Olivia M. George

Advised Ares on securing a new backleveraged first lien credit facility jointly arranged by MUFG Bank, Ltd. and BNP Paribas in connection with counseling Ares funds in a partnership with ENGIE North America, holding a 2.7 GW portfolio - one of the largest sales completed in the renewables sector based on total capacity.

Represented Environmental Infrastructure Partner (EIP), a portfolio company of Ridgewood Infrastructure, in its $175 million refinancing of its existing delayed draw term loan facility in order to facilitate EIP’s continued development of its diverse portfolio of infrastructure projects focused on sustainable water, energy efficiency, transportation and communications projects with municipalities, universities and hospitals throughout the United States.

Represented Infrastructure fund in its arrangement with a strategic partner to invest in and deliver sustainable essential infrastructure projects throughout the U.S. to municipalities, universities, schools and health care systems (MUSH), and the related third party financing for such projects.

Represented Cypress Creek Renewables on a mezzanine debt financing backed by a 1.6 GW portfolio of operating solar projects, and on a senior financing of a portfolio of 14 operating solar projects. 

Represented a renewables-focused private equity fund in a mezzanine borrowing base financing of substantially all of the assets of the fund.

Represented Chesapeake Energy Corporation, a premier oil and natural gas exploration and production company, and subsidiaries with respect to a debtor in possession financing in connection with their Chapter 11 cases. Prior to commencing the Chapter 11 cases, Chesapeake obtained commitments from certain of its secured creditors for over $4 billion of new capital, including a $925 million new money debtor-in-possession financing facility, a $600 million fully backstopped rights offering, and $2.5 billion of exit facilities as part of a comprehensive restructuring support agreement that would eliminate approximately $7 billion of Chesapeake’s funded debt obligations.

Represented bidders in the potential sale of a large portfolio of operating renewables projects and a development pipeline by a major utility scale renewables developer.

Represented Ares Management Corporation as agent and lender in connection with a mezzanine borrowing base financing of a portfolio of residential solar projects and home efficiency leases owned by sponsor PosiGen, Inc.

Represented True Green Capital in a back-leverage financing for a portfolio of utility-scale solar assets across multiple states. The financing consists of a $46 million commitment provided by KeyBank with an incremental and upsizing capacity as additional projects are added to the portfolio.

Represented the lenders in a back-leveraged term loan financing and sponsor equity financing of around $900 million for the acquisition of a portfolio of 10 utility scale solar and wind energy projects, to be acquired by a joint venture entity between NextEra as the managing entity and KKR as the sponsor (named “Americas Power Deal of the Year” by PFI).

Represented Innergex as sponsor in the acquisition and tax-equity and construction-plus-term loan financing of the 250 MW Phoebe solar project in Texas. Innergex acquired the project from Longroad Energy simultaneously with the closing of the tax-equity and debt commitments provided by Wells Fargo and CIT Group, respectively.

Represented Orion Energy Partners, L.P. as lenders of a senior secured credit facility to Martin Energy Group to fund the construction and operation of combined heat and power assets.

Represented Vivint Solar on transactions in connection with multiple residential solar portfolios, including cash and tax equity and senior debt components.

Represented Whitewater Midstream in connection with a number of upsizes on a debt facility supporting the Agua Blanca natural gas residue pipeline, including amendments needed for the recent sale of WhiteWater Midstream to funds managed by First Infrastructure Capital.

Represented a global investment management company as sponsor in connection with a tax equity financing of a wind project portfolio, consisting of three commercial wind parks (acquired in a simultaneous acquisition financed through a concurrent bridge-loan financing).

Represented Invenergy, Inc. in connection with the construction financing of Upstream Energy Center, a 202.5 MW commercial wind farm in Nebraska.

Represented sponsors in a payoff of a term loan facility in connection with sponsor-owned U.S. wind farm portfolio.

Represented PSEG in connection with the GenOn REMA restructuring.

Represented co-agent for lenders in connection with a refinancing of a debt facility for a portfolio of utility-scale wind and solar assets.

Represented global investment firm as sponsor in connection with an incremental loan and repricing and refinancings related to a portfolio which mainly consists of gas-fired, oil-fired and hydro generation.

Represented a private equity/creditor investment fund in connection with a term loan facility for Furie Operating Alaska, LLC in connection with an offshore natural gas production platform, marine pipeline, and onshore production facilities.

Represented sponsor in connection with the US $2.3 billion project financing (named the “2017 North American Power Deal of the Year” by PFI), including a private placement, construction loan and liquidity facilities, for the development of the AES Southland Energy Project, a portfolio of two gas fired power plants totaling 1244 MW, and two battery energy storage systems totaling 110 MW, in Arizona and California.

Represented the lenders in connection with a debt refinancing for a gas-fired combined cycle plant.

Represented a Korean sponsor in connection with a bid to acquire a U.S. petrochemical facility, including committed financing from the Export-Import Bank of Korea and the Korea Trade Insurance Corporation.