Meredith A. Strike

meredith.strike@lw.com

+1.202.585.6199

Profile

Meredith Strike is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Project Development & Finance Practice.

Meredith advises a variety of sponsors, developers, equity investors, commercial banks, and other financial institutions in connection with the development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects.

Prior to joining the Washington, D.C. office, Meredith was a project finance associate in Latham’s New York and Singapore offices.

Before attending law school, Meredith worked in the Kampala, Uganda office of an international infrastructure developer, assisting primarily with the legal aspects of power and transportation projects throughout East Africa.

Experience

Meredith’s experience includes representing:

Commercial bank lenders in the construction and bridge financing of a portfolio of solar and battery storage projects owned by Vistra Corporation
Pembina Pipeline Corporation in the construction financing of the Cedar LNG project in Kitimat, British Columbia, which was named Americas LNG Deal of the Year 2024 by Project Finance International
Commercial bank lenders in the construction financing of the 800 MW Vineyard Wind Project, the first large-scale offshore wind project in the United States
Venture Global in the US$13 billion financing of the Plaquemines LNG project and the US$15.1 billion financing of the CP2 LNG project, each in Louisiana
BrightNight in a corporate-level development credit facility in respect of a portfolio of solar, battery storage and hybrid solar plus battery storage projects
Jefferies in connection with the US$1.1 billion financing of the nearly 1,000 MW Linden gas-fired cogeneration project in Linden, New Jersey
Morgan Stanley in connection with the US$1.25 billion refinancing of the Cogentrix power assets after their acquisition by Quantum
Global Infrastructure Partners in connection with the refinancing of its acquisition of a 50% stake in Trabajos Maritimos (Tramarsa), a Peru-based port infrastructure platform
First Citizens Bank in multiple equipment and construction financings of Bloom Energy fuel-cell electricity generators
ConocoPhillips in the financing of the Port Arthur LNG project in Port Arthur, Texas
Terra-Gen in the construction financing of the 460 MWh Valley Center battery storage project in Valley Center, California
Commercial bank lenders in the financing of a portfolio of solar projects across the United States
The lenders in the US$8.3 billion refinancing of the Ichthys LNG Project in Australia and the noteholders in a subsequent private placement refinancing
Middle River Power in the refinancing of a portfolio of geothermal assets in California
PT Pertamina EP Cepu in the US$1.84 billion project financing of gas processing facilities and pipelines located in Bojonegoro Regency, East Java, Indonesia
PT Pertamina (Persero) in the upgrade and expansion of the Balikpapan refinery in East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Qualifications

Bar Qualification

District of Columbia
New York

Education

JD, Columbia Law School, 2018
James Kent Scholar, Parker School Certificate of Achievement in International and Comparative Law
BSFS, Georgetown University, 2014
magna cum laude