Aryan Moniri is global head of the firm’s Energy and Infrastructure Projects Group. He advises clients in developing, financing, acquiring and selling energy and infrastructure projects, both in the U.S. and internationally. Moniri regularly represents industry leaders in some of the most innovative transactions in the sector, as well as on a variety of ESG-related matters.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Energy | 2026 | Energy & Infrastructure Development |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | Energy & Infrastructure, M&A |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyers | 2025 | Energy & Infrastructure Development |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2025 | Energy & Infrastructure Projects |
Financing
Moniri has represented borrowers and lenders in financing transactions of all types, including project financings, acquisition financings and corporate financings. Significant recent representations include:
- BayWa in connection with a $115 million revolving credit facility to support its development pipeline
- Cypress Creek Renewables in connection with various financing transactions
- FTC Solar in connection with its corporate revolver and a novel joint venture
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IPI Partners in connection with the financing of data centers
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SunEdison and its subsidiaries in connection with more than $4 billion in secured corporate credit facilities, project financings and warehouse facilities, including project financings in Chile, Honduras, India, Israel, Jordan and South Africa
- Talen Energy in connection with:
- its secured corporate credit facilities
- the $450 million project financing of its Lower Mount Bethel and Martins Creek power plants in PJM
- TerraForm Power in connection with:
- a $131 million private placement relating to a portfolio of wind projects
- a $113 million commercial bank financing of distributed generation solar projects
- a $189.3 million term loan facility and $22.5 million letter of credit facility for a portfolio of solar PV assets across 11 states and Washington, D.C.
- its corporate credit facilities and various other project financings
- Urban Grid in connection with a revolving credit facility and certain project financings
M&A
Moniri has extensive experience representing both buyers and sellers in connection with investments in energy and infrastructure assets, with particular experience in joint ventures and highly structured transactions. Significant recent representations include:
- Brookfield in connection with:
- the negotiation of a development and investment agreement with LanzaTech for up to $500 million in equity funding to acquire, construct and operate certain new carbon capture and transformation projects in North America and Europe
- its sale of its 50% interest in Smoky Mountain, a 378 MW U.S. hydroelectric portfolio, to Argo Infrastructure Partners
- the $733 million sale of a 391 MW portfolio of four operating wind assets in California and New Hampshire to NextEra Energy Partners
- the $1.5 billion sale of a 49.9% equity interest in an 852 MW portfolio of wind generating assets in the U.S. to a group of South Korean infrastructure investors comprised of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd., Alpha Asset Management, Sprott Korea Investment, Hana Financial Investment Co., Ltd. and Korea Investment & Securities Co., Ltd.
- the acquisition of co-controlling interests in two natural gas pipelines in Mexico from affiliates of BlackRock, Inc.
- Canadian Solar in connection with a joint venture with BlackRock regarding its development pipeline
- Francis Renewable Energy, an electric vehicle charging station operator, in a minority investment by Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.
- SunEdison in connection with the sale, through bankruptcy, of nearly all of its assets