Craig Kline Email & Phone Number

Craig Kline is the founder of the firm's interdisciplinary Renewable Energy Practice. Craig is the author of the solar energy portion of the ABA Treatise, The Law of Clean Energy, and has been recognized by Chambers and Partners. Craig is also a Fellow in the American College of Investment Counsel.His practice is focused on domestic and cross-border project finance and merger and acquisition transactions, structured finance and leveraged leasing. He has represented a wide variety of commercial and public institutions, including developers, sponsors, utilities, lenders, lessors, lessees, credit support providers and trustees. He also has experience with the securitization of financial assets, synthetic leasing, secured lending and bankruptcy.Mr. Kline has advised clients on transactions involving a variety of assets and jurisdictions. He has advised in matters involving power and energy generation and distribution facilities (as well as maritime assets, telecommunications equipment, real estate, waste facilities and manufacturing plants). In addition to U.S. domestic transactions, he has closed many cross-border transactions in connection with assets or counterparties located in, among other jurisdictions, Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, South Korea and the United Kingdom.Mr. Kline has served as counsel in over 600 renewable transactions in the United States in nearly all relevant jurisdictions. His experience with project finance structures includes construction finance, partnership flips and sale-leasebacks, leveraged transactions and take-out debt.