Holland & Knight - Energy Government Finance Team by Holland & Knight

ENERGY AND GOVERNMENT FINANCE

POSITION YOURSELF TO THRIVE WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO UNPARALLELED SERVICE

The energy industry is rapidly evolving and shaping the future of the global economy. Holland & Knight’s Energy Innovation and Government Finance Team stays ahead of the curve, with energy attorneys and professionals throughout the United States and Latin America who have extensive industry experience and in-depth understanding of governmental operations. We fully engage all resources within the firm to ensure seasoned, creative and timely counsel to all types of clients, including:

MAINTAINING A COMPETITIVE EDGE

We prepare clients to anticipate challenges and navigate the energy technology and public financing landscape. We help clients understand the critical role that the government plays in driving market development, overcoming obstacles, and mitigating the financial and technological risks accompanying the development of emerging technologies.

WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT OUR FIRM

Legal 500 United States Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power practice recommended in the 2024 guide

Chambers USA − America’s Leading Lawyers for Business Guide 14 Government lawyers recognized in 2024

The Best Lawyers in America Guide

2024 Guide | Attorneys recognized in Government Relations Practice, Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law, Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement, Litigation − Environmental, Project Finance Law, Public Finance Law and Natural Resources Law

Law360

Partner Taite McDonald named a 2021 Rising Star in Energy category

Business Insider

Partner Taite McDonald listed as top lawyer advising Electric Vehicle Startups in 2021

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Holland & Knight has built a successful government affairs practice through our depth of experience and diversity – and by maintaining our bipartisan ties.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): Our team has secured funding on behalf of clients through the DOE, and we can leverage our relationships on your behalf.

of federal policy and programs possible with our pulse on the latest industry opportunities to create opportunities within the industry

U.S. Department of Defense (DOD): Holland & Knight team members have worked on behalf of clients with the career and political staff at the DOD, including key energy personnel at the departments of the U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force.

OPPORTUNITY IDENTIFICATION, INTELLIGENCE AND POSITIONING

We advise clients on newly developing federal and state initiatives and assist in capitalizing on opportunities across a wide range of government agencies and entities by providing thoroughly customized and scaled opportunity monitoring and intelligence for optimum positioning.

SECURING ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES

Clients turn to us for advice on agency preferences and best practices for pursuing grants, loans, loan guarantees and other mechanisms of support, as well as strategic guidance in leveraging private capital with nondilutive government funding.

APPLICATION COORDINATION

Our attorneys and professionals manage and coordinate planning and implementation of government funding strategies, enhancing our clients’ abilities to effectively leverage key public and private stakeholders and strategically navigate multiple opportunities.

CREATING STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES

Through established working relationships at all levels of the government, our bipartisan team promotes public and private sector cooperation to advance and ensure that our clients’ interests are well represented and effectively advanced.

CLEANTECH REPRESENTATIVE ENGAGEMENTS

DOE Loan Programs Office (LPO)

Since 2021, Holland & Knight has represented 25 percent to 33 percent of the entire loan program pipeline. Currently, this is approximately 40 transactions, 10 of which are in due diligence and in a position to receive a conditional commitment in the next three to six months.

Prior to 2021, the Holland & Knight Energy Team supported more than a dozen programmatic closings from 2009 to 2014. Additionally, our team members led the DOE LPO ad hoc coalition on behalf of our LPO clients, which successfully saved the program in 2017 and has since removed all gating programmatic obstacles through legislation and agency rulemaking action. Recently negotiated transactions include:

Over the past 15 years, Holland & Knight has led the premier DOE grant funding practice.

Since 2021, Holland & Knight has helped clients secure more than $1.8 billion in grant awards from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and other existing DOE funding programs. Recently secured awards include the following:

Dow Chemical Co.

Diageo

NRECA

Boston Metal

Plug Power Inc.

The Chemours Co.

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (on behalf of Chemours and Plug Power)

Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations

Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office

Industrial Decarbonizations Deployment to Demonstration

Energy Investments in Rural and Remote Areas

Advanced Energy Manufacturing and Recycling Grants

Clean Hydrogen Electrolysis, Manufacturing, and Recycling Activities

$95 million

$75 million

$45.85 million

$50 million

$3.2 million

$45.7 million

$30 million

$10 million

$50 million

TOTAL HK-Assisted DOE Funding Since 2021 approximately $1.8 billion

Additional Wins

• advised multiple clients in their application and selection for awards under the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Program; the firm’s clients are parties to five of the seven Hydrogen Hub awardees that were announced on Oct 13, 2023, and collectively stand to receive more than $1 billion each

• assisted Albemarle Corp. on a $90 million Defense Production Act grant from the DOD to help support the expansion of domestic mining and the production of lithium for the nation’s battery supply chain

• represented multiple innovative companies in obtaining more than $100 million in research grants from the DOE’s Applied Energy offices across nearly three dozen awards from 2011 to 2020

• represented a leading battery material developer in obtaining an inaugural ARPA-E SCALEUP grant in 2020

• supported clients in obtaining more than $300 million in DOE grant awards from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act from 2009 to 2010

Taite McDonald

Partner | Washington, D.C.

202.469.5200

taite.mcdonald@hklaw.com

Taite McDonald focuses her practice at the intersection of innovation and government. She is especially well versed in running complex, cross-government matters with intricate legal, policy and financing components. Ms. McDonald is highly knowledgeable in several areas, including energy technology commercialization, federal energy procurement, biofuels, cannabis, hemp, innovative DOD contracting, and government grants and loan guarantees. She provides counsel to companies of all sizes, from early-stage startups to Fortune 100 companies and large utilities.

