Mary Alexander
Partner
mary.alexander@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Tax
- Bioenergy
- Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage
- Carbon Offsets
- Corporate & Finance
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Energy Transition
- International Tax
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Projects & Energy Transition
- Renewable Energy
- Sustainability
- Tax Structuring & Equity Financing
Biography
- Focuses on renewable energy projects and other investments supporting the energy transition.
- Represents developers, sponsors, tax-equity investors, lenders and other stakeholders in the acquisition, development and financing of power generation and infrastructure projects.
Mary advises clients on the federal income tax aspects and consequences of energy transition transactions, including renewable energy, carbon capture, biogas property and electric vehicles. She also has extensive experience in capital markets and finance transactions. Mary’s clients are public and private corporations, partnerships and financial institutions operating at the forefront of global business and development.
Representative Work
Renewables
- Represented Continental Resources in its $250 million strategic investment in Summit Carbon Solutions to fund the development and construction of carbon capture, transportation and sequestration infrastructure located in the Midwestern United States with initial capacity of up to 12.0 MMtpa and expansion capabilities up to 20.0 MMtpa.
- Represented Blackstone Credit and ClearGen, a Blackstone Credit portfolio company, in the formation of a strategic partnership between ClearGen and GreenStruxure, a Schneider Electric and Huck Capital joint venture, to develop, own and operate up to $500 million of renewable energy microgrid systems for C&I customers.
- Represented NALA Renewables and Buckeye Partners in connection with the acquisition of and joint venture structuring for, the Swift Current Energy portfolio, a U.S. portfolio of development wind and solar assets in excess of 10GW, including the construction and term financing and tax equity investments in the portfolio assets.
- Represented MN8 Energy (Goldman Sachs Renewable Power) (a $4 billion fund), in its:
- Approximately $350 million acquisition from Marina Energy, a subsidiary of Southern Jersey Industries, of its solar portfolio comprised of 76 distributed solar energy projects with total capacity of 204 MW.
- Acquisition of a 142-MW portfolio of solar power generation assets from a subsidiary of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation.
- Acquisition of a series of solar projects developed by a major utility company.
- Ongoing investments, acquisitions and finance arrangements in renewable energy projects.
- Represented a Renewable and Sustainable Energy Fund of The Carlyle Group in its $150 million commitment to partner with Alchemy Renewable Energy to develop, acquire, finance and operate solar power generation projects throughout the U.S.
- Represented a private equity special situations fund in its:
- Approximately $1 billion back-levered acquisition (by way of a joint venture) of a portfolio of wind and solar assets from a global conglomerate.
- Acquisition of interests in 16 wind energy projects through a joint venture with the subsidiary of a global banking institution.
- Various acquisitions and divestitures of tax equity and other interests in solar assets.
EducationLL.M., New York University School of Law, 2011
J.D., The University of Texas at Austin, with honors, 2010
B.A., New York University, magna cum laude, 2007
LL.M., New York University School of Law, 2011
J.D., The University of Texas at Austin, with honors, 2010
B.A., New York University, magna cum laude, 2007
Bar AdmissionsTexas
District of Columbia
Texas
District of Columbia
Recognitions
- Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Washington, D.C., 2019 and 2020.
Speeches and Publications
- Speaker, “Tax Credits: Hot Topics Under the Inflation Reduction Act,” D.C. Bar Association’s Tax Legislative and Regulatory Update Conference, January 15, 2025.
- Moderator, “Bringing Certainty to Tax Equity Transactions and Transferability,” 74th Tax Executives Institute (TEI) Midyear Conference, March 19, 2024.
- Speaker, “Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship,” D.C. Bar Association’s Tax Legislative and Regulatory Update Conference, January 25, 2023.
- Speaker, “Overview of the IRA Inflation Reduction Act,” Women Corporate Directors (WCD) Direct Webcast, October 18, 2022.
- Speaker, “Structures for Investments in Renewables,” Energy and Mineral Law Foundation program, October 11, 2022.
- Speaker, “Structuring for Tax Credits: The Impact of the Inflation Reduction Act and M&A Considerations,” Dallas Bar Association Tax Section CLE, October 3, 2022.
- Speaker, “Structuring for Tax Equity: Credit Basics and M&A Considerations,” Houston Bar Association Taxation Section Monthly CLE, Houston, Texas, May 18, 2022.
- Speaker, “A Primer on Renewable Energy Tax Credits and Partnership Structures,” American Bar Association (ABA) May Tax Meeting, May 13, 2022.
- Speaker, “Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Partnerships,” Tax Executive Institute – Houston Chapter, May 9, 2018.
- Speaker, “Debt Restructuring in a Turbulent Economy,” Tax Executives Institute – Houston Chapter Tax School, Houston, Texas, February 24, 2017.
