Morten Lund is a member of the firm practicing in the Energy and Telecommunications group. His experience includes a broad variety of energy transactions, with particular focus on the development and financing of renewable energy projects, including wind energy and solar energy projects.

Morten's project finance background covers the spectrum of transactions involving wind and solar projects (both CSP and PV), including development, finance, acquisition and divestiture. He also has extensive experience with the construction, acquisition and/or financing of combustion generator projects, hydroelectric facilities, cogeneration facilities, nuclear energy facilities, biofuel projects and other energy projects. Morten has particularly strong experience in project finance construction documentation and complex power purchase arrangements. He has also been involved in a number of complex international financing transactions in both energy industry and other sectors.

Morten was born in Oslo, Norway, and is a native speaker of Norwegian. He remains involved in Scandinavian transactions, including acquisitions and divestitures for Norwegian clients and representing American clients in joint ventures in Norway.

Representative Work

Solar Projects:

.  Represented the developer of a large concentrating solar energy facility in Nevada, the largest solar energy facility to be built in almost 20 years. Advised the project developer about to land rights management, power purchase arrangements, construction documentation, vendor agreements, financing and other development matters.

.  Represented the developer of a series of 500kW-2MW solar systems in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Advised the client about to development and financing documentation.

.  Represented more than a dozen solar developers ranging from startup to publicly traded, with specific focus on early-stage structuring (utility and retail), including request for proposal responses, power purchase agreement/lease negotiations and creative pricing structures.

Wind Projects:

.  15 years of experience working with windfarm developers in New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Idaho, Nebraska, Montana, New Mexico and California. Notable windfarm projects include Tatanka (ND), Judith Gap (MT), Buffalo Mountain (TN), Western New York Wind (NY), Cabazon (CA) and Goshen (ID).

.  Represented a leading global wind turbine manufacturer in its initial market entry into the United States.

Other Renewable Energy Projects:

. Represented the lender in the acquisition and repowering of a series of hydro facilities. . Represented developers of biomass projects in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Traditional Energy Projects

.  Represented the utility owners in the sale of two nuclear power plants, with particular focus on buy-back power purchase agreements.

.  Represented the utility offtaker for a combined cycle gas plant project in tolling agreement negotiations.

.  Represented an active nonregulated utility affiliate in the bidding, acquisition and financing of a series of energy assets, including two Pennsylvania coal facilities and a portfolio of New England hydro facilities.

.  Represented the utility offtaker for a coal plant in Michigan undergoing conversion to burn woodchips.

Education
Yale University, J.D., 1995 Augustana College, A.B., 1992

Admissions
Wisconsin California bar application pending

Languages
Norwegian