Paul Kraske regularly represents clients in connection with the development, financing and acquisition of energy and infrastructure projects in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Kraske has extensive experience preparing and negotiating all forms of relevant documentation, including joint development and ownership agreements, construction contracts, power purchase agreements, credit and investment documentation, and sale and purchase agreements.
From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Kraske worked in Mumbai, India, as the general counsel of the Dabhol Power Project, where he had primary responsibility for legal issues arising out of the operation of an existing 740 MW power plant, as well as the construction of 1,440 MW of additional capacity and an associated LNG regasification terminal. Some of Mr. Kraske’s continuing or completed transactions include his representation of:
- Ardian Americas Infrastructure Fund IV in the formation of a partnership with Transatlantic Power Holdings to form a U.S. renewables platform, Skyline Renewables, which will focus on acquiring operating and development projects in the U.S. onshore wind sector and is targeting a total installed capacity of 3 GW;
- ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity firm, in its sale of a 50.1 percent stake in Southeast PowerGen, LLC, a portfolio of gas-fired power plants, to The Carlyle Group LP;
- a bidder in the auction by Syncora for its American Roads bridge and tunnel assets in Alabama and Michigan;
- Citizens Sunrise Transmission LLC in its lease and private placement financing of 50 percent of the transfer capability of a 1,000 MW, 500 kV segment of the Sunrise Powerlink Project;
- Deepwater Wind LLC in the negotiation of a 20-year power purchase agreement for the 90 MW South Fork offshore wind project. The project will be constructed off the eastern tip of Long Island, New York, and will be the second-ever offshore wind farm in the U.S. and its largest;
- NSP Maritime Link Incorporated in the development of a transmission line connecting Nova Scotia and Newfoundland;
- Pattern Conejo in the financing by international commercial banks of a 104 MW solar project in the Antofagasta region of northern Chile;
Education:
- J.D., Harvard Law School, 1996 (cum laude)
- MSc., International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1993
- B.A., History, Yale University, 1992 (cum laude)
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- District of Columbia
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