Eamon Nolan
The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036
Eamon Nolan is a project finance attorney who focuses on large infrastructure and energy projects.
Eamon regularly represents private equity sponsors, banks, and developers in financing transactions involving the acquisition, development, and divestment of infrastructure and energy assets in the U.S. and Latin America. He has significant experience advising on financing project developments in the renewables, hydrogen, power generation, LNG, onshore and offshore oil and gas, telecommunications and transportation sectors.
Over the years Eamon has established strong relationships with his clients. As a result of those ties, clients often turn to him to lead on the projects, joint venture and finance aspects of their transactions whilst also assembling teams and quarterbacking all the other aspects of a particular deal, whether it be development, acquisition, divestment or litigation.
Fluent in Spanish, Eamon has broad international experience having practiced law in Spain, Mexico, Australia, and the U.S. He credits his global experience for enabling him to think diversely about problem solving, drawing on deal technology and solutions he has seen throughout the world. Eamon has received recognition from a number of sources including Chambers (for both project finance and renewables) and Legal 500 U.S., which has included him in its list of top lawyers since 2019.
Eamon is co-Office Managing Partner of V&E’s New York office.
Experience Highlights
Stonepeak in its approximately $3 billion acquisition of a 50% interest in the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, which at 2.6 GW is expected to be the largest offshore wind project in the U.S. and one of the largest offshore wind projects globally upon completion
Affiliates of Global Infrastructure Partners in the acquisition of a 50 percent interest in the multi-billion dollar South Fork and Revolution Offshore Wind Projects off the East coast of the United States from Eversource Energy, including the negotiation of the joint venture arrangements with Orsted for the construction and operation of the projects and all financing arrangements (IJInvestor Joint Venture of the Year, 2024)
Stonepeak in the approximately $300 million acquisition of an interest in a portfolio of four U.S. onshore wind projects with a total capacity of 957 MW from Ørsted, including the financing for the consummation of the acquisition
Swift Current Energy in the ~$700 million debt financing, ~$250 million tax equity financing, and ~$270 million ITC transfers for the 800 MWdc Double Black Diamond Solar project in Illinois, which is expected to be the second largest single phase solar project in the US and the largest solar project in MISO
Aligned Data Centers in connection with a structured minority investment by SDC Capital Partners as part of the financing for the acquisition of Odata, a data center provider in Latin America
Aleática, an IFM Investors portfolio company, in the issuance of a project bond and bank debt for the financing of the Autopista Río Magdalena 2 highway project, a major greenfield 4G toll road in Colombia (PFI Americas Transport Deal of the Year, 2021)
NALA Renewables and Buckeye Partners in connection with the acquisition of and joint venture structuring for, the Swift Current Energy portfolio, a US portfolio of development wind and solar assets in excess of 10GW, including the construction and term financing and tax equity investments in the portfolio assets
The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) and its Renewable and Sustainable Energy Fund, in the construction and permanent debt financing with HSBC Bank USA, as Lead Arranger, to develop, construct and operate a portfolio of eight solar projects in Maine
Independent Pipeline Operator in its equity investment in a hydrogen fuel and hydrogen infrastructure supplier
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Fund of The Carlyle Group in the formation of a joint venture with Alchemy Renewable Energy, LLC (ARE), a renewable energy developer and tax equity arranger, together with the acquisition and project financing of certain operating and development-stage solar projects from ARE
Oaktree Capital, on behalf of its portfolio company, Seaside LNG Holdings LLC, in a $137 million project financing to finance the development, construction, ownership, operation and maintenance of an LNG liquefaction facility, a barge and a tug boat
The Carlyle Group in a USD $374 million investment in Amp Solar Group, a global energy transition platform, to support the growth of both Amp’s asset base and Amp X, a proprietary digital energy platform, within its core markets of North America, Japan, Australia, Iberia and the UK
Hygo Energy Transition in its $5 billion merger with New Fortress Energy
Buckeye Partners in the acquisition of an approximately 180 MW solar photovoltaic power generation facility in Hill County, Texas, from Belltown Power Texas
Buckeye Partners in its acquisition of a 270 MW, construction-ready solar power generation facility in Falls County, Texas, from OCI Solar Power
The project sponsors in connection with the bridge and subsequent long-term financing of the Pirapora solar complex, five solar plants in Brazil which, once constructed, will be Latin America’s most powerful solar plant
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets in its acquisition, financing and development of a number of renewable assets, including a 396MW wind farm and over 300MW of solar projects in Mexico
A project sponsor in connection with the bridge and long-term financing of four wind farms in Argentina
ioneer Ltd. in the formation of a 50/50 joint venture with Sibanye Stillwater to develop the flagship Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project located in Nevada and related financing matters, including the negotiation and finalization with DOE of a $700 million conditional commitment for the project financing of the processing facilities
A subsidiary of Macquarie Group in its acquisition of certain pipeline assets in Central Mexico owned by Enagas Internacional, S.L.
United Bridge Operating in its financing for a dividend recapitalization based on South Norfolk Jordan Told Bridge
United Bridge Operating in its financing of the Cline Avenue Bridge toll bridge
Credentials
- Bachelor of Laws; Bachelor of Commerce, University of Melbourne, 2004
- Graduate Diploma of Laws, Corporate Finance, University of Melbourne, 2008
- Chambers Global, Projects: Power & Renewables (Transactional)(USA), 2022–2024
- Chambers USA, Projects: Power & Renewables (Transactional)(Nationwide), 2021–2024, Projects (Nationwide), 2023 and 2024
- Latin Lawyer 250, 2018 and 2020
- IFLR 1000 Banking, Project Finance, 2018
- Legal 500 U.S., Finance: Project Finance, 2019–2023; “Next Generation Lawyer” in Finance: Project Finance, 2020; “Next Generation Partner” in Finance: Project Finance, 2021–2024; Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power, 2020–2022 and 2024
- Legal 500 Latin America, Corporate and M&A, 2019 and 2021–2024; Projects and Energy, 2019 and 2021–2024
- Legal 500 Private Practice Powerlist: The Leading U.S. Attorneys with a Focus on Mexico, 2019
- Expert Guides, “Rising Star” in Project Finance, 2020
- IFLR1000, 2020–2023
- Selected to the 500 Leading Energy Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2023 and 2024
- Member: New York Bar Association
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- Supreme Court of Victoria and the Federal Courts of Australia
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