Ryan C. Mitchell

Ryan Mitchell is a member of the firm’s Real Estate, Environmental, Energy & Sustainability Department.  He advises clients on complex energy and infrastructure matters, with a particular focus on the development, financing, acquisition, and disposition of clean energy projects throughout the United States. His experience covers a broad range of technologies, including solar, battery energy storage, wind, and other emerging clean energy assets.

Ryan works with both project sponsors and financing parties on transactions at every stage of a project’s development and operation. His practice includes site acquisition and development, permitting and regulatory matters, project and portfolio acquisitions and sales, tax equity transactions, and debt financings.

In his more than 20 years of practice, Ryan has advised on energy and infrastructure projects representing billions of dollars in investment and many gigawatts of generation and energy capacity. He brings a practical, transaction-focused perspective to the development and financing of large-scale infrastructure and works with multidisciplinary teams to help clients navigate projects from initial development through completion, financing, operation, and exit.

• Representation of renewable energy developer in the development and financing of numerous utility-scale solar energy projects located in Michigan and Ohio.
• Representation of developer in the development and financing of multiple battery energy storage projects located in Michigan and Ohio.
• Representation of renewable energy developer in development, financing and disposition of multiple utility-scale wind energy projects located in Michigan.
• Representation of renewable energy developer in acquisition and development of portfolio of community solar projects located in Illinois.
• Representation of energy developer in the development, financing and refinancing of a 584 MW natural gas-fired power generation facility located in Illinois.
• Representation of lending institution in a $1 billion financing that included several wind energy projects located in Michigan.
• Representation of renewable energy developer in connection with the development and financing of a 211 MW wind energy project located in Illinois.
• Representation of renewable energy developer in connection with the development and disposition of an 81 MW wind energy project located in Illinois.
• Representation of manufacturer in acquisition and financing of corporate headquarters.
• Representation of private equity firm in leasing of office building portfolio.