Senior Associate; Americas EIPAF); White & Case LLP NY

Our Project Development and Finance Practice specializes in advising clients on the legal and financial aspects of large-scale infrastructure and development projects. Our practice provides comprehensive support through all stages of project development, including initial planning, financing, construction and operation. Our team works with clients across various sectors such as energy, transportation, real estate and public infrastructure, offering expertise in structuring and negotiating project agreements, managing regulatory compliance and mitigating risks.

We also assist clients in securing funding through various financial instruments and navigating complex financial transactions. By combining deep industry knowledge with a global perspective, our Project Development and Finance Practice helps clients successfully bring projects to fruition, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and regulatory requirements.

Firm Summary White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.

With lawyers operating from more than 40 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world’s key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.

It’s not just about our global network of offices; it’s the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It’s one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work. And why we attract a diverse group of people.

Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.

Duties and Accountabilities Manage deal teams and processes across practice areas and geographic locations in the financing of energy and infrastructure projects, including power, geothermal facilities, digital infrastructure, and energy transition assets.

Prepare, review, and negotiate various financing, investment, project and associated documents including financing agreements, pledge and security agreements, letter of credit reimbursement agreements, and sponsor guarantees, tax equity and preferred equity investment documents, tax credit purchase agreements, EPC Contracts, PPAs and Services Agreements, and closing opinions.

Manage the development and financing of infrastructure projects including privately financed IPPs, tertiary healthcare facilities, and critical road infrastructure, midwifing projects from inception through development, construction, commercial operations, and beyond.

Advise lenders, sponsors, and equity investors on financings for energy and infrastructure assets, including conventional power, solar, wind, battery storage, geothermal facilities and digital infrastructure assets.

Conduct brief or more complex legal and factual research, and draft memoranda and other written analyses depending on client needs.

Manage and conduct legal due diligence in connection with financings, acquisitions, restructurings, and divestitures.

Serve as primary point of contact for clients, opposing counsel and other transactional legal teams. Exercise good judgment in internal and external written and verbal communications.

Counsel clients on a wide range of financing transactions, including asset-based finance, leveraged finance, acquisition finance and other project finance…