나탈리 닐스는 폴리의 금융 및 금융기관 실무그룹 소속이며, 회사의 E에너지 에너지프로젝트 개발 및 에너지 산업 금융 거래를 담당하고 있습니다. 그녀는 태양광, 풍력 및 기타 대체 에너지 프로젝트의 개발, 금융, 건설, 운영에 종사하는 기업과 해당 프로젝트에 자금을 조달하는 금융 기관 및 기타 투자자를 대리합니다. 나탈리는 대체 에너지 분야의 주식 및 채권 투자에 중점을 두고 있습니다. 나탈리는 대체 에너지 분야의 자본 및 부채 금융에 주력하며, 건설 금융을 포함하여 대출 기관 측과 차입자 측 양측 대리 경험을 보유하고 있습니다. 금융에 주력하며, 건설 금융, 회전 및 기간 신용 시설, 중간금융, 2순위 신용 시설, 신디케이트 및 단일 대출자 금융, 금융, 채권자 간 문제 등을 다룹니다. 또한 세금 이점 금융에 대한 경험을 보유하고 있으며 다양한 파트너십 플립플립, 역리스, 매각 후 리스백 거래를 수행한 경험이 있습니다., 역리스, 매각 후 리스백 거래에서 다양한 투자자 및 스폰서를 대리했습니다.
Natalie also has experience representing borrowers and financial institutions in sophisticated financing transactions, including bilateral facilities, syndicated facilities, asset-based lending, acquisition finance, and general commercial finance. She also has expertise in Uniform Commercial Code Article 9 (Secured Transactions), lien and other collateral matters, and legal opinions.
대표 경험
- Represented regional U.S. financial institution as administrative agent, collateral agent, sole bookrunner, coordinating lead arranger, and one of a syndicate of lenders, which included five domestic and foreign banks and financial institutions, with respect to the $250 million financing for a 189-megawatt solar development project Illinois, currently under development by a national renewable energy company.
- Represented super-regional U.S. financial institution as the lead arranger and administrative agent in a $140 million syndicated construction and term debt financing for a portfolio of utility-scale and community solar energy generation projects located in five states across the United States, including a refinancing of the facility to add 10 additional projects and complex interparty negotiations with an institutional tax equity investor.
- Represented U.S. branch of a global financial services group as lead arranger, administrative agent, collateral agent, and lead lender in a syndicated $68 million term loan and LC acquisition financing. Proceeds of financing were used by the sponsor to acquire 22 projects with existing debt and tax equity financing. The transaction involved extensive due diligence on existing documents and financing structures as well as negotiation with investors and other financial institutions.
- Represented a regional branch of an international bank and its commercial leasing subsidiary in connection with a $80 million construction debt and $300 million sale-leaseback tax equity takeout financing, which proceeds support the development, construction, and operation of 10+ projects located in New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
- Represented international energy company in a five-bank syndicated $300 million construction to term loan facility, $229 million bridge facility, and $60 million letter of credit sub-facility to finance the development, construction, and operation of four utility-scale solar projects located in Utah and Michigan.
- Represented a U.S. bank as lead arranger, administrative agent, depositary bank, and lead lender in a syndicated $225 million construction to term loan and bridge loan financing. Proceeds of financing were used by the sponsor to finance the construction and operations of a portfolio of microgrids, combined heat and power systems, community rooftop solar, battery energy storage systems, and microgrid electric vehicle infrastructure projects in markets including California, Oregon, the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Colorado, North Carolina, New Jersey, and New York.
- Represented a Fortune 100 energy company in a variety of finance and M&A transactions, including the refinancing of a $122,000,000 letter of credit facility and $4,000,000 working capital facility with respect to a portfolio of thirteen wind-powered electric generation projects totaling 667 MWs and the joint venture financing involving thirty wind-powered electric generation projects totaling 1,430 MWs
- Represented a national biomass energy company in refinancing of $40 million term loan and letter of credit facility to support biomass projects located in California and Quebec.
- Represented a national bank as administrative agent and lead lender in a $26 million construction loan facility. The construction loan facility is taken out and replaced by a $57 million sale-leaseback investment with the same national bank. In the same transaction, subsequently represented two national banks in the syndication of the sale-leaseback tax equity investment.
수상 및 표창
- Received, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognition for Banking and Finance Law (2024, 2025)
- 수상자, 법률 실무 분야 우수 연구
제휴
- 여성 에너지 네트워크 회원
- Member of the University of Texas Renewable Energy Law Conference Planning Committee
프레젠테이션 및 출판물
- 공동 저자, "관세 폭풍: 현재 관세 환경을 통과하는 재생 에너지의 경로", POWER Magazine (2025년 6월).
- Author, “Flirting with the Law: An Analysis of the Ellerth/Faragher Circuit Split and a Prediction of the Seventh Circuit’s Stance,” Marquette Law Review.
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재생 에너지 스폰서 및 자금 조달 당사자를 위한 관세 리스크 전략
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나탈리 닐스와 린 파린스가 전력 및 재생 에너지 산업에 대한 관세 영향에 대해 발표합니다.
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폴리, 실리콘밸리 은행에 재생에너지 투자 자문 제공