Lance Brasher is a corporate attorney concentrating in M&A, tax equity, financing and development transactions involving energy, infrastructure and critical minerals assets in the United States and around the world. He previously served as global head of Skadden’s Energy and Infrastructure Projects Group.
Brasher advises strategic investors, developers, borrowers, tax equity, funds, lenders and utilities in all phases of their renewable energy generation projects; gas power generation, electric transmission and distribution assets; LNG and pipelines; hydrogen and ammonia projects; carbon capture facilities; critical minerals projects; EV charging; and transportation, water and sports infrastructure.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Energy | 2026 | Energy & Infrastructure Development |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyers | 2025 | Energy & Infrastructure Development |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyers | 2024 | Energy & Infrastructure Development |
Representative transactions include:
- 8point3 Energy Partners in connection with its $775 million term loan and revolving credit facilities
- EDF Renewable Energy in the merger of its affiliate and groSolar, a developer and construction contractor of solar projects
- Elementl Power in its strategic agreement with Google to develop advanced nuclear projects
- Emera Energy in the $223.3 million sale of its 49% interest in a 419 MW portfolio of wind projects to First Wind
- a leading tax equity investor in connection with its tax equity investments in solar and wind projects
- MN8 Energy in its formation and a $500 million private placement financing
- the underwriters, including Merrill Lynch in the $92 million IPO of common stock of SolarCity
- Mizuho in connection with the project financing of the 242 MW Birchwood coal-fired power station
- NextEra in the formation and $467 million IPO of NextEra Energy Partners, a solar and wind asset yieldco
- NorthWestern Energy in its $900 million acquisition of a 633 MW portfolio of 11 hydroelectric generating facilities, a related bridge financing and $450 million bond financing
- PensionDanmark in the acquisition from E.ON of an interest in a 430 MW portfolio of U.S. wind farms and in related joint ownership and private placement financing arrangements
- Pure Lithium in its joint development agreement with E3 Lithium
- Quantum Utility Generation in the construction and sale of the Passadumkeag wind farm to Southern Power Company
- Samchully Asset Management in its acquisition from Marathon Oil of 34% of the Neptune gas processing plant
- SunEast Renewables in connection with the sale of a 600 MW solar development project portfolio
- the Environmental Protection Agency in various financings under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act and the Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing programs run by the Build America Bureau
- the U.S. Department of Transportation in various financings under the TIFIA and and RRIF programs run by the Build America Bureau
- Enron in the formation of Prisma Energy, into which Enron transferred its interest in 15 power generation, electricity distribution and natural gas services businesses located in South and Central America, Europe and Asia
- banks and other lenders in the financings of FedEx Field for the Washington Redskins, the Nashville Predators’ National Hockey League franchise and Invesco Field for the Denver Broncos