Ben Huffman advises on finance and capital recycling transactions in the energy industry—including all aspects of project, portfolio and platform finance—across the United States. He is co-leader of the Energy, Infrastructure and Project Finance team.
Ben has worked with renewable energy generation, energy storage, natural gas generation, carbon capture, natural gas midstream and downstream products and services, and offshore wind.
With deep expertise in energy transition projects and tax credit monetization transactions, Ben’s experience spans asset classes and transaction types, including:
- Development loans
- Construction debt
- Mini-perms
- Private placements
- Working capital loans
- Acquisition loans
- Borrowing base loans
- Cash equity
- Tax equity
- Tax credit transfers
This broad experience in transactions at all levels of the capital stack as well as his in-depth understanding of the development, construction and operation of infrastructure projects, enables Ben to represent a diverse group of entities with varying needs and business strategies.
Synthesizing this knowledge, he helps clients on all sides of transactions—developers, utilities, infrastructure funds, banks and institutional investors—understand their needs and those of their transaction counterparts.
Clients appreciate that Ben’s diverse array of projects and deep base of knowledge enable him to negotiate effectively on their behalf, create and implement solutions that mitigate risks, balance the competing demands of flexibility and certainty, and overcome barriers to closing.