Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is well regarded for its ‘first-rate project finance energy team’ which advises clients throughout the life cycle of infrastructure and energy projects. The firm’s leading private equity practice positions the team well to advise infrastructure funds, lenders and private equity investors, including notable clients like Brookfield and Blackstone. The team’s varied caseload covers traditional project finance, as well as back-levered and hybrid transactions. Clients describe Rohit Chaudhry, who is based in Washington DC, as ’the go-to’ attorney for project financing, sales and restructurings across the energy spectrum, particularly for the debt side of transactions. Also based in Washington DC, Roald Nashi remains a key contact for private equity and infrastructure fund clients while Sam Kamyans is a specialist in structuring tax-driven transactions. Robert Eberhardt has significant expertise in renewable energy and energy transition transactions, with a particular emphasis on onshore and offshore wind. Kelann Stirling is another renewable energy specialist and frequently advises on sustainable financing. Tatiana Monastyrskaya brings additional expertise in a broad array of financing transactions. Eberhardt, Stirling and Monastyrskaya are all located in New York.