Benjamin Allen Huffman

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Sheppard Mullin
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Project Financing: National bank
  $250 million term loan for a combined cycle gas plant in Alabama.
  National bank
  $200 million term loan for combined cycle gas plants in Ohio
  Indiana.
  Domestic wind energy developer
  $568 million term-convertible construction debt
  tax equity financing for a wind generation facility in Michigan.
  Domestic wind energy developer
  $650 million term-convertible construction debt
  tax equity financing for a wind generation facility in Nebraska.
  Domestic wind energy developer
  $96 million term loan refinancing for a wind generation facility in West Virginia.
  Tax
  Cash Equity Investments: Global banks
  $450 million tax equity investments in public-utility-owned wind farms.
  National bank
  $84 million tax equity investment in a joint wind
  solar generation facility in Arizona.
  National bank
  $13 million tax equity investment in multiple solar generation facilities in Massachusetts.
  Global wind energy developer
  $430 million tax equity financing for a wind generation facility in Indiana.
  Global wind energy developer
  $336 million tax equity financing for a wind generation facility in Texas.
  Global bank
  $59 million sale of tax equity interests in a wind generation facility to original developer.
  Global bank
  $137 million sale of tax equity interests in a portfolio of wind generation facilities to a holding company jointly owned by tax equity investor
  original developer.
  Asset
  Cash Flow Lending: Domestic wind energy developer
  $190 million equipment loan.
  Vertically integrated oil
  gas company
  $2.2 billion senior secured revolving credit agreement
  $250 million private placement of notes.
  Development
  construction company
  Multiple-term loan facilities to finance acquisition of solar energy facility portfolio.
  Regional bank
  $25 million term loan secured by cash flows from coal treatment facilities.
  Global bank
  $100 million tax equity backleverage loan.
  Global bank
  $300 million tax equity backleverage loan.
  Purchase/Sale/JVs: Global bank
  $25 million partial sale of tax equity in a construction-phase solar
  wind generation facility.
  Global wind energy developer
  multiple sales of 80%
  90% of cash equity interests in operating wind generation facilities.
  Global bank
  Purchase of several portfolios of LIHTC-generating properties from multiple originators, including acquisition of direct ownership of limited partner interests as well as acquisition of interests in multi-investor funds.
  Global banks
  national insurance company
  Sale of remainder cash interest in multiple tax equity investments in wind generation facilities
  Global wind developer
  $340 million sale of cash generating interests in a portfolio of wind generating facilities to a holding company jointly owned by developer
  investor.
  Global wind energy developer
  $800 million joint venture for a wind generation facility in Texas.