Wilson Sonsini Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's renewable energy project finance team has the specialized knowledge and skills needed to help sponsors secure the financing they require to start and grow their complex and sophisticated ventures, both in the U.S. and abroad. Our attorneys have experience in a wide variety of project finance transactions, including bank and insurance company financing, limited partnerships, syndications, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, credit arrangements, taxation, and sales of companies and subsidiaries. Our ability to successfully lead these complex transactions rests on our deep experience with the development of renewable energy projects, from handling initial land control and permitting issues through structuring and negotiation of the interlocking commercial agreements needed to make such projects viable. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's has offices in Silicon Valley, Austin, New York, Palo Alto, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, and Washington, D.C.
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John F. Pierce is a partner in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's Seattle office, where he represents clients in connection with the development and finance of projects involving wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass energy, as well as those involving alternative fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel. John's practice encompasses project sponsors and investors, and is international in scope, with extensive dealings in South Asia, Southeast Asia, China, and the Middle East. His clients include both venture-backed companies in the renewable energy industry and traditional renewable energy project companies. Among many transactions, John has advised on the development of ethanol production facilities in western states, as well as on their project financing and construction. He has provided counsel on wind energy projects in the U.S. and Canada, advised a U.S. energy company regarding a joint venture in a biomass-fuel-powered project in the Philippines, and advised a U.S. energy company on the acquisition of an Indonesian geothermal power project and the development of plants in the Philippines, including the drafting of the principal transactional documents and negotiations with lenders. He also has broad international experience in infrastructure development and financing, including projects involving ports and industrial zones; joint ventures and other transactions in the aviation field; investments in Internet and software companies; telecommunications-related regulatory, commercial, and licensing matters; and the financing of oil and gas projects.
EDUCATION: · J.D., University of Washington School of Law, 1993 High Honors · B.S., Economics, San Francisco State University, 1990 Magna Cum Laude
ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS: · Member, American Wind Energy Association · Member, Geothermal Development Council · Member, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation · Member, Washington State Bar Association · Member, American Bar Association · Member, Inter-Pacific Bar Association · Member, International Bar Association · Member, International Advisory Board, Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal · Lecturer, University of Washington School of Law
HONORS: · Named a "Leading Lawyer in Asia" by Asia Law & Practice, 1995-2000
SELECT PUBLICATIONS: · "Philippine Foreign Investment Efforts: The Foreign Investments Act and the Local Government Code," Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal, 1992 · Regular contributor, AsiaLaw, Euromoney's Asian Investment Law Directory, and Asia: A Legal Guide · Founding member and contributor, Asian Commercial Law Review, Journal of International Banking Law, Oil and Gas Law, and Taxation Review · Principal contributor to several renewable energy publications
SELECT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS: · Frequent speaker at renewable energy development and finance conferences and on international project development