Claire Ferguson

Primary Focus & Experience

Claire's recent experience includes the representation of:

• Standard Chartered Bank in connection with a senior secured constriction/term loan facility for the development, construction and operation of a solar photovoltaic module manufacturing facility with an annual production capacity of 5 GWdc in Texas, USA.
• CleanCapital in its investment in, and joint venture with, affiliates of Sunrock Distributed Generation Inc., a leading commercial solar and clean energy development and management platform of smaller-scale solar assets, to identify, develop, construct, finance and operate a portfolio of solar assets across the United States, including California, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey and Arizona.
• The Lenders in connection with an acquisition and development financing for Stonepeak to acquire a 50% non-controlling interest in Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project and to fund 50% of remaining project costs.  
• Equinor in connection with the debt financing of an offshore wind generating facility with a nameplate capacity of approximately 810 MW, consisting of 54 15MW wind turbines to be constructed in federal waters off the coast of Long Island, New York, and the onshore substation and cable transmission to be constructed in Brooklyn, New York.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Claire earned her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was a James Kent Scholar and a Harlan Fisk Stone Scholar. She also received her Master's degree from Columbia University, and her Bachelor of Science from Georgetown University, where she graduated cum laude.