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Advancing the Energy Transition
Matthew’s clients have included leading companies and financing partners helping to advance the electrical energy transition in the solar, wind, energy storage, electrical vehicle (EV) charging, energy efficiency, hydrogen, biofuels, hydropower, and distributed energy industries.
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Extensive Project Finance and Development Experience
Matthew has extensive experience advising clients throughout the numerous phases of project development and finance, from formation and negotiation of key commercial contracts to construction, debt, equity, tax equity, and private equity financings.
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New Transaction Structures
Matthew specializes in developing and deploying new and innovative transaction structures in a variety of spaces, ranging from utility-scale solar plus storage power purchase agreements (PPAs) and virtual power plants to first-of-their-kind partnership/joint venture transactions in emerging asset classes, such as EV charging infrastructure and energy efficiency improvements.
Matthew Bogdan is a partner-elect in the Seattle office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the firm's energy and climate solutions practice. Matthew advises clients on a broad range of issues affecting the energy, infrastructure, and clean technology industries throughout the project development and financing process. He has extensive experience in the wind, solar, energy storage, electrical vehicle (EV) charging, energy efficiency, hydrogen, biofuels, hydropower, and distributed energy sectors. Matthew’s clients are developing and financing the electrical energy transition that will transform the United States over the next decade.
Matthew advises clients and projects at all stages of development and financing, including key commercial contracts such as power purchase agreements (PPAs), service agreements, energy hedges, engineering, procurement, and construction contracts (EPCs), and customer contracts. He has represented both developers and investors in numerous financing transactions, including project finance, tax equity, construction debt, backleverage debt, and corporate finance. Matthew's practice also includes sales and acquisitions of project assets and special purpose entities, as well as the formation of joint ventures.
Matthew has worked on some of the most innovative and cutting-edge transactions occurring in the energy space, ranging from first of their kind offtake agreements to joint ventures and partnerships in critical sectors such as EV charging infrastructure, energy efficiency improvements, and solar panel recycling.
Prior to joining the firm, Matthew was an associate at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP in New York.
Matthew Bogdan is a partner-elect in the Seattle office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the firm's energy and climate solutions practice. Matthew advises clients on a broad range of issues affecting the energy, infrastructure, and clean technology industries throughout the project development and financing process. He has extensive experience in the wind, solar, energy storage, electrical vehicle (EV) charging, energy efficiency, hydrogen, biofuels, hydropower, and distributed energy sectors. Matthew’s clients are developing and financing the electrical energy transition that will transform the United States over the next decade.
Matthew advises clients and projects at all stages of development and financing, including key commercial contracts such as power purchase agreements (PPAs), service agreements, energy hedges, engineering, procurement, and construction contracts (EPCs), and customer contracts. He has represented both developers and investors in numerous financing transactions, including project finance, tax equity, construction debt, backleverage debt, and corporate finance. Matthew's practice also includes sales and acquisitions of project assets and special purpose entities, as well as the formation of joint ventures.
Matthew has worked on some of the most innovative and cutting-edge transactions occurring in the energy space, ranging from first of their kind offtake agreements to joint ventures and partnerships in critical sectors such as EV charging infrastructure, energy efficiency improvements, and solar panel recycling.
Prior to joining the firm, Matthew was an associate at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP in New York.
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
- B.A., Yale University
- State Bar of New York
- State Bar of Washington
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
- B.A., Yale University
- State Bar of New York
- State Bar of Washington
Select Experience
- Representation of both project developers and corporate offtakers in the negotiation of power purchase agreements (wind, solar, and storage), energy hedges (on ISDA documentation), and REC purchase agreements associated with renewable energy projects with a cumulative capacity of over 4 GW. Matthew has negotiated offtake agreements opposite utilities such as Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Diego Gas & Electric, numerous California community choice aggregators (CCAs), Puget Sound Energy, Portland General Electric, and PacifiCorp, as well as major corporate offtakers such as Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon, among others.
