Head of Paul, Weiss's Project Finance & Development and a partner in the Finance and Infrastructure Groups, Kelann Stirling has spent over 20 years advising clients on the development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects within and outside of the United States. She advises clients on optimal and holistic financing solutions, including senior secured project financings, holdco loans, backleverage financings and development capital and 4(a)(2) private placements, as well as multi-source financings for large scale infrastructure projects. She has significant experience in energy and infrastructure restructurings and acquisition financings and has advised clients on numerous projects covering a wide range of asset classes, including conventional power, solar, wind and battery storage, carbon capture and sequestration, liquefied natural gas (LNG), midstream gas gathering and processing facilities, energy transition technologies and digital infrastructure.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers | 2027 | Project Finance, Infrastructure, Energy |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Energy | 2026 | Energy Transactions |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2026 | Project Finance |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyers | 2025 | Energy Transactions |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyers | 2024 | Energy Transactions |
| The 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyers | 2023 | Energy Transactions |
Stirling has advised on the financing of energy and infrastructure projects spanning an array of industries, including*:
Digital Infrastructure
- Ara Partners in its acquisition of a majority controlling stake in Centric Fiber, a leading provider of next-generation fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband infrastructure
- BlackRock Global Infrastructure Fund in its investment in a joint venture with QTS Realty Trust and Wren House Infrastructure, owner of three data centers in Northern Virginia operated by QTS Realty Trust
Renewables/Energy Transition
- BlackRock and its portfolio company Jupiter Power in multiple financings to support the development of utility-scale battery energy storage projects
- Intersect Power in a $800 million credit facility to support the development, construction and operation of its renewables, energy storage and green hydrogen projects
- CenterNode Group, a Forest Road company, in the refinancing of its development loan to Pathway Power, a U.S. utility-scale renewable and storage development platform
Other Power
- MUFG in connection with refinancing of a gas-fired district energy system in the U.S.
- Macquarie in connection with the amendment and repricing of the project finance debt associated with the 940 MW Lordstown Energy Center in Ohio
- Investec in connection with an amended-and-extend $329 million financing for the Rhode Island State Energy Center gas fired power plant
LNG
- Global Infrastructure Partners in
- its sale of an equity stake in Phase 1 of NextDecade Corporation’s (NASDAQ: NEXT) Rio Grande LNG to ADNOC
- its investment in Rio Grande LNG’s $18.4 billion Phase I development and project financing
- its investment in Rio Grande LNG’s development and project financing of a fourth and fifth LNG train
- Asian investment company in connection with a bid to purchase equity in an LNG project in the U.S.
- A syndicate of international and regional banks in connection with the $4 billion financing of the Qatargas 4 LNG project in Qatar
Midstream
- Third Coast Midstream, a midstream infrastructure business, in connection with its $550 million refinancing
- Brookfield in connection with the US/CAD ~$1.4 billion financing of its acquisition of Canadian natural gas gathering and processing assets from Enbridge
Other
- An Ares portfolio company in connection with an out-of-court restructuring of over $1 billion of opco and holdco financing
- Savage Companies in connection with a 4(a)(2) private placement financing of a rail facility in the U.S.