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Marc S.
Reisler

Principal

Marc S.
Reisler

Principal

Marc has over 30 years of experience representing clients in a wide variety of finance and mergers and acquisitions, transactions with a particular focus on renewable energy.

Marc represents lenders and borrowers in solar, energy storage, wind, geothermal and renewable natural gas project financings. He also works on securitizations of residential solar and rural small wind assets. Marc frequently represents lenders providing “back leverage” credit facilities to tax-equity financed projects. His experience includes representing lenders in recapitalizations of private equity sponsored renewable projects. He has also represented investors in preferred equity financings of LEED certified real estate projects. Marc has considerable experience helping lenders navigate the complexity of renewable project finance borrowers in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, advising in negotiations with the Chapter 11 trustee, tax-equity investors, cash-equity investors, O&M service providers and other creditors.

Marc regularly represents developers in connection with their renewable energy projects including advising on site control issues, construction contracts, O&M contracts, and financing.

Marc has represented state agencies in financing the development of significant infrastructure projects including the financing of major high voltage DC transmission lines.

Marc’s general finance practice concentrates on representing lenders in credit facilities to finance the acquisition and origination of consumer credit assets, including sub-prime auto loans, rent-to-own contracts, consumer debt restructuring loans, charged-off consumer credit card accounts, merchant advances and marketplace finance loans. Marc also has considerable experience representing lenders in financings collateralized by intellectual property assets, including music publishing catalogues, film libraries and patent portfolios.

Marc represents buyers and sellers in M&A transactions, focusing mostly in the renewable energy and technology areas. Included among the numerous acquisition transactions in which he has participated are the purchase and sale of solar energy projects, waste-to-energy projects, a distributed energy resource consultant and numerous software enabled service providers and digital media companies.

Having worked in-house at a large global software developer and telecommunications services provider, as a complement to his practice, Marc is frequently called on by his clients to assist in “big-ticket” technology licensing and outsourcing transactions.

Generate Capital – NY Green Bank

Location: New York

SPR represented a lender in connection with a 35 million loan to Generate Capital, a specialty finance firm that builds, owns, and operates sustainable infrastructure in the U.S.

Saranac Lake Waterfront Resort – NY Green Bank

Location: Adirondack Park, NY

SPR represents an equity investor in connection with a preferred equity investment in Saranac Lake Waterfront Resort, the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified resort in Adirondack Park, NY.

Cogentrix Valcour Intermediate Holdings – NY Green Bank

Location: New York

SPR represented a lender in a $66 million term loan facility for Cogentrix Valcour Intermediate Holdings to support the acquisition of six operating wind projects in New York State by Carlyle Power Partners, the power investment platform of The Carlyle Group.

Rock Wind Holdings – NY Green Bank

Location: New York, Pennsylvania, and Illinois

SPR represented a lender in connection with a $31 million alongside capital credit facility for Rock Wind Holdings to support the acquisition of a portfolio of wind farms located in New York State, Pennsylvania, and Illinois by BlackRock Renewable Assets, the dedicated renewables investment team of BlackRock Real Assets.

Chautauqua Green Energy LLC – NY Green Bank

Location: New York

SPR represents a lender in connection with a $21 million landfill gas to renewable natural gas construction-to-term loan and $1 million letter of credit to Chautauqua Green Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of CGE Ventures, LLC, a joint venture of Vireo Energy, LLC, Emkey Gathering, LLC and Sumiya Investment Management.

Rudarpa North Country LLC – NY Green Bank

Location: New Hampshire

SPR represents a lender in connection with a $33 million landfill gas to renewable natural gas construction-to-term loan to Rudarpa North Country LLC.

Sealed Inc – NY Green Bank

Location: New York

SPR represents a lender in connection with a $35 million revolving credit facility with Sealed Inc, an energy service provider that provides energy-saving improvements in homes in NYS.

Nine Dot Energy – NY Green Bank

Location: New York

SPR represents a lender in connection with a $25 million revolving credit facility for NineDot Energy to finance interconnection deposits for battery energy storage projects.

