Kristina A. Hokenberg

Primary Focus & Experience

Kristina advises both commercial lenders and global corporate, private equity and other sponsors on domestic and cross-border greenfield and brownfield project financings, acquisition financings, private placements and refinancings. She works in a variety of sectors, including solar and wind renewable power; traditional power; semiconductor, cloud computing and data center technologies; and oil and gas infrastructure and assets. Kristina’s recent project finance experience includes the representation of:

• Lenders to a holding company for a leading renewable energy company that builds, manages and finances clean energy projects across the United States, including the construction and operations of a diverse portfolio of solar projects;
• Lenders, private placement investors and 144A underwriters in the holdco financing and refinancings of Brookfield’s interest in two semiconductor fabrication facilities in Arizona in partnership with Intel Corp;
• Investors in the debt financing of Budderfly, Inc., an energy optimization company operating in the United States;
• A group of lenders in connection with the financing of EnfraGen, LLC’s acquisition of six renewable energy assets in Panama and Costa Rica;
• Financial institutions supporting Trinity Gas Storage’s construction and operation of a natural gas storage facility in Texas;
• A group of lenders in a structured debt facility for CoreWeave, Inc., a specialized provider of large-scale GPU-accelerated workloads;
• Financial institutions and institutional investors in connection with the acquisition financings of (a) Brookfield’s minority equity interest stakes in First Energy Transmission and Cove Point LNG and (b) ArcLight’s minority equity interest stakes in Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America and Gulf Coast Express Pipeline;
• CleanCapital in connection with a revolving credit, letter of credit and swingline loan facility supporting several of its solar projects located in the United States;
• Various debt funds in connection with the holdco financing for data centers assets located in the United States, Canada and Israel to fund capital expenditures for growth expansion of existing operating data center facilities and development facilities and to fund growth capital expenditures for new customer contracts;
• Investors providing a holdco financing for the development, design, permitting, engineering, procurement, construction, completion, testing, operation and maintenance of the Matterhorn Express Pipeline; and
• Commercial bank lenders to various revolving facility financings for Brookfield equity and debt funds, including several hybrid fund financing structures.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Kristina received her B.A., highest honors, from Rutgers University; her Master’s in Public Administration from New York University and her J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center. She is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales and is admitted to practice in the State of New York and the State of New Jersey.