Rohit Chaudhry, Olivia George, Raghav Gupta, Scott Cockerham, Brooksany Barrowes, Drew Stuyvenberg, Drue Santora, Alex Farmer, Jim Dolphin, Elizabeth Dyer, Melissa Grim, Nick Niles, Tim Nolan
January 24, 2026
Kirkland Counsels Cypress Creek on Two Solar Financings

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- Kirkland & Ellis advised Cypress Creek Renewables on two recent solar financings
- The first was a $200 million mezzanine syndicated debt financing, backed by a 1.6 GW portfolio of solar assets, with Investec as lead arranger, closing on October 30, 2020
- The second was a senior debt financing for 14 solar projects, enabling debt repayment and tax equity buyouts, with BNP Paribas as primary lender, closing on October 16, 2020.
Kirkland & Ellis closed two recent solar financings for Cypress Creek Renewables. Kirkland advised Cypress Creek on a $200 million mezzanine syndicated debt financing backed by a 1.6 GW portfolio of operating utility-scale and distributed solar assets. Investec acted as the lead arranger for the financing. This financing closed on October 30, 2020. In addition, Kirkland advised Cypress Creek on a senior debt financing for a portfolio of 14 solar projects, allowing Cypress Creek to pay off existing project-level debt and complete a series of tax equity buyouts for sole ownership of the portfolio projects. BNP Paribas acted as the primary lender and lead arranger for the transaction, which includes potential incremental facility capacity of up to $650 million. This financing closed on October 16, 2020. Read Cypress Creek’s press release On both matters, the Kirkland team was led by debt finance partner Rohit Chaudhry, associates Olivia George and Raghav Gupta, with support from tax partner Scott Cockerham; energy regulatory partners Brooksany Barrowes and Drew Stuyvenberg; derivatives partner Drue Santora; environmental transactions partner Alex Farmer and associate Jim Dolphin; employee benefits partners Elizabeth Dyer and Melissa Grim; government & internal investigations partner Nick Niles; and investment funds associate Tim Nolan.
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Rohit Chaudhry, Olivia George, Raghav Gupta, Scott Cockerham, Brooksany Barrowes, Drew Stuyvenberg, Drue Santora, Alex Farmer, Jim Dolphin, Elizabeth Dyer, Melissa Grim, Nick Niles, Tim Nolan
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