Benjamin A. Huffman

Ben Huffman is a partner in the Energy, Infrastructure and Project Finance Team and the Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental Practice Group in the firm's Chicago office.

Areas of Practice

Ben helps developers, utilities, infrastructure funds, banks and institutional investors finance, buy and sell infrastructure projects, and advises the companies that develop and own those projects, across the United States. While his experience spans asset classes and transaction types, he focuses on tax credit monetization transactions and renewable energy generation facilities.

Ben advises his clients on all aspects of financing infrastructure development and operating companies, including enterprise and project-level debt financings, tax, cash and operating interest equity investments, and purchase/sale of operating projects and portfolios of projects. He has particular experience with construction, term, asset-based, acquisition and working capital debt facilities, passive tax and cash equity investments and secondary market purchase and sale of debt and equity financing products. Ben also advises clients in the purchase and sale of infrastructure projects at all stages of development and operation.

Ben leverages his breadth of experience with financing transactions at all levels of the capital stack, his in-depth understanding of the development, construction and operation of infrastructure projects and his experience representing a diverse group of institutions with varying institutional needs and business strategies. He brings these advantages to bear to help clients understand their needs and those of their transaction counterparts, and create and implement solutions that mitigate risks, balance the competing demands of flexibility and certainty and overcome barriers to closing.

Insights

Articles

•Walking the Path of Utilities’ Ownership of Wind and Solar
Tax Notes Federal, 03.16.2020
• Federal Preemption of State Labor Laws in the Context of Workers Compensation for Undocumented Workers, 32 Hamline Journal of Public Law & Policy, 83, Fall 2010

Real Estate, Land Use, & Environmental Law Blog Posts

• FERC Rejects MISO’s Proposed Restrictions on Joining the Development Queue, April 18, 2019