Johann Sarna

Primary Focus & Experience

Mr. Sarna’s practice focuses on the representation of project sponsors and financial institutions on a range of US and cross-border project development and financing transactions across the renewable energy, digital infrastructure and mining sectors.

His recent representations include:

• Commercial lenders and export credit agencies (including EDC, JBIC, KEXIM and KfW IPEX-Bank) in connection with the $2.5 billion financing for the expansion of the Centinela copper mine in Chile.
• Sponsor in connection with the tax equity financing for a utility-scale solar project in Texas.
• Lenders (including a multilateral development bank) in connection with a $40 million green loan financing for the construction and operation of solar, battery, EV and utilities infrastructure projects in the Dominican Republic.
• Lenders in connection with the $200 million refinancing of a 100MW solar photovoltaic facility in Chile.
• Note purchaser in connection with the $75 million holdco financing for the construction of solar projects in the US.
• Lenders in connection with the $400 million financing of a data center in Virginia.
• Lender in connection with a $75 million back-leverage financing. The underlying transaction involved financing for the acquisition of cloud infrastructure.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Mr. Sarna earned his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. He received his M.F.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and B.A. from Wheaton College.