Ariel Oseasohn

Primary Focus & Experience

Mr. Oseasohn’s practice focuses on advising lenders, sponsors, tax equity investors and other project participants on energy and other project and structured finance transactions.

Mr. Oseasohn’s recent experience includes the representation of:

• SoftBank Energy in the $2.4 billion debt and tax equity financings of three utility scale solar projects totaling 1.3 GW in Milam County, TX.
• A syndicate of lenders in a $500 million asset backed securitization financing for the development and maintenance of a cellular tower portfolio.
• The lenders in a $525 million cross-border acquisition financing of a portfolio of development- and operation-stage solar and wind assets in Chile, Uruguay, Brazil and Mexico.
• Silicon Valley Bank in a debt and tax equity financing of two community solar portfolios, each consisting of 40+ projects across 12 states.
• Bank of America in the tax equity financing of several domestic utility scale solar projects.
• BNP Paribas, Citibank and Scotiabank as the joint lead arrangers and lenders in connection with the $441 million acquisition financing of a 49% stake to be held by Global Infrastructure Partners in a 734 MW renewable power portfolio in Chile.
• The lenders in connection with a $420 million bond private placement financing of a construction of Hill Top Energy Center, an approximately 620 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle power plant in Pennsylvania.
• The sponsor and its subsidiaries in connection with a $520 million term loan B financing of a 2.2 GW portfolio of 16 power generation assets in the PJM Interconnection market.
• The lender in connection with its investment in a developer and operator of solar-enabled microgrid systems for commercial and industrial customers.
• The lender in connection with a $85 million construction and tax equity bridge financing, partly guaranteed by the US Department of Agriculture (REAP and B&I Programs), for the construction of two solar facilities (140 MW in total).
• The Loan Program Office of the US Department of Energy in the ongoing management of the Solana and Mojave solar thermal plants (560 MW in total).

Recognition & Accomplishments

Mr. Oseasohn earned his LL.M. from Georgetown University (with distinction) and received his LL.B. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has been recognized as a 2022 “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers in Business/Corporate category.