E2i – NY Green Bank

Location: New York

SPR represents a lender in connection with a $8,000,000 loan to bridge state renewable energy incentives.

GSI – NY Green Bank

Location: New York

SPR represents a lender in connection with $10,000,000 revolving credit facility for GSI to finance interconnection deposits for distributed solar generation or battery energy storage projects.

Sun Rocket Capital – Donato Solar (Decatur Brush)

Location: Illinois

SPR represents a lender in connection with $4.8 Million Construction to Term Loan Facility for a 2.850 MW ground-mounted solar project.

SunRocket Capital – Donato Solar (Decatur Brush 2)

Location: Illinois

SPR represents a lender in connection with $4.7 Million Construction to Term Loan Facility for a 2.850 MW ground-mounted solar project.

SunRocket Capital – WCP Financials

Location: Illinois

SPR represents a lender in connection with $1,400,000 Term Loan for a 3.029 kW roof-mounted solar project.

Tier 1 Transactions – NYSERDA

Location: New York

SPR represents the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority in connection with its Tier 1 Renewable Energy Certificate Purchase Program for Large Scale Renewable Energy Projects.

Tier 4 Transactions – NYSERDA

Location: New York

SPR represents the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority in connection with the Renewable Energy Certificate financing program for two high voltage electric transmission lines.

Build Ready Transactions – NYSERDA

Location: New York

SPR represents the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority in connection with its Build-Ready large scale renewables development program.

Radial Power Asset – Accord Power

Location: New York

SPR represents a construction contractor in connection with an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for the construction of solar energy projects.

“Purchasing Renewable Energy Credits Amid the Inflation Reduction Act: Deal Terms and Key Considerations”

For: Strafford Webinars

July 2023 & 2024 | Presented by Marc Reisler

“Harnessing Renewable Energy Tax Incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act”

For: American Law Institute CLE

December 14, 2022 | Presented by Marc Reisler

“Solar Securitization: Leveraging Alternative Financing Without Jeopardizing Existing Investor Tax Breaks”

For: Strafford Webinars

June 18, 2020 | Presented by Marc Reisler

“Structuring Private Equity Funds for Investment in Renewable Energy Projects: A New Financing Option”

For: Strafford Webinars

November 8, 2018 | Presented by Marc Reisler

Gov. Hochul Announces M-Corps Program to Bring Climate Technology to New York State

On November 9, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that more than $3.7 million would be allocated to bring innovative climate technology, manufacturing and products to New York State. According to the Governor’s press release, this initiative, ...

NYC Issues Proposed Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Loan Regulations

In late October 2020, the New York City Department of Finance issued proposed regulations to implement a Property Assessed Clean Energy (“PACE”) loan program in NYC to provide targeted loans with favorable terms to building owners for installation of systems ...

New York Solar Projects Face Compliance Challenges In Restarting Construction

All regions of New York State other than New York City have re-opened to construction activities, including residential and commercial solar energy projects.  While there are no specific guidelines for solar construction, the State has published Read More

New Presidential Executive Order Restricts Purchase of Bulk-Power System Equipment

On May 1st, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Securing the US Bulk-Power System.  The Executive Order prohibits certain transactions involving bulk-power system electric equipment and may have important consequences for renewable energy developers.  It also establishes a task force ...

Renewables Developers: The Latest Stimulus Could Help You

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act was enacted on March 27.  It contains provisions that could provide relief to a wide variety of small businesses, including developers of renewable energy projects. Paycheck Protection Program The CARES Act implements a variety of programs to support small businesses, ...

Essential Services Exempt From Covid-19 Workplace “Pause”

Governor Cuomo’s “New York on Pause” Executive Order No. 202.8 (requiring all workplaces to maintain a 0% in-person workforce) exempts “Essential Services.”  At the direction of the Governor, Empire State Development (ESD) has published Guidance on which services constitute Essential Services.  ESD has ...

Syracuse University College of Law, JD, cum laude

Maxwell School of Public Affairs, Syracuse University, MA, International Relations (International Trade and Finance Concentration)

McGill University, BA, English Literature/Political Science

New York, 1990