Amy Maloney

Amy’s transactions incorporate commercial bank debt, term loan B debt, 4(a)(2) private placement debt, “hybrid” bank/bond debt, and tax equity investments. She also works with sponsors and developers in project development activities, including the structuring and negotiation of commodity hedges, other project documents, and equipment financing.

Amy has been recognized in The Legal 500 US, with a group of senior lenders praising her for being "proactive and problem-solving" and for her "in-depth knowledge of the renewable energy financing market" in the 2017 edition.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, she was in the New York office of another global law firm, serving in its project development and finance practice.

• Represents the sponsor in the construction financings of 199-megawatt, 287-megawatt and 999-megawatt wind projects in Oklahoma, each of which will be sold to a utility upon completion
• Represented the institutional investors in the 4(a)(2) note acquisition financing of 375-megawatt and 345-megawatt gas-fired projects in Minnesota
• Represented the sponsor in the construction financing of a 300-megawatt wind farm in Missouri that will be sold to a utility upon completion
• Represented the institutional investors in the 4(a)(2) note financing of a 300-megawatt gas-fired project in West Virginia and a 250-megawatt gas-fired project in Virginia
• Represented the sponsor in the mezzanine financing of a 620-megawatt gas and oil–fired project located in Connecticut
• Represented the lenders in a $500 million energy project finance loan warehouse facility for a public company
• Represented the sponsor in the senior and mezzanine bank and 4(a)(2) note construction financings of a 620-megawatt gas-fired project in Pennsylvania; winner of the 2019 North America Power Deal of the Year by IJGlobal
• Represented the sponsor in the construction financing and sale of a 202.5-megawatt wind farm in Nebraska
• Represented the sponsor in the bank and 4(a)(2) note financings of two 296-megawatt (total) hydroelectric projects in Pennsylvania
• Represented the lenders in the construction financing of a 194.25-megawatt wind farm in Illinois
• Represented the sponsors in the tax equity financing of a 298-megawatt wind farm in New Mexico
• Represented the sponsor in the senior, mezzanine, and equity financings and commodity hedges of a 1,485-megawatt merchant gas-fired power plant in Pennsylvania; winner of the North America Conventional Power Project Finance Deal of 2016 by Power Finance & Risk
• Represented the lenders in the construction and back-leverage term financings of a 324-megawatt wind farm in New Mexico and Texas and a related 35-mile transmission line
• Represented the lenders in the turbine and development loan for a 200-megawatt wind farm in New Mexico
• Represented the lenders in the contemplated construction and back-leverage term financings of a 46-megawatt solar farm and a 16-megawatt solar farm in Hawaii
• Represented the lenders in the construction and back-leverage term financing of a 200-megawatt wind farm in Nebraska
• Represented the lenders in the bank and 4(a)(2) note financings of a 200-megawatt solar project in California and a 214-megawatt wind farm in Illinois
• Represented the sponsors in the construction financing and refinancing of 378-mile transmission lines in Texas; winner of the North American Transmission Deal of the Year award for 2011 by Project Finance
• Represented the sponsor in the term loan B financing of a portfolio of operating gas-fired and hydroelectric power plants in the Northeastern United States
• Represented the lenders in the construction and term financings of distributed generation solar power assets in California, Arizona, Connecticut, Hawaii, and New Jersey
• Represented the equity investor in the construction financing and subsequent back-leverage financings of two 4.5-mmtpa liquefaction trains for production of liquefied natural gas in Louisiana; winner of the Americas Deal of the Year award for 2012 by Project Finance International and North American Oil and Gas Deal of the Year award for 2012 by Project Finance
• Represented the lenders in the bank and 144A financing of a 550-megawatt solar facility in California; winner of the North American Solar Deal of the Year award for 2012 by Project Finance
• Represented the sponsor in the construction financing and refinancing of a 730-megawatt merchant gas-fired power plant in New Jersey
• Represented the lenders in the acquisition term loan B financing of a 13-million-barrel oil terminal storage facility in Texas
• Represented the sponsors in the construction and term financing of an 800-megawatt gas-fired power plant in California; winner of the 2011 North American Single Asset Deal of the Year award by Project Finance and 2011 Gas Power Plant Deal of the Year award by Project Finance International
• Represented the lenders in the acquisition financing and 144A/bank refinancing of a 1,600-megawatt gas-fired cogeneration facility in Michigan; winner of the North American Acquisition Deal of the Year award for 2009 by Project Finance