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.
