Jim Goettsch is an energy infrastructure deal partner, with a focus on acquisitions,
complex joint ventures, project finance and investment, and structured energy
supply. He is a member of the firm’s Energy and Power practice groups and has
30 years of experience in traditional and renewable power generation, utilities,
wholesale and large load power supply, midstream natural gas, and other sectors,
including biofuels and green hydrogen.
Jim has led the acquisition, sale or financing of more than 50 utility-scale power
generation facilities, including 15 years of experience in wind, solar and energy
storage, building on an early career in thermal power, midstream gas, and utility
acquisitions and joint ventures. He has structured and negotiated both
single-facility and portfolio transactions, including development-stage and
operating project acquisitions and joint ventures, build-transfer agreements for
both developers and utilities, and private and public (including SPAC) investments
in energy transition platform companies. Jim has helped clients raise billions of
dollars through project debt finance and tax equity transactions.
With experience in wholesale and significant retail energy supply transactions, Jim
also has structured and negotiated energy hedges and works with energy suppliers,
utilities and customers in relation to large electric loads, including data center
power supply and behind-the-meter arrangements.
