People

Overview

Vladimir Fet focuses his practice on domestic and international project development and finance, with particular emphasis on infrastructure project financings, debt financings, and mergers and acquisitions.

Vladimir primarily represents project developers, sponsors, investors, and lenders in the United States and abroad. He advises on matters including development, construction, financing, and mergers and acquisitions transactions for renewable and nonrenewable energy projects.

Admission & Affiliations

  • State Bar of California
  • J.D., University of Houston Law Center 2004
    cum laude
    Notes and Comments Editor, Houston Business and Tax Law Journal
  • M.A., Lomonosov Moscow State University 1987
    cum laude
  • B.A., English, Lomonosov Moscow State University 1987

Experience

United States

  • Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ: EXC) and its subsidiary Exelon Generation Company in the sale of Exelon Generation's solar business, which includes 360 MW of generation in operation or under construction across nearly 600 sites located throughout the U.S., to Brookfield Renewable Partners for US$810 million.
  • An international power development and generation company in its acquisition of a 50% ownership interest and a subsequent sale of a 12.5% ownership interest in a 925 MW gas-fired power generation facility in Pennsylvania
  • An international power development and generation company in its acquisition of an energy management and trading subsidiary of a large U.S. energy company
  • A U.S. energy company in connection with the acquisition of a 114 MW operating wind farm in Texas
  • A U.S. energy company in connection with the acquisition of a 318 MW gas-fired power project in California
  • An international power development and generation company in its acquisition of a 50 percent ownership interest and development of a 720 MW gas-fired power generation facility in the State of New York
  • An international power development and generation company in its sale of a 30% ownership interest in an 885 MW gas-fired power generation facility in Alabama
  • A leading U.S. provider of debt and equity financing to energy markets in connection with a US$118.6 million bond offering secured by the client's utility scale solar and wind real estate assets
  • A major U.S. investment management company acting as a lender to a global solar energy development company in connection with a US$60 million corporate lending facility secured by the developer's domestic and international assets
  • A U.S. solar energy developer in the development and construction of a 400 MW portfolio of solar energy projects in Texas
  • A global investment company in its acquisition of a 25% ownership interest in an 800 MW gas-fired power generation facility in California
  • A U.S. geothermal energy developer and its worldwide subsidiaries in a C$50 million corporate debenture issuance secured by its domestic and international assets
  • A U.S. solar energy developer in the portfolio financing of up to US$100 million in residential solar projects in California, Hawaii, Arizona and Colorado
  • A U.S. solar energy developer in the portfolio financing of up to US$15 million in solar projects in Hawaii
  • Two American energy companies in connection with the financing of the California Valley Solar Ranch, a 250 MW solar photovoltaic project located in San Luis Obispo, California. (Financing of this project included a US$1.237 billion construction and permanent loan guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Energy.)
  • An international power development and generation company in its proposed acquisition of an ownership interest in a gas-fired power generation facility
  • An international power development and generation company in two separate acquisitions of 25% ownership interests in an 800 MW gas-fired power generation facility in California
  • A U.S. wind energy developer in the sale of development assets for a 170 MW wind farm in Texas
  • An international bank in the lease financing of a portfolio of commercial distributed generation solar projects developed and installed by SolarCity, located on multiple properties and selling power to a large U.S. retailer
  • An international bank in its participations in the US$663 million and US$630 million project financings of several wind projects in California
  • A U.S. geothermal energy developer and its worldwide subsidiaries in the US$50 million and US$12 million corporate lending facilities secured by its domestic and international assets
  • A wind energy company in the US$376 million financing of the Milford I wind farm power project. (The project was recognized by Renewable Energy World with an Excellence in Renewable Energy Award (Reader's Choice), 2009)

Argentina

  • A global solar energy company in connection with the development and financing of the 81 MW Cafayate solar photovoltaic project. (The project was recognized by Power Finance & Risk with a Latin America Project Finance Award, 2019)

Brazil

  • A global solar energy company in connection with the development of the 190 MW Pirapora solar photovoltaic project

Central America

  • An international power development company in its acquisition and financing of a 70 MW solar project in the Dominican Republic
  • An international power development company in its acquisition of a solar project in Guatemala
  • A local subsidiary of a U.S. geothermal energy developer in the development and financing of the 72 MW San Jacinto-Tizate geothermal power project in Nicaragua. (The combined financing of the project is US$230 million and represents the largest project financing ever closed in Nicaragua and the largest geothermal project financing closed in Central America to date. The project was recognized by Project Finance Magazine as the Latin American Geothermal Deal of the Year, 2010)
  • A major Central American power development company in the development and financing of the 94 MW Xacbal hydroelectric power project in Guatemala. (This project is currently the largest privately developed and financed greenfield hydroelectric power project in Central America.)

Mexico

  • A global solar energy company in connection with the development, financing and sale of the 60 MW Aguascalientes solar photovoltaic project
  • A global asset management company in the acquisition and development of a portfolio of solar energy projects
  • A U.S. wind energy developer in the acquisition and development of the 400 MW Tres Mesas wind energy project
  • A U.S. wind energy developer in the negotiation of numerous private offtake self-supply power purchase agreements
  • A U.S. clean energy development company in the development of a liquefied natural gas facility