Matt de Bernardo

Matthew’s experience includes advising:

• Repsol in the sale of a structured equity interest in a portfolio of solar and battery storage projects to Stonepeak
• EDF Renewables in the sell down of a minority equity interest in PowerFlex
• ECP in their US$300 million preferred equity investment in Braya Renewable Fuels’ renewable diesel refinery in Come By Chance, Newfoundland
• BlackRock in the acquisition of a distributed generation solar portfolio from Excelsior Energy Capital
• EnCap Energy Transition Fund in the sale of PowerTransitions to The Partners Group and a portfolio of development-stage solar projects to Parliament Solar
• Potentia Renewables in the acquisition of a 50% interest in the Desert Quartzite project from EDF Renewables
• Brookfield Renewable in:
  • Its US$540 million acquisition of Standard Solar Inc.*
  • Its acquisition of a portfolio of development-stage solar projects in MISO from Origis Energy*
  • The US$1.5 billion sale (enterprise value) of a 49.9% equity interest in an 852 MW portfolio of wind generating assets in the US to a group of South Korean infrastructure investors comprised of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd., Alpha Asset Management, Sprott Korea Investment, Hana Financial Investment Co., Ltd. and Korea Investment & Securities Co., Ltd.*
• Intel in connection with a first-of-its-kind US$30 billion joint investment arrangement with Brookfield relating to two new chip factories in Arizona*
• Harvestone Low Carbon Partners in the first-of-its-kind carbon capture and sequestration tax equity financing
• Apex in various tax equity financing transactions
• Radial Power in a multi-tranche tax equity financing of distributed solar projects
• Bank of New York Mellon in a tax equity investment associated with the repowering of three wind projects owned by Enel*
• First Solar in its sale of four development-stage solar projects to Longroad Energy Holdings*
• Clearway Energy Group in connection with the sale of the Wildflower Solar project*
• FTC Solar in connection with its US$100 million revolving credit facility*
• The US Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency in numerous transactions in which they acted as lenders under the TIFIA and WIFIA programs*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham