Kristine T. Wang

Primary Focus & Experience

Kristine’s practice focuses on renewable energy and infrastructure project financings, representing lenders, borrowers and other project participants.  Prior to joining Milbank, Ms. Wang practiced government and regulatory law.

Representative Matters

Ms. Wang’s recent representations include:

• $292 million equipment supply financing with respect to the “safe harbor” purchase of turbines and related equipment for a US developer.
• $150 million equipment supply financing with respect to the “safe harbor” purchase of transformers, modules and related equipment for a US developer.
• $124 million equipment supply financing with respect to the “safe harbor” purchase of modules and related equipment for a US developer.
• Construction financing and letter-of-credit facility with respect to an approximately 298 MW wind generation facility in Missouri.
• Construction and back-leverage financing and letter-of-credit facility with respect to the 350 MW Foard City wind generation facility in Texas.
• Back-leverage financing and letter-of-credit facility with respect to the combined 280 MW California Flats solar photovoltaic facility in California.
• Advised the institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management – Global Real Assets in the formation and acquisition of the Novatus portfolio, consisting of 1.6 GW of utility scale wind and solar power generation projects located in 11 states across the United States, including Bingham (Maine wind), Oakfield (Maine wind), South Plains II (Texas wind), Hancock (Maine wind), Sunflower (N. Dakota wind), Palouse (Washington wind), Route 66 (Texas, wind), Comanche (Colorado solar) and a 33% stake in Dominion’s 567 MW solar portfolio.
• Construction financing and letter-of-credit facility with respect to the 200 MW Flat Top wind project in Texas.
• Construction financing with respect to the 100 MW Techren Solar I photovoltaic facility in Nevada.
• Construction financing and letter-of-credit facility with respect to the 204 MW Shannon Wind facility in Texas.
• Construction and back-leverage financing and equity investment with respect to 205 MW Garland solar photovoltaic facility in California.
• Construction and back-leverage financing and equity investment with respect to the 200 MW Tranquillity solar photovoltaic facility in California.
• Tax equity investment in connection with the acquisition of the 79.2 MW and 19.8 MW Rising Tree wind energy projects in California.
• Letter-of-credit facility in support of an equity investment with respect to an 800 MW portfolio of wind energy projects in Texas and New Mexico.
• Private placement financing with respect to the 200 MW ac Mount Signal solar project in California.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Ms. Wang earned her J.D. from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, where she was a copy editor of the Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice and a legal writing fellow for the Legal Research, Writing and Advocacy Program. Ms. Wang graduated cum laude from New York University, College of Arts and Sciences, where she received her B.A. in Politics.