Jesse Van Genugten

Jesse’s experience includes representing:

Renewables

Sponsors

• Radial Power in back-leverage debt financing of portfolio of distributed generation projects, encompassing commercial, industrial and community solar assets
• Sponsor in the tax equity financing of an offshore wind project
• Apex Clean Energy in the construction debt and tax equity financing of the 225 MW Great Pathfinder Wind Project in Iowa
• Clearway Energy in the debt financing of two solar and battery storage projects in California with a combined generation capacity of 463 MW and 744 MWh of battery storage
• Sponsor in the holdco financing of a portfolio of approximately thirty solar, wind and battery projects across the US

Lenders and Tax Equity Investors

• Lenders and lead arrangers in the construction debt and tax equity financing of a 265.5 MW wind project in Texas
• Tax equity investor in the project financing of a 110 MW solar project in Texas
• Lenders and lead arrangers in the holdco financing of a portfolio of nine construction-stage and operating wind and solar projects, as well as a development pipeline of renewable assets in the US
• Mezzanine lenders in connection with the financing of the 210 MW solar project located in Chile
• Noteholders in the private placement and issuing banks in the letter of credit facility to finance the acquisition of a controlling interest in a portfolio of thirteen utility scale wind and solar projects*  
• Lenders in connection with the back-leverage financing of an interest in a portfolio of utility scale thirteen wind and solar projects*
• Development financial institutions in refinancing of geothermal power project in Latin America*

LNG

• Venture Global in its approximately US$21 billion project financing for Plaquemines LNG project located in Louisiana; the transaction was awarded Americas LNG Deal of the Year for 2022 by Project Finance International

Infrastructure

• United States Department of Transportation on the refinancing of a US$465 million secured TIFIA loan to fund construction costs for the US$1.2 billion reconstruction of the I-70 East corridor in Colorado*

Conventional Power

• Noteholders, lenders and issuing banks in the refinancing of a 314 MW natural gas electric generation facility in Colorado
• Noteholders in the refinancing of a 370 MW natural gas electric generation facility in Florida

Alternative Fuels

• Orion Infrastructure Capital in financing of the Bakersfield biofuels and renewable diesel refinery

Other

• Commercial banks in asset-based financings of metals and commodities inventories*
• BofA Securities and the other underwriters in notes offering by Penske Automotive Group*
• Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and BMO Capital Markets Corp. in private placement by a subsidiary of Coronado Global Resources Inc.*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham