Michael P. Malfettone

Mike Malfettone’s energy practice focuses on purchases and sales, joint ventures and debt and equity financings of and investments in renewable energy and clean technology companies, projects and portfolios as well as advising clients on project development, construction and operational matters and commercial contracting.

Mike’s corporate, M&A and financing experience includes assisting public and private companies and institutional and strategic investors across a range of matters including:

• Private equity and venture capital financings
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Joint ventures
• Joint development and development services arrangements
• Sales
• Restructurings
• Corporate formation and governance
• Other strategic transactions

Mike’s representative experience includes:

Energy Private Equity and Corporate Transactions

• Renewable energy client in its majority acquisition of a solar and storage development company with a platform of over 150 projects under development with a combined capacity in excess of 10 gigawatts
• Private equity firm in multiple mezzanine debt facilities for developers and owner/operators of hydroelectric, solar and battery storage assets throughout the United States
• Greenbacker Capital Management, LLC, (“Greenbacker”) in its preferred equity investment in Commonwealth Energy Partners, a Virginia solar and energy storage developer
• Greenbacker in its debt commitment and preferred equity investment in Clear Energy Renewables
• Greenbacker in its equity investment in Dichotomy Power, an owner and operator of a growing portfolio of hydroelectric power generation facilities across the Northeastern United States
• Dichotomy Power in its acquisition of a portfolio of hydroelectric projects located in the Northeast
• Greenbacker in its equity investment in Delorean Power, a standalone battery energy storage developer and owner-operator
• Greenbacker in its equity investment in Noria Energy, a floating and behind-the-meter solar developer
• Private equity portfolio company in the proposed acquisition of a petroleum hydrocarbon refinery and subsequent conversion to renewable diesel production facility
• Private equity firm in its strategic investment in a commercial solar and storage developer and software provider
• Private equity firm in its growth equity investment in an electric vehicle infrastructure, technology and service company
• Greenbacker in its equity investment in Sunrock Distributed Generation, a nationwide financing and asset aggregation platform for commercial and industrial solar and energy storage projects
• Greenbacker in its equity investment in Renew Energy Partners, a nationwide distributed generation, microgrid and energy efficiency company focused on the C&I sector
• Lender in credit facility with the developer of a portfolio of re-refinery facilities under development in the Southeast United States
• Investor in equity investment in a developer of facilities that process organic feedstock and municipal solid waste and convert to renewable natural gas in the United States and Canada

Energy Project M&A and Finance

• Renewable energy developer in the acquisition of 180 megawatt wind project in Virginia
• Energy company in the sale of 225 megawatt wind project located in Texas
• Nordex SE in its sale of 114 megawatt wind project in Honduras to Total Eren
• Energy company in the sale of combined 600 megawatt battery storage facilities under development in Texas
• Investor in the joint venture and tax equity financing of 130 megawatt portfolio of solar facilities under development in Texas
• Developer with a consulting and development services agreement for renewable energy company that develops utility-scale wind, solar and battery storage assets across the United States
• Renewable energy company in the tax equity and construction debt financing of 200 megawatt wind project in Minnesota
• Renewable energy developer in the acquisition of 80 megawatt solar project in Virginia
• Renewable energy developer in the acquisition of 150 megawatt wind project in Virginia
• Renewable energy developer in the acquisition of 490 megawatt wind project in Texas
• Renewable energy developer in the acquisition of 202 megawatt wind project in Illinois
• Renewable developer with the acquisition of a portfolio of development-stage solar projects
• Utility company in the acquisition of combined 300 megawatt wind projects in Missouri
• Renewable energy company in the tax equity and construction debt financing of 10 megawatt solar facility in California
• Renewable energy developer in the tax equity and construction debt financing of 149 megawatt wind project in Michigan
• Renewable energy developer with the acquisition of a portfolio of 25 C&I solar facilities in New Jersey and New York
• Energy developer in joint venture with regulated utility to develop, own and operate a natural gas pipeline and storage business