Nike O. Opadiran

Ms. Opadiran’s representative matters have included:

• ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity firm, in its acquisition and acquisition financing of a portfolio of 18 renewable energy projects and the subsequent sale of a tax equity stake and a minority equity stake in a subset of that portfolio;
• Ardian Infrastructure Partners, a private equity firm, in a partnership with Transatlantic Power Holdings to form Skyline Renewables, which focused on acquiring, operating and developing up to 3 GW of wind projects in the United States;
• a fund of BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. in the acquisition of a 90 percent stake in CWS Wind Farm, LLC, a 30.75 MW wind farm located in Minnesota, and in the sale of a tax equity stake in CWS Wind Farm to a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp;
• Centaurus Renewable Energy, Inc. in the sale of a tax equity stake in a 9 MW PV solar generating facility located in Indiana to a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp;
• Deepwater Wind LLC in the negotiation of a 20-year power purchase agreement with the Long Island Power Authority for the 90 MW South Fork offshore wind project, which will be the second-ever offshore wind farm in the United States;
• a developer in the preparation of a form virtual power purchase agreement;
• the developer in a sale-leaseback tax equity transaction with respect to a portfolio of commercial distributed generation solar PV projects located on municipality-owned sites in Massachusetts;
• a leading developer in its sale of a $400 million tax equity stake in a portfolio of wind projects in the United States;
• a leading financial institution in a $400 million tax equity investment in a portfolio of wind projects in the United States;
• First Solar, Inc. in:
  • connection with its tax equity financing of the Kingbird project, a 40 MW PV solar power plant in Kern County, California;
  • the $1.74 billion financing and sale of the 550 MW Desert Sunlight solar PV project, one of the two largest solar PV projects in the world; and
  • the financing of the ABW Solar Projects, a cluster of three solar PV power projects located in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with approximately 50 MW of nameplate capacity;
• a Fortune 500 company in the negotiation of virtual power purchase agreements for 1.3 million MWh/year of solar and wind energy in the United States;
• Hudson Transmission Partners, LLC in the $850 million construction financing of a 660 MW underwater transmission line connecting New Jersey to Manhattan;
• Hydro-Québec in connection with:
  • its winning bid in a Massachusetts clean energy request for proposal, including negotiating three 20-year power purchase agreements for 100 percent hydro power to be transmitted over the New England Clean Energy Connect, a new transmission line to be developed by Central Maine Power Company, a subsidiary of Avangrid;
  • its sale of the Bucksport co-generation power plant to Verso Bucksport LLC; and
  • the negotiation of a 20-year power purchase agreement with Public Service Company of New Hampshire;
• Intel in connection with a first-of-its-kind $30 billion joint investment arrangement with Brookfield relating to two new chip factories in Arizona;
• InterGen N.V. in the $1.8 billion refinancing of its debt and credit facilities, which consisted of a five-year revolving credit facility (including a $350 million tranche and a £100 million tranche), seven-year $300 million senior secured term loan B, eight-year £175 million senior secured notes and 10-year $750 million senior secured notes. As part of this transaction, InterGen’s shareholders contributed $700 million of new equity;
• the lenders in the acquisition financing of a 1,175 MW portfolio of natural gas-fired generating assets located in California and Alabama;
• a multinational corporation in the negotiation of a virtual power purchase agreement in respect of a 150 MW solar project in the United States;
• the state of New Jersey in its development of a $35 billion public-private partnership transaction for the state’s toll roads;
• Samchully Asset Management Co. Ltd. in its acquisition and secured hedge of a $170 million interest in the Neptune gas processing plant in Louisiana from Marathon Oil Company;
• SunEdison, Inc. and its affiliates in the:
  • development, construction, $50 million debt financing by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and sale of a 20.6 MW DC solar power plant in the Ma’an governorate in southern Jordan;
  • sale of 81.7 MW solar photovoltaic power plants in the Republic of Honduras;
  • sale of the Rocksprings wind project; and
  • sales of multiple wind turbines and related equipment;
• the U.S. Department of Transportation, as lender under the TIFIA program, in connection with following projects:
  • Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project (Silver Line Phase 2);
  • Downtown Crossing portion of the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges project; and
  • Chicago O’Hare International Airport consolidated rental car facility;
• Wisconsin Public Service Corporation in its negotiation of a joint ownership agreement and operating and maintenance agreement in connection with its joint acquisition with Madison Gas and Electric Company and Wisconsin Power and Light Company of Forward Energy Center, a 129 MW wind generation facility in Dodge and Fon du Lac counties, Wisconsin;
• a U.S. utility in the negotiation of solar and wind power purchase agreements and renewable energy credit agreements;
• a U.S. utility in the negotiation of a shared use agreement for the joint use of a radial line and associated facilities; and
• Ygrene Energy Fund in connection with a $25 million secured revolving credit facility relating to residential property assessed clean energy assets.

Ms. Opadiran has been repeatedly named a Rising Star by IFLR1000, including in 2022.