Nandan Nelivigi
Biography
Chambers Global & Asia Pacific
“Nandan Nelivigi is described by clients as ‘calm, clear-headed and extremely articulate.’ They add that ‘his ability to get on top of the job, organise multi-jurisdictional resources and handle crisis situations is very high, and his advice and guidance to clients is clear and prompt.’”
Chambers Global
Overview
Nandan is a partner in the Energy, Infrastructure and Project Finance team in the Americas at White & Case. He focuses on the development, financing, acquisition and sale of major energy and infrastructure projects. He represents private equity investors, corporates, lenders, developers and sponsors in complex energy, infrastructure, project finance and M&A transactions in the US and around the world. Nandan has been involved in the financing, acquisition and sale of many energy and infrastructure assets and companies, including some of the largest renewable energy projects in the US, Middle East, Asia and Latin America.
Experience
Energy transition
SK Siltron CSS on the US$544 million US DOE financing for its Bay City silicon carbide (SiC) wafer manufacturing facility in Michigan. The facility is pivotal to the US semiconductor supply chain and projected to be among the top-five manufacturers of SiC wafers globally.
Major US power company in all ongoing development and financing matters for the US$1 billion+ installation of post-combustion carbon capture systems at two natural gas-fired power plants in California and Texas.
Wabash Valley Resources in the ongoing development and financing of US$ multibillion waste-to-ammonia and first-of-a-kind carbon sequestration project in Indiana. This is currently the largest carbon sequestration project in the US.
Vale in all ongoing development, commercial contracts and capital deployment matters (including a US$282.9 million US DOE grant) for a first-of-its-kind low-emissions, cold-agglomerated iron ore briquette production facility in the US Gulf Coast.
Lenders on the bridge financing for a US$ multibillion green hydrogen and ammonia project in Canada.
Lenders in the ongoing project financing of a US$ multibillion green lithium mining project in Canada.
Talen Energy on multiple equity / debt financings and development matters for the carbon-free nuclear-powered Cumulus hyper-scale data center complex in Pennsylvania.
Renewable Energy
Calpine on the development and US$1 billion+ green financing of the 680 MW Nova BESS project in California. This was the largest US standalone BESS project financing at close and the project will be among the largest-of-its-kind in the country upon completion.
TotalEnergies on its US$800 million sale to Apollo of a 50 percent stake in a 2 GW solar and BESS portfolio in Texas.
TotalEnergies on a tax equity financing transaction for its 405 MW Hill Solar project in Texas.
TotalEnergies on its portfolio acquisition of 12 distributed solar projects in Georgia.
TotalEnergies on its acquisition and development of the 4 GW Core Solar utility-scale solar and BESS platform located across multiple power markets in the US.
Calpine on the development and US$1.75 billion green financing of its largest-in-the-world 725 MW Geysers geothermal power complex in California.
Calpine on multiple US$1 billion+ holdco portfolio financings in support of its various 27 GW+ natural gas, solar, geothermal and BESS businesses across the US.
Lenders on US$500 million+ financings of multiple 90 MW+ Cypress Creek Renewables solar portfolios across US.
Conventional Energy
Talen Energy Supply on a US$290 million financing of its 608 MW Lower Mount Bethel and 1.7 GW Martins Creek power plants in Pennsylvania.
Korean sponsors on the US$738 million financing (construction, term loan, mezzanine, equity) of the 950 MW Trumbull CCGT project in Ohio.
EIG on multiple debt / preferred equity financings for the Limetree Bay refinery and oil storage terminal in the US Virgin Islands.
Various clients on sponsors and lenders on 10+ project developments and financings of large-scale conventional power projects located within the PJM and other power markets in the US.
"State of the Wind Industry & the Road Ahead", Infocast Solar + Wind Finance & Investment Summit 2024, Phoenix, AZ
