Profil
Eric Macaux focuses his practice on renewable energy, energy transition, and sustainability-focused projects and transactions. His clients include project sponsors, developers, and investors, whom he advises on project development, project M&A transactions, joint venturing, and the critical commercial arrangements that drive these projects, including power purchase and utility credit agreements, as well as fuel supply agreements, REC contracts, EPC agreements, operation and maintenance agreements (O&M), asset management agreements, and site leases and easements. His deep experience in the renewable energy and sustainability space includes work on solar, wind (offshore and onshore), energy storage, electric vehicles (EVs) and EV charging, waste-to-energy, biogas, biofuels, energy-as-a-service, and distributed water treatment.
In addition to representing energy companies and investors, Eric has extensive experience advising public and private companies on the implementation of ESG goals and decarbonization strategies.
Concentrations
- Renewable energy and energy storage projects
- Energy project M&A and finance
- Electric vehicles and EV deployment models
- Joint ventures
- Water and sustainable infrastructure
- Emerging and growth companies
Expertise
Erfahrung
- Represented AES Clean Energy with respect to its acquisition of the Bellefield Solar project from Avantus. Bellefield Solar was the largest permitted solar+storage project in the U.S., consisting of one (1) GW of solar and up to one (1) GW of BESS across two phases and located in California.
- Represented AES Clean Energy with respect to its acquisition from Avantus of the Rexford Solar project, a 300 MWac photovoltaic solar and 960 MWh battery storage facility in Tulare County, California.
- Represented a global real estate asset owner and investment company with respect to broad decarbonization program, including the deployment of solar and solar+storage assets in the U.S.
- Represented the solar development arm of a global asset manager with respect to its acquisition of multiple portfolios of distributed solar projects in the United States, totaling over 275 MW.
- Advised a publicly-traded hospitality company with respect to virtual power purchase agreements to meet its ESG goals.
- Advised an Ivy-League university with respect to the resale of renewable energy credits in connection with a large-scale campus redevelopment.
- Represented EnBW North America with respect to its offshore wind joint venture with TotalEnergies (Attentive Energy LLC), which successfully bid for a lease in the BOEM auction for the New York Bight lease area.°
- Represented EnBW North America with respect to an offshore wind joint venture with TotalEnergies (Castle Wind), which is poised to participate in the BOEM lease auction for the Morro Bay (CA) lease area.°
- Represented EnBW in the sale of EnBW North America to TotalEnergies.°
- Represented FirstLight Power with respect to its investment in Invenergy Wind Offshore LLC, which successfully secured a lease in the BOEM auction for the New York Bight lease area.°
- Represented Enel Green Power with respect to its acquisition of the Lily Solar Project (148 MW solar + 50 MWh battery) in Texas.°
- Represented EcoSmart Solutions, an affiliate of global real estate investment firm Taurus Investment Holdings, with respect to the national roll-out of its business to partner with home developers to build large, planned communities of zero net energy homes, including in Whisper Valley, Texas.°
- Represented a leading community solar project developer and originator in New York with respect to the sale of multiple solar project portfolios.°
- Represented Ahana Renewables, formerly a subsidiary of ATN International, with respect to a $65.8 M debt refinancing of its U.S. solar assets with legal and general insurance, including refinancing multiple back leverage facilities and early, partial, take-out of tax equity.°
- Represented Brightcore Energy Holdings, an alternative energy, energy storage, and energy efficiency developer and asset owner, with respect to corporate financings, project M&A, and project developments.°
- Represented Building Energy, the former solar development arm of Aretex Capital, with respect to its acquisition, development, and sale-leaseback financing of the 17 MW Annapolis Solar project, which at the time was the largest landfill-sited solar project in the United States.°
- Represented Building Energy with respect to mezzanine and debt financing of a portfolio of wind and solar projects located in New York and Iowa.°
- Represented Gaelectric Holdings with respect to its sale of the 235 MW Jawbone wind project to Seventus, the renewable energy arm of Suzlon.°
- On behalf of a biogas developer, negotiated term financing for a 4.5 MW landfill gas-to-energy project in Washington, and negotiated key project documents, including PPAs, REC agreements, and O&M contract.°
- Represented Massachusetts Department of Transportation with respect to the redevelopment of its 18 service plazas to include EV charging and other alternative fueling solutions.
- Represented Zeem Solutions, an EV fleet-as-a-service and charging services company, with respect to charging services agreements.
- Represented Nuvve Corporation (NASDAQ: NVVE), an EV charging-as-a-service company, with respect to its $750 M joint venture with Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners.°
- Represented Infrared Capital Partners, a UK-based private equity infrastructure fund, with respect to its $110 M investment in Hecate Grid, a joint venture with Hecate Energy to own and operate grid-scale battery storage systems in the United States and Canada.°
- Represented VionX Corporation, a flow battery technology company, with respect to initial commercial sales and utility-scale project deployments.°
- Represented Climate Asset Management on its investment in Land Life Company to finance to implementation of a large-scale reforestation of fire-damaged lands in Colorado and the associated creation of carbon credits.
- Represented Amber Infrastructure with respect to its investment into a series of renewable natural gas (RNG) projects under development in Colorado and Iowa.
- Represented Spring Lane Capital in its $25 M investment in Aries Clean Energy, a waste gasification company.°
- Represented an equity club led by WindSail Capital with respect to its investment into Vonore Fiber Products, a waste-to-product joint venture with Genera, Inc.°
- Represented Cambrian Innovation, Inc., a water treatment technology company, with respect to a $18 M joint venture with Spring Lane Capital to finance the development, ownership, and operation of distributed water treatment systems in the United States and Canada.°
- Represented EcoSmart Solutions, a joint venture of global real estate investment firm Taurus Investment Holdings and Shell New Energies, with respect to the national roll-out of its business to partner with home developers to build large, planned communities of zero net energy homes, including in Whisper Valley (outside Austin, TX).°
- Represented New Energy Capital with respect to its investment in the AltAir Paramount 3,000 bpd renewable jet fuel production facility.°
- Represented Massachusetts Clean Energy Center with respect to the construction and commercial operation of the Wind Technology Testing Center, the largest wind blade testing facility in North America.°
- Lead counsel to the developer of North America’s first marine commerce terminal purpose-built to support offshore wind projects, the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal.°
- Represented Gradiant Corporation, a leading water treatment technology company, with respect to multiple equity and debt corporate financings (including their recent $100M series C led by Warburg Pincus and Schlumberger New Energy), expansion to global markets (Asia, GCC), spinouts, and commercial matters. °
- Represented New York Green Bank and NYSERDA with respect to the New York Climate Progress investment program, which makes low-cost convertible note investments in New York clean energy companies impacted by the COVID pandemic.°
- Represented a privately held solar developer and asset owner in the sale of its business to a large private equity fund.°
- Represented Greentech Media, Inc. in the sale of its business to Woods Mackenzie (Verisk Analytics, Inc.).°
- Represented Natural Systems Utilities, a water reuse technology company, with respect to its equity financing with New Energy Capital and XPV Capital.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Macaux prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
- Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, 2010-2013
- General Counsel and Senior Director for Strategy, 2011-2013
- Deputy General Counsel, 2010-2011
Anerkennung durch den Markt
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Energy Law, 2025
- Listed, Chambers USA Guide, Energy & Natural Resources, 2022-2024
- Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Finance - Project Finance, 2023
- Listed, Boston magazine, "Top Lawyers - Energy Oil & Gas," 2022-2023
- Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2016-2017
Ausbildung
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J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
- Member, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics
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A.B., summa cum laude, Washington University in St. Louis
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Massachusetts