Katarzyna Levecke

Katarzyna Levecke is a partner in the Real Estate, Energy, Land Use & Environmental Practice Group in the firm's Chicago office.

Areas of Practice

Katarzyna concentrates her practice on commercial lending transactions, leasing and tax credit transactions, in each case, primarily in the renewable energy sector. She regularly represents developers, debt and equity investors, lessors and lessees in financing and leasing matters. Her experience includes the negotiation and due diligence of key project documents and the structuring and negotiation of debt and equity investment documents. 

Experience

Representative Transactions

• Represent sponsor in connection with construction debt financing, back-leverage financing and tax equity financing for wind project (200+MW, Texas)
• Represent sponsor in connection with commitment for tax equity financing for wind project (150+MW, Kansas)
• Represent sponsor in connection with wind project financing for purchase of project company, construction debt financing, back-leverage term financing, tax equity financing, energy hedge and sale-leaseback of transmission assets (200+MW, Texas)
• Represent sponsor in connection with construction debt financing
• Represent sponsor in connection with tax equity financings for two portfolios of wind projects (700+MW, North Dakota and Missouri) operating term letter of credit financing and tax equity financing for wind project located in Texas (200+MW, Texas)
• Represent sponsor in connection with tax equity financing of wind project (50+MW Minnesota)
• Represent sponsor in connection with construction debt financing and tax equity financing for wind project (100+MW, North Dakota)
• Represent seller in its sale of a portfolio of wind projects (900+MW, various states)
• Represent sponsor in connection with construction debt financing and tax equity for wind project (200+MW, Texas)
• Represent sponsor in connection with construction and term debt financing, tax equity and third-party cash equity for wind project (100+MW, Texas)
• Represent sponsor in connection with construction and term debt for and sale of wind project in three phases (200+MW, Nebraska)
• Represent sponsor in connection with construction debt financing and tax equity for and sale of wind project (200+MW, Texas)
• Represent sponsor in connection with construction and term debt financing and tax equity for wind project (200+MW, Kansas)
• Represent sponsor in connection with construction debt financing and tax equity for and sale of wind project (200+MW, Texas)
• Represent investor in connection with tax equity for portfolio of wind projects (50+ MW, Oregon)
• Represent developer in connection with tax equity for a wind project (300+ MW, Illinois)

Honors

Leading Lawyer - Renewables & Alternative Energy, Chambers Global, 2023

Leading Lawyer, Renewables & Alternative Energy, Chambers USA, 2024

Up and Comer - Renewables & Alternative Energy, Chambers USA, 2022-2023

Ones to Watch - Energy Law, Best Lawyers, 2021-2025

Recommended Lawyer - Renewable & Alternative Energy, Legal 500 US, 2020-2023

Articles

Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog

• "FERC Order No. 860 Mandates New Market-Based Rate Filing and Reporting Requirements for Sellers of Electric Energy," August 9, 2019