Sean P. McGuinness

Counsel

Practice Description

Representative Matters

• Represented Gestamp Eolica in its purchase of the 40.5 MW Petersburg wind farm in Nebraska from Third Planet Windpower.
• Represented OwnEnergy, Inc. in the divestiture of development-stage wind projects in Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.
• Represented Gestamp Eolica in the acquisition of the development-stage 50 MW Roth Rock and Roth Rock North wind farms in Maryland.
• Represented Banco Santander in financing commercial solar PV projects being developed by Solar Power Partners.
• Represented an affiliate of Rabobank International in connection with its inverted lease financing of residential solar rooftop installations to be developed by Sungevity, Inc.
• Represented EDP Renewables North America LLC in connection with tax equity financing for the 101 MW Kittitas Valley wind farm in Washington State.
• Represented a group of cleantech investment funds in their acquisition of convertible secured notes of Catalytic Solutions, Inc. (formerly AIM:CTS) in connection with Catalytic Solutions’ merger with Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDTI).
• Represented Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in registered direct public offerings and in a stock purchase and drug licensing transaction with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., and SEC filings and compliance. 
• Represented Purple Communications, Inc. (formerly GoAmerica, Inc.) in connection with multiple strategic acquisitions and SEC filings and compliance.
• Represented Southern Union Company in connection with its acquisition, in a joint venture with an affiliate of General Electric Company, of controlling interests in the Transwestern and Florida Gas Transmission pipelines from Enron Corp. 
• Represented Southern Union Company in connection with the following public offerings: a $125 million offering of senior notes; a $100 million offering of equity units; a $343 million offering of common stock; a $206 million offering of common stock; and a $1 billion universal shelf registration. 
• Represented Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, L.P. in a $200 million registered note exchange offer. 
• Represented Lockheed Martin Corporation in its divestiture of a controlling interest in the Latin American and Turkish properties of its COMSAT subsidiary. 
• Represented the Stanley Medical Research Institute in investments in pharmaceutical companies engaged in developing compounds for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. 
• Represented TDK Mediactive, Inc. in its sale to Take-Two Interactive, Inc. 
• Represented Covista Communications, Inc. in its acquisition of Capsule Communications, Inc. 
• Represented OpenRoute Networks, Inc. in its acquisition by Netrix Corporation. 
• Represented Phar-Mor, Inc. in its acquisition of Pharmhouse Corp.

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