Emily Gleichert
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Emily Gleichert

Associate

Email

emily.gleichert@aoshearman.com

Phone

+1 424 512 7148

Offices

Los Angeles

V-CARD
Emily is an associate in the global Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure group.

Emily advises financial institutions, institutional investors, and developers on a wide range of project finance transactions, including construction financing, term financing, tax credit monetization and acquisition and divestiture transactions.

Emily’s practice focuses on renewable energy technologies.

Prior to attending law school, Emily served in the Peace Corps in Cameroon.

Experience

Representative matters

  • Denham Capital, First Citizens Bank & Trust Company, Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (Nord/LB), and National Bank of Canada as lenders in the approximately USD340m construction and bridge, term, and letter of credit facilities for Escape Solar, a solar and energy storage project developed by Estuary Power, in Nevada.
  • A division of a multinational financial institution, in its provision of construction loan, tax equity bridge loan, back-leverage loan and letter of credit facilities to a global private equity firm for the construction and operation of an approximately 66MW solar photovoltaic energy generation plus approximately 198MWh BESS storage project in South Carolina.
  • A group of financial institutions, as lenders in the approximately USD348m construction and bridge, term, and letter of credit facilities for Great Pathfinder, a wind project developed by Apex Clean Energy Holdings, a subsidiary of Ares Management, in Iowa.
  • A group of global financial institutions as lenders in the approximately USD108m construction and bridge, term, and letter of credit facilities for Concho Valley Solar, a solar photovoltaic generation facility developed by Korea Midland Power Co. in Texas.
  • A global financial institution with respect to its potential investment in a residential solar portfolio under development by Palmetto Corporation.
  • Longroad Energy, as sponsor, on multiple construction to term financings and tax equity transactions on utility-scale solar projects. 
  • ClearGen LLC in its investment to acquire the membership interests owned by MUFG in 25 operating wind projects (totaling 1.4GW of generation capacity), including as transaction counsel for the debt financing utilized to acquire the interests provided by Bank of America, Crédit Agricole and Société Générale as lenders.

Published Work

  • Bachtel. L.A., Gleichert. E.M., Lau. P.K., Pogue. E.R., Smith. D.D. (2022) "Carbon Capture Sequestration Utilization and Storage Projects and US Federal Environmental Laws," Lexology
  • Bachtel. L.A., Gleichert. E.M., Pogue. E.R. (2022) "US BOEM Announces Massive Offshore Wind Auction and Much More," Lexology
  • Bachtel. L.A., Gleichert. E.M., Perkins. A., Pogue. E.R. (2022) "US BOEM Announces North Carolina Offshore Wind Auction," Lexology

Qualifications

Admissions

Illinois, 2021

Academic

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, JD, 2021
 
University of Michigan, BA, 2015
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.