Jonathan Wilcon

Associate

Jonathan Wilcon represents clients across the spectrum of the renewable and conventional energy sectors, with a focus on project finance and the development of solar, wind, and natural gas generation projects. Jon advises sponsors and financing sources, including developers, private equity and financial institutions, and utilities in connection with project financings, tax equity partnerships, tax credit sales and related insurance products; mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures; and other financial and commercial transactions in connection with renewable and conventional assets.

  • A lender syndicate in connection with warehouse credit facilities and tax equity partnerships of a national residential solar developer
  • A private equity fund in its investment in a portfolio of operating commercial and industrial (C&I) and distributed generation (DG) solar assets and a development platform
  • A private equity fund in its investment in an operating solar project in Texas
  • An alternative asset manager in a corporate acquisition and financing of a solar development platform expected to develop 500 MW of solar projects throughout the United States
  • An alternative asset manager in a corporate acquisition and financing of a solar development platform expected to develop 600 MW of solar projects throughout the United States
  • An alternative asset manager in a corporate acquisition and financing of a solar development platform
  • A large US bank as a tax equity investor in several utility-scale solar projects in Texas
  • A large US bank as a tax equity investor in a utility-scale wind project in Texas
  • A large US bank in connection with the restructuring of a tax equity partnership owning a large solar project in Texas in response to the effects of Winter Storm Uri
  • A US developer owned by a publicly traded energy company in its diligence and acquisition of several solar development pipelines
  • A US insurance company in its disposition of a portfolio of tax equity interests in wind and solar projects
  • A US-subsidiary of a European utility in its investment in a development-stage US offshore wind port and staging yard
  • Ongoing representation of a private equity–backed solar developer in its acquisition, development, and financing of community solar projects
  • A large US developer of utility scale solar and wind projects in the negotiation and execution of multiple build-transfer agreements providing for the development, construction, and disposition of utility-scale solar and wind projects to a regulated utility
  • BP in its $1.1 billion formation of a strategic partnership with Equinor to develop offshore wind projects in the United States, including the development of at least four major projects within existing offshore wind leases on the US east coast and jointly pursuing further opportunities for offshore wind in the United States
  • An overseas joint venture in its initial investment into the US solar market, including acquisition of a portfolio of utility scale solar projects, ongoing development work (negotiation of construction, procurement, and power purchase agreements as well as corporate structuring), negotiation and management of a joint development agreement with a US developer, and debt and tax equity financing
  • A developer in connection with its founding, setup and funding, and the development and sale of solar development projects throughout the northeast United States
  • Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 2015, J.D., concentration in corporate law, magna cum laude
  • Union College, 2008, B.A., political science, magna cum laude
  • New York
  • Massachusetts