Brian H. Bak

Brian Bak represents developers, private equity funds, infrastructure funds and other investors in mergers and acquisitions, financings and the development of energy and infrastructure projects.

Mr. Bak has advised on dozens of transactions in the renewable energy and infrastructure industries, including:

• BayWa in a $115 million credit facility to support the development of utility-scale solar and solar-plus-storage projects
• Brookfield Infrastructure in its:
  • $2.4 billion acquisition of a 19.9% stake in FirstEnergy Transmission
  • $13.3 billion take-private acquisition of the world’s largest global supplier of intermodal containers, Triton International
• Brookfield Renewable Partners in its acquisition of the U.S. onshore renewables business of National Grid Renewables at an enterprise value of $1.7 billion
• Brookfield Renewables and its portfolio companies in connection with many project financings (bank and bond)
• Cypress Creek Renewables in connection with its corporate credit facility, a working capital and letter of credit facility to support its operating portfolio, a portfolio letter of credit facility to support its development pipeline portfolio, and multiple project financings
• Linea Energy in connection with the debt and tax equity financing of its 90 MW Pineview Solar project
• MN8 Energy in connection with its corporate credit facility, four project bonds and its construction warehouse credit facility
• Pattern Energy in its $11 billion nonrecourse financing of the SunZia Transmission and Wind projects, which together are the largest clean energy infrastructure project in U.S. history
• Urban Grid in connection with:
  • a revolving credit facility
  • the debt and tax equity financing of its Crystal Hill Solar project
  • the debt and tax equity financing of its Alton Post Office Solar and Foxglove Solar projects
  • the debt and tax equiy financing of its Aspen Road Solar and Jones Farm Lane Solar projects
  • the debt and tax equity financing of its Egypt Road Solar, Morgnec Road Solar and Spring Grove II Solar projects
• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as lender in connection with a WIFIA loan for the City of Oxnard Aquifer Storage Recovery Project

Prior to joining Skadden, Mr. Bak worked at a leading London-based law firm. Prior to receiving his law degree, he worked at the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in its Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, focusing on the integration of variable and renewable energy resources in U.S. energy markets.