Christine Hourcade-Hoefliger

Christine Hourcade-Hoefliger is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm's San Francisco office and is the Co-Chair of the firm's French Desk Team.

Areas of Practice

Christine concentrates her practice in the sale, acquisition and financing of renewable energy projects. She has extensive experience negotiating and documenting sales and acquisitions of solar, wind and battery storage projects and coordinating due diligence of renewable energy projects on behalf of tax equity investors, buyers or sellers.

Christine's experience also includes representing tax equity investors or sponsors in tax equity transactions for renewable energy projects and representing emerging companies in various industries including high-tech with respect to equity financings and mergers and acquisitions. She provides counseling on day-to-day corporate matters, including commercial contracts and corporate governance. She previously practiced in Paris, France and continues to assist multinational, French, and other foreign clients on a regular basis.

Experience

Ms. Hourcade-Hoefliger's recent representative transactions include:

• Representing a major developer in connection with its sale of a 90.1% interest in a wind project portfolio representing 930 MW of wind-power capacity
• Representing a major developer in connection with its sale of a 50% equity interest in a wind project representing 194 MW of wind-power capacity
• Representing a major developer in connection with its sale of a 50% equity interest in two wind projects representing 300 MW of wind-power capacity
• Represented a major developer in connection with its sale of a 50% equity interest in a wind project representing 200 MW of wind-power capacity
• Represented a major developer in connection with its sale of a 80% equity interest in a portfolio of two wind farms representing 405 MW of wind-power capacity
• Represented a major developer in connection with its sale of a 90.1% interest in a portfolio of two wind farms representing 63 MW of wind-power capacity
• Represented developer in its sale of two wind generation facilities representing 351 MW of wind-power capacity
• Represented sponsor in connection with several tax equity partnership flip transactions for a fund of residential solar projects
• Represented sponsor in connection with its tax equity and debt financings of a portfolio of commercial and industrial photovoltaic solar projects
• Represented financial institution in connection with its tax equity investment in an approximately 55 MW dual solar photovoltaic and wind generation facility
• Represented investor in connection with its sale of its interest in Bay Bread LLC d/b/a "La Boulange" to a large food and beverage corporation

Honors

The Legal 500 USA, Energy, 2018, 2021-2022

Articles

Energy Law Blog Posts

• “Six key items to be aware of today in US Renewable Energy M&A Transactions,” May 24, 2021

Media Mentions

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