Ken Cestari

Partner | Washington, D.C.

202.469.5619

ken.cestari@hklaw.com

Ken Cestari has extensive experience in federal credit programs and a broad range of experience in complex secured and unsecured financings, with a focus on the financing of clean energy projects. Mr. Cestari has deep knowledge of the credit programs administered by the DOE’s LPO and the underlying federal laws and policies that govern and apply to all federal credit programs. He has particular knowledge with the development and financing of photovoltaic solar, concentrating solar and nuclear power production facilities, natural gas cogeneration facilities, wind farms, landfill gas projects and waste coal recovery projects.

Katherine Hantson

Senior Counsel | Washington, D.C.

202.469.5597

katherine.hantson@hklaw.com

Katie Hantson focuses her practice on helping energy companies identify and secure federal funding and financing, including through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Ms. Hantson has nearly 15 years of public and private sector experience drafting, implementing and influencing energy policy and legislation.

David Mann

Senior Policy Advisor | Washington, D.C.

202.469.5658

micah.burbanks-ivey@hklaw.com

David Mann focuses his advocacy practice on the energy transition, as well as federal funding and appropriations. Mr. Mann represents technology companies in renewable energy, low- and zero-carbon fuels, building materials and energy efficiency, green chemistry, liquid gases and hydrogen, as well as other sustainable and circular economy innovations.

Spencer Ryerson

Associate | Houston 713.244.8187

spencer.ryerson@hklaw.com

Spencer Ryerson focuses his practice on the intersection between clean technology, renewable energy and government financing. Mr. Ryerson regularly assists clients in pursuing nondilutive project funding through federal grants and loans. He is well versed in funding opportunities originating from the DOE and U.S. Department of Commerce.

Beth Viola

Senior Policy Advisor | Washington, D.C.

202.457.7030

beth.viola@hklaw.com

Beth Viola is the chair of the firm’s Energy and Natural Resources Industry Sector Group. Possessing decades of experience in climate change and energy policy, Ms. Viola advises a range of corporate clients,coalitions and industry associations on public policy related to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions and the transition to a low-carbon economy, including the funding and deployment of clean energyand innovative technologies and advocacy on related environment, tax, trade and appropriations issues.

Elizabeth Noll

Senior Policy Advisor | Washington, D.C.

202.469.5579

elizabeth.noll@hklaw.com

Elizabeth Noll has spent more than a decade refining her energy policy and technical skill set to achieve measurable outcomes. She has worked at multiple levels of government, from federal to state and local, as well as in the nonprofit environmental and private sector energy space. Most recently, Ms. Noll served as the deputy assistant secretary for House Congressional Affairs at the DOE for the BidenHarris Administration.

James Steinbauer

Senior Public Affairs Advisor | Washington, D.C. 202.469.5559

james.steinbauer@hklaw.com

James Steinbauer works on policy issues related to climate change, renewable energy, technology commercialization, transportation, economic development and public relations. Mr. Steinbauer helps clients navigate federal funding and financing programs at the DOE, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and DOD.

Katherine Speece

Public Affairs Advisor | Washington, D.C. 202.469.5599

katherine.speece@hklaw.com

Katherine Speece focuses on policy issues related to renewable energy, natural resources, technology commercialization, transportation and appropriations. Ms. Speece develops and executes comprehensive federal relations strategies to bring legislative, regulatory and executive solutions to clients.

Rebecca Sereboff

Legislative Assistant | Washington, D.C. 202.469.5621

rebecca.sereboff@hklaw.com

Rebecca Sereboff works on policy issues related to renewable energy, transportation electrification, clean technology commercialization, and energy project funding and financing. Ms. Sereboff is well versed in navigating federal funding and financing programs at the DOE and DOT.

Susan Wegner

Attorney | Washington, D.C.

202.419.2597

susan.wegner@hklaw.com

Susan Wegner focuses her practice on environmental considerations in business transactions, environmental regulatory research and analysis, and renewable energy strategy development and implementation. Ms. Wegner has more than 20 years of experience as a lawyer and consultant and is committed to finding useful and creative solutions to regulatory and business challenges for clients.

Mackenzie Zales

Associate | Washington, D.C.

202.469.5506

mackenzie.zales@hklaw.com

Mackenzie Zales focuses her practice on clean technology, renewable energy, compliance and government financing opportunities. Ms. Zales works with clean technology and renewable energy clients to pursue federal funding and financing programs at the DOE, with a particular focus on funding from the DOE, LPO, IIJA and IRA.

Halley Townsend

Associate | Washington, D.C.

202.469.5596

halley.townsend@hklaw.com

Halley Townsend focuses her practice on a wide variety of energy and environmental regulatory matters. Ms. Townsend’s fuels practice includes advising clients on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other federal regulations, including the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), as well as on litigation and enforcement actions impacting their interests. Ms. Townsend also counsels clients trading in derivatives, primarily in energy and environmental markets, on compliance with derivatives-related regulatory requirements, including those imposed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Brianna “Bri” Jones Rich Associate | New York 212.513.3472

brianna.jonesrich@hklaw.com

Brianna “Bri” Jones Rich focuses on the development of clean technology, renewable energy and financing opportunities. Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Jones Rich advised clients on a wide variety of domestic and cross-border transactions, including project finance, capital markets, structured finance and corporate transactions.