Lynn Parins focuses his practice on the intersection of finance, clean infrastructure, and renewable energy development. He assists sponsors, developers, and investors as they navigate the project financing of predominantly solar, wind, energy efficiency, EV charging infrastructure, and other sustainability improvements to the built environment. He is a partner in the firm’s Finance & Financial Institutions Practice and Energy Sector, co-lead of the Electrified Mobility and Infrastructure Team, and an active member of the firm’s Renewables Team.
Lynn’s focus is on project finance, where he has extensive experience leading sponsors through complex credit and project development structures for large renewables projects involving critical development and financing milestones. His project finance experience also extends to early-stage project development issues, including negotiating and structuring construction, procurement, land acquisition, and shared facilities agreements. Lynn also represents tax equity investors in renewables project financings.
In addition to his project finance experience, Lynn regularly represents clients in the buying and selling of renewables projects. He has worked with clients buying and selling projects at every stage of the project life cycle, from early-stage development assets, assets at full-notice-to-proceed, post notice-to-proceed and pre- operation projects, and operating projects. In many cases, his work in the sales and acquisitions of projects is coupled with project financing. Lynn also assists clients in joint venture and joint investment structures focused on the full suite of technologies and services that come up in his sustainability practice.
Prior to law school, Lynn handled the expansion initiative of the international nonprofit AIESEC to the Sultanate of Oman, where he managed relationships with government and business leaders. Upon his return, he worked in trade association management in Madison, Wisconsin. His prior experience positions Lynn advised government, lending, and building owner clients interested in renewable energy and energy efficiency finance.
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- Back to the Future: Tax Credit Transfers and Debt Structuring [PODCAST] - (Posted On Monday, November 27, 2023)
- Electrified Industrial Policy: IRS Proposed Regulations on Section 30D EV Tax Credits & EV Manufacturing Grants - (Posted On Tuesday, July 11, 2023)
- U.S. Department of Transportation Finalizes EV Charging Infrastructure Rules - (Posted On Thursday, April 13, 2023)
- New Rules for the EV Tax Credit under the Inflation Reduction Act - (Posted On Tuesday, March 07, 2023)
- EV Charging Station Tax Credits are Back: Inflation Reduction Act Extension of the Section 30C Tax Credit - (Posted On Thursday, August 25, 2022)
- U.S. Department of Transportation Proposed Rulemaking Aims to Set Minimum Standards for EV Charging Infrastructure - (Posted On Wednesday, June 22, 2022)
- DOE Announces Transmission Facilitation Program - (Posted On Wednesday, May 18, 2022)
- DOE Announces Over $3 Billion in Funding Opportunities to Support U.S. Battery Supply Chain Buildout - (Posted On Wednesday, May 04, 2022)
- FERC Proposes New Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation Reform and PJM Announces Interconnection Revamp - (Posted On Monday, May 02, 2022)
- Wisconsin Adds EV Charging Infrastructure, Microgrids and Resiliency Improvements to PACE - (Posted On Tuesday, April 12, 2022)