a substantial equity investment in the Ohanet liquefied petroleum gas facility in Algeria.
• Acted as lead international attorney to the consortium developing the 1,400 megawatt Itá hydroelectric project in Brazil.
• Represented The AES Corporation and Houston Industries in their successful bid in the privatization of Rio Light, the electric utility company for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• Represented a lender in its acquisition of a portfolio of U.S. and Canadian oil and gas loans.

Honors

Activities and Affiliations

• Fellow: American College of Investment Counsel
  

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