Project Development and Finance

Taft’s Project Development and Finance practice brings together one of the most experienced teams in the country for complex, capital-intensive infrastructure transactions. With deep roots in project finance, large-scale energy and infrastructure development and M&A, and public-private partnerships (P3), we advise sponsors, developers, lenders, infrastructure funds, institutional investors, utilities, corporate clients, and governmental entities at every stage: from initial siting and permitting through development, contracting, financing, construction, commissioning and operations, to ultimate refinancing, acquisition or restructuring.

We structure, negotiate, and close development, financing, M&A, and commercial transactions across the full infrastructure spectrum, with particular depth in the sectors driving infrastructure investment today:

• Power generation, storage, and transmission: utility-scale and distributed solar, wind, gas-fired and thermal generation, battery storage, and electric transmission and distribution
• Nuclear and advanced energy: conventional nuclear generation, small modular reactors (SMRs), and advanced reactor development
• Conventional and transition fuels: LNG, pipelines, gas-to-power platforms, and biofuels
• Digital and industrial infrastructure: AI-driven data centers and advanced manufacturing facilities
• Essential public infrastructure: water and wastewater, solid waste, transportation, and P3 concessions

Our financing work spans the full capital stack: project finance, capital markets, tax equity and IRA-compliant transferable tax credit structures, joint ventures, green and sustainability-linked loans, and other innovative capital solutions tailored to project economics and investor requirements.

We regularly lead multi-jurisdictional and portfolio-level deals — integrating project finance, M&A, regulatory, tax, and commercial contracting capabilities — to help clients navigate the policy, regulatory, and capital markets shifts reshaping the energy and infrastructure landscape, keeping transactions on track regardless of market or political headwinds.