April T. Kim
Partner
Areas of Focus
- Projects & Energy Transition
- Bioenergy
- Capital Markets
- Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage
- Corporate & Finance
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Energy & Infrastructure Private Equity
- Private Equity
- Energy Storage
- Energy Transition
- Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity Transactions
- Project Acquisition & Disposition
- Project Debt & Equity Finance
- Project Development
- Renewable Energy
- Solar
- Tax
- Tax Structuring & Equity Financing
April focuses her practice on energy industry transactions, including tax equity and tax credit transactions, mergers & acquisitions (M&A), project development and finance. April’s experience includes drafting and advising on tax equity transaction agreements, credit agreements, tax credit transfer agreements, security agreements, purchase and sale agreements, joint venture agreements and commercial project contracts, including engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreements, operation & maintenance (O&M) agreements, supply agreements and power purchase agreements (PPAs). April was recognized as a Top Legal Talent Under 40 by Law360 in 2023.
- Representation of Enhanced Capital in one of the first syndicated investment tax credits (ITCs) transfer deals in the market with Key Capture Energy, LLC as the seller. The transaction included the transfer of ITCs to a third party (arranged by Enhanced) from three operating standalone battery energy storage projects, including two in Texas and one in New York with a total capacity of 120 megawatts (MW).
- Representation of an American bank holding company in the tax equity financing of a 50 MW solar project in Maryland with a leading energy developer as sponsor.
- Representation of M&T Bank as tax equity investor in the 103.9 MW Number Three Wind project located in Lowville and Harrisburg in Lewis County, New York with Invenergy as the sponsor.
- Representation of U.S. Bank in its partnership flip tax equity investment in a 828 megawatt peak (MWp)/640 megawatt alternating current (MW AC) solar project in Scurry County, Texas with Intersect Power as the sponsor.
- Representation of U.S. Bank in its partnership flip tax equity investment in the Sun Streams 3 215 MW AC solar and 215 MW AC battery project in Arizona with Longroad as the sponsor.
- Representation of an insurance company as purchaser of tax credits from several renewable natural gas (RNG) projects across New York, Michigan and Connecticut.
- Representation of a retail company as investor in their first tax equity financing of 11 distributed generation (DG) solar projects in New York and Illinois, with an approximate capacity of 50 MW.
EducationJ.D., Fordham University School of Law, 2011
B.A., Cornell University, 2007
J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 2011
B.A., Cornell University, 2007
Bar AdmissionsCalifornia
Nevada
California
Nevada
- Chambers USA Guide, “Up and Coming,” Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy, 2024.
- Law360, “Rising Stars,” 2023.
- The Legal 500, United States, Industry Focus > Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power, 2021-2023.
- The Best Lawyers in America, “Ones to Watch,” Project Finance Law, 2022.
- Euromoney Women in Business Law Awards, “Rising Star: Finance,” 2021.
- Moderator, “Adding Up the Adders,” Infocast, 2024.
- Moderator, “Tax Equity Market Dynamics,” Infocast, 2023.
- Moderator, “Crypto + Power: Risks & Revenue Structures,” Infocast, 2022.
- Speaker, “Energy Storage Financing and Regulation,” Women’s Council on Energy & The Environment, 2020.