Chris S. Bloom

Primary Focus & Experience

Chris represents developers, investors and lenders in the development and financing of renewable energy projects. 

In connection with such representations, Chris has negotiated equity capital contribution agreements, partnership agreements, credit agreements, power purchase agreements and secured hedging arrangements, among other transaction documents. He also has experience representing clients in mergers and acquisitions in both energy-specific and general corporate transactions. 

His representative transactions (at Milbank and prior to joining the firm) include the representation of:

• A lender syndicate in providing $2.1 billion in construction financing and a $280 million letter of credit facility for a portfolio of three utility-scale solar projects (two of which have co-located battery energy storage systems) located in Arizona, California and Virginia
• A tax equity investor in a $42.5 million commitment to invest in a portfolio of commercial and industrial solar and community solar projects
• A tax equity investor in a $199.8 million investment in a 200.2 MW wind project located in South Dakota
• A tax equity investor in a $80 million commitment to invest in a portfolio of community solar projects
• A tax equity investor in a $60 million commitment to invest in a portfolio of community solar projects
• A tax equity investor in a $88 million commitment to invest in a residential solar portfolio
• A tax equity investor in a $188.7 million investment in a portfolio consisting of a 121.8 MW wind project located in New York and an 89.5 MW wind project located in Texas
• A tax equity investor in a $150 million commitment to invest in a residential solar portfolio
• A tax equity investor in the $106.1 million investment in a solar project located in California, consisting of a 59.6 MWdc solar facility with a co-located 20.5 MWac battery energy storage system, and a 82.6 MWdc solar facility
• A tax equity investor in a $150 million commitment to invest in a portfolio of commercial and industrial solar and community solar projects
• A tax equity investor in a $585 million investment in a 769 MW portfolio consisting of five utility-scale solar projects located in Delaware, Ohio, Virginia and Texas, and one utility-scale wind project located in Texas
• A tax equity investor in the sale of its tax equity interests in a portfolio of 25 operating utility-scale wind projects (constituting over 1.4 GW in net generation capacity)
• A tax equity investor in a $67.5 million commitment to invest in a portfolio of commercial and industrial solar and community solar projects
• A tax equity investor in a $70 million commitment to invest in a portfolio of commercial and industrial solar and community solar projects
• A tax equity investor in a $148 million commitment to invest in a residential solar portfolio
• Two tax equity investors in the $543.6 million investment in a 600 MW portfolio consisting of two utility-scale wind projects located in Kansas and Texas
• A tax equity investor in a $35 million commitment to invest in a portfolio of commercial and industrial solar projects
• Multiple tax equity investors in the separate restructuring and recapitalization of each of six utility-scale wind projects located in Texas due to the effects of Winter Storm Uri
• A tax equity investor in the $19.8 million investment in a 50 MW solar project located in Virginia
• A tax equity investor in the $656 million investment in a 691.5 MW portfolio consisting of four utility-scale wind projects located in Colorado, Indiana and Texas
• A tax equity investor in a $200 million commitment to invest in a residential solar portfolio
• A tax equity investor in the $42 million investment in the repowering of a 46.5 MW wind project located in California
• A tax equity investor in a $85 million commitment to invest in a portfolio of commercial and industrial solar and community solar projects
• A club of tax equity investors in the $1.3 billion investment in a 1,510 MW portfolio consisting of seven utility-scale wind projects located in Kansas, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas
• A club of tax equity investors in the $152 million investment in a 475 MW portfolio consisting of three utility-scale solar projects located in Texas and Virginia
• A lender in providing a $121 million equipment supply loan and letter of credit facility for utility-scale solar modules, inverters, trackers and batteries
• A tax equity investor in a $80 million commitment to invest in a portfolio of commercial and industrial solar and community solar projects
• Two tax equity investors in the $110 million investment in a 162 MW wind project located in Texas
• A tax equity investor in the $142 million commitment to invest in a residential solar portfolio
• A tax equity investor in the $414 million investment in two Illinois wind projects (205 MW and 199.8 MW, respectively)
• A tax equity investor in a $75 million commitment to invest in a commercial and industrial solar portfolio
• A lender syndicate in providing $282 million in construction financing for two Texas solar projects (222 MW and 28 MW, respectively)
• A tax equity investor in the $90 million investment in a 151 MW wind project located in Texas
• Two tax equity investors in the $159 million investment in a 165 MW wind project located in Illinois
• Two tax equity investors in the $144 million investment in a 194.25 MW wind project located in Illinois
• A tax equity investor in the $125.8 million investment in a 90 MW wind project located in Pennsylvania and a 28.8 MW wind project located in New Hampshire
• A lender syndicate in providing $298 million in construction and back-leverage financing for two South Carolina solar projects (100 MW and 106 MW, respectively) and a 162 MW Texas solar project
• Two tax equity investors in the $399 million investment in a 199.3 MW wind project located in Kansas and a 200.4 MW wind project located in Indiana
• A club of tax equity investors in the $246 million investment in a 276 MW wind project located in Kansas
• A lender syndicate in providing $197.8 million in acquisition financing for a 183 MW 11-project portfolio of wind facilities located in Idaho
• Two tax equity investors in the $130 million investment in a 163 MW wind project located in Texas
• A tax equity investor in the $31 million investment in a 30 MW wind project located in Texas
• A tax equity investor in the $125 million commitment to invest in a residential solar portfolio
• A tax equity investor in the $165 million commitment to invest in a residential solar portfolio
• A tax equity investor in the $151 million investment in a 201 MW wind project located in Texas
• Two tax equity investors in the $280 million investment in a 306 MW wind project located in Illinois
• A tax equity investor in the $150 million commitment to invest in a residential solar portfolio
• A lender syndicate in providing $236.9 million in construction financing for a 202.5 MW wind project located in Nebraska
• A sponsor in connection with obtaining $243.2 million pursuant to an existing sale-leaseback financing in respect of nine commercial and industrial solar projects totaling over 75 MW in generation capacity
• A lender syndicate in providing $137 million in acquisition financing for the equity purchase of two combined-cycle gas turbine facilities, a 175 MW facility and a 160 MW facility, located in Massachusetts.
• A sponsor in connection with obtaining $419 million in a bank-bond financing for the development, construction and ownership of a coal transport and storage facility located in Michoacán, Mexico
• The energy commodities divisions of two commercial banking entities in providing secured power, capacity and REC offtake hedges for six wind projects located in Texas and Indiana totaling over 1300 MW in generation capacity
• A public company yieldco owning over 2600 MW in solar and wind energy generation capacity in the equity sale of a controlling interest in the company
• A private equity fund in the $285 million asset acquisition of a 220-mile three-commodity gathering system located in New Mexico
• A consortium of investors in the $600 million sale of a company owning midstream assets located in Texas to a public company
• A public company in the equity sale of its development assets for wind projects located in Indiana and Nebraska

Recognition & Accomplishments

Chris earned his J.D., cum laude, from Washington University School of Law, where he served as a Staff Editor of the Journal of Law & Policy. He also earned an M.B.A. from Washington University, Olin Business School, and a B.A. in Neuroscience from the University of Southern California.