KatherineM.
Gillespie

Partner

Overview

Katie Gillespie has more than 20 years of experience representing sponsors and financing parties in connection with the development, acquisition and financing of renewable energy projects. Nationally ranked in Chambers USA (2021–2025) for her work on renewable energy projects, she is a recognized innovator in the field.

Under her leadership, Sheppard closes more than 14 GW of renewable energy financing and M&A projects annually. Trusted by some of the largest players in the industry, Katie advises on cutting-edge tax credit transactions that expand available investor tax capacity and spur renewable energy development.

Katie plays a leading role in structuring and closing a wide range of complex transactions involving wind, solar, and other renewable energy assets. She has extensive experience guiding clients through various innovative financing structures, including:

Project-level debt financings
Back-leverage transactions
Tax equity partnership flip transactions
Lease financings
Cash equity investments

She also advises on M&A transactions at all stages of project development and operation.

Clients value Katie’s unique market perspective and her ability to negotiate and close deals aligned with their financing goals and overall strategy in the sector.

Experience

Select Transactions

Represented sponsor in connection with a tax equity financing for its 150 MW wind facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with a tax equity financing with respect to a portfolio of projects consisting of 220 MW of wind energy generation facilities.
Represented sponsor in connection with a lease pass through related to a fund of residential solar projects.
Represented investor in connection with a tax equity investment with respect to a 250 MW facility.
Represented investor in connection with a tax equity investment with respect to a 200 MW facility.
Represented investor in connection with a tax equity investment with respect to a 235 MW facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with a tax equity partnership flip transaction for a fund of residential solar projects.
Represented sponsor in connection with tax equity financing for a wind facility in excess of 200+ MW.
Represented sponsor in connection with a tax equity financing for a 150 MW wind facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with a lease financing of its 100+ MW solar facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with a lease financing of its 100+ MW wind facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with a tax equity financing for its 200+ MW wind facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with a lease financing of its 100 MW wind facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with a lease financing of its 100 MW wind facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with a lease pass through transaction related to a fund of residential solar projects.
Represented sponsor in connection with a lease pass through transaction related to a fund of residential solar projects.
Represented investor in connection with a tax equity investment with respect to a portfolio of wind facilities.
Represented investor in connection with a tax equity investment with respect to a 500 MW of wind generation facilities.
Represented sponsor in connection with the lease financing of its 30 MW solar facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with a tax equity financing for its 150 MW wind facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with a lease pass through transaction related to a fund of residential solar projects.
Represented sponsor in connection with a lease pass through transaction related to a fund of residential solar projects.
Represented sponsor in connection with a tax equity financing for its 200 MW wind facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with the leveraged lease financing of its 100 MW+ wind facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with the construction and cash grant loan with respect to its 100 MW+ wind facility.
Represented purchaser with respect to the acquisition of a 10 MW solar project in development.
Represented sponsor in connection with the construction, cash grant and term loan facility for its 100+ MW wind facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with a tax equity financing with respect to two 12 MW wind facilities.
Represented investor in connection with the lease financing program for a portfolio of solar distributed generation facilities.
Represented sponsor in connection with a partnership flip transaction with respect to a pool of residential solar projects.
Represented sponsor in connection with a lease financing of its 25 MW wind facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with the tax equity financing of its 100+ MW wind facility.
Represented investor in connection with the formation of partnership flip transactions with a forward commitment related to solar distributed generation facilities and the subsequent funding of projects with 18 different offtakers.
Represented sponsor in connection with a lease pass through transaction related to a fund of residential solar projects.
Represented sponsor in connection with the lease financing of solar distributed generation facilities.
Represented sponsor in connection with a tax and cash equity financing of a portfolio of three wind projects consisting of in excess of 200 MW.
Represented international developer and operator in connection with its reentry into the U.S. renewable energy market through its investment in a U.S. wind energy developer.
Represented sponsor in connection with a tax equity financing of its 150+ MW wind facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with a tax equity financing of its 100+ MW wind facility.
Represented investor in connection with the formation of a partnership flip transaction with a forward commitment related to solar distributed generation facilities and the subsequent funding of projects with seven different offtakers.
Represented sponsor in connection with a tax equity financing with respect to its 100+ MW wind facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with a tax equity financing with respect to its 100+ MW wind facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with a tax equity financing with respect to its tire fueled facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with a tax equity financing to its 50+ MW wind facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with the tax equity financing with respect to its 100+ MW wind facility.
Represented sponsor in connection with a tax equity financing with respect to its 200+ MW wind facility.