- Representation of Forum Mobility, a zero-emission trucking solutions provider, in a $400 million joint venture with CBRE Investment Management and Homecoming Capital (which subsequently won the IJGlobal ESG Award for Transportation (North America) Deal of the Year)
- Representation of Keyframe Capital in negotiation of its $110 million virtual power plant facility with Logical Buildings, a leading provider of decarbonization technology and ESG solutions for the built world
- Representation of SOLARCYCLE Inc., a tech-driven solar panel recycling company, in the infrastructure financing of its Odessa, Texas facility, comprising a part of the company’s $30 million Series A funding
- Representation of ChargePoint in the negotiation of a first-of-its-kind partnership agreement with Goldman Sachs Renewable Power
- Representation of OhmConnect in the $100 million financing of a virtual power plant opposite Alphabet-backed Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners
- Representation of Ember Infrastructure, a private equity platform, in its $30 million equity commitment in SunShare, LLC, a leading community solar developer
- Representation of TransAlta on multiple commercial agreements associated with its 300MW White Rock Wind project
- Representation of a leading battery energy storage developer in two multimillion-dollar project financing facilities and a corporate-level term loan and revolving loan
- Representation of a Canadian independent power producer in its first U.S. tax equity transaction, with respect to a 90MW wind project located in Pennsylvania and a 29MW wind project located in New Hampshire
- Representation of a developer of wind projects in connection with (i) an approximately $180 million construction financing and $125 million tax equity commitment for a 131.1MW wind project located in Kern County, California, and (ii) an approximately $250 million construction financing and $170 million tax equity financing for a 193.5MW wind project located in Kern County, California, and a 32.7MW wind project located in Big Spring, Texas
Select Experience
- Representation of both project developers and corporate offtakers in the negotiation of power purchase agreements (wind, solar, and storage), energy hedges (on ISDA documentation), and REC purchase agreements associated with renewable energy projects with a cumulative capacity of over 4 GW. Matthew has negotiated offtake agreements opposite utilities such as Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Diego Gas & Electric, numerous California community choice aggregators (CCAs), Puget Sound Energy, Portland General Electric, and PacifiCorp, as well as major corporate offtakers such as Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon, among others.
- Representation of Forum Mobility, a zero-emission trucking solutions provider, in a $400 million joint venture with CBRE Investment Management and Homecoming Capital (which subsequently won the IJGlobal ESG Award for Transportation (North America) Deal of the Year)
- Representation of Keyframe Capital in negotiation of its $110 million virtual power plant facility with Logical Buildings, a leading provider of decarbonization technology and ESG solutions for the built world
- Representation of SOLARCYCLE Inc., a tech-driven solar panel recycling company, in the infrastructure financing of its Odessa, Texas facility, comprising a part of the company’s $30 million Series A funding
- Representation of ChargePoint in the negotiation of a first-of-its-kind partnership agreement with Goldman Sachs Renewable Power
- Representation of OhmConnect in the $100 million financing of a virtual power plant opposite Alphabet-backed Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners
- Representation of Ember Infrastructure, a private equity platform, in its $30 million equity commitment in SunShare, LLC, a leading community solar developer
- Representation of TransAlta on multiple commercial agreements associated with its 300MW White Rock Wind project
- Representation of a leading battery energy storage developer in two multimillion-dollar project financing facilities and a corporate-level term loan and revolving loan
- Representation of a Canadian independent power producer in its first U.S. tax equity transaction, with respect to a 90MW wind project located in Pennsylvania and a 29MW wind project located in New Hampshire
- Representation of a developer of wind projects in connection with (i) an approximately $180 million construction financing and $125 million tax equity commitment for a 131.1MW wind project located in Kern County, California, and (ii) an approximately $250 million construction financing and $170 million tax equity financing for a 193.5MW wind project located in Kern County, California, and a 32.7MW wind project located in Big Spring, Texas
Select Publications
- “Evolving Models for Corporate PPAs,” Decarbonizing Corporate Value Chains: How Upstream, Downstream & Midstream Companies are Advancing Renewable Energy Purchasing, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), November 2018
Select Speaking Engagements
- “Corporate Deal Structures,” ACORE Finance Forum, New York City, June 2022
- “Risk vs. Reward: How Corporates Are Tailoring Structure to Manage Risk,” Renewable Energy Markets 2019, San Diego, September 2019
Select Publications
- “Evolving Models for Corporate PPAs,” Decarbonizing Corporate Value Chains: How Upstream, Downstream & Midstream Companies are Advancing Renewable Energy Purchasing, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), November 2018
Select Speaking Engagements
- “Corporate Deal Structures,” ACORE Finance Forum, New York City, June 2022
- “Risk vs. Reward: How Corporates Are Tailoring Structure to Manage Risk,” Renewable Energy Markets 2019, San Diego, September 2019
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