Adam Wade is a member of the Business Department's Energy Technology & Renewables group. His business, corporate and project finance experience includes broad-based experience serving the needs of renewable energy companies in their development and financing of wind, solar and geothermal projects, including drafting and negotiating operation and maintenance agreements, natural gas and wood fuel supply agreements and off-take agreements such as renewable energy credit sales agreements and residential and commercial solar power purchase agreements.
In the wind industry, Adam has had significant experience representing the world's largest wind turbine manufacturer in turbine supply, warranty and service arrangements for transactions with developers active in North America. His project finance experience includes negotiation and documentation of credit and security documents for natural gas baseload and peaking facilities, project agreements for cogeneration facilities as well as documentation of project financings using the 'equity-flip' structure for wind and solar projects involving investment tax credits and production tax credits.
Adam also has experience in general corporate counseling, business formation, mergers and acquisitions and formations of joint ventures. In his mergers and acquisitions practice, he has advised numerous clients in analysis of transactions and preparation of filings with the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, necessary for compliance with the premerger notification reporting requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.
Representative Experience
The following is a brief summary of Adam's experience and accomplishments:
· Representation of the world's largest manufacturer of wind turbines in negotiating and documenting wind turbine purchase, warranty and service arrangements
· Secondment as in house counsel to the asset management group of a major independent power producer and owner of geothermal and natural gas power generation facilities subject to sale-leaseback, long term debt and preferred equity project financings
· Representation of a major independent power producer in project finance, debt financing and refinancing and project agreements matters
Speeches and Conferences
· Panelist, "Financing: New Technologies and Project Development," Energy in the Northeast Law Seminars International Conference, Boston, MA (2011)
· Moderator, "Projects in Massachusetts," Sixth Conference on Clean Energy, Boston, MA (2010)
· Speaker, "Trends In Renewable Energy Financing," Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's BuildingEnergy Conference, Boston, MA (2010)
Industries
Energy Technology and Renewables
Energy and Regulated Industries
Venture Capital & Emerging Companies