Michael P. Malfettone

Michael Malfettone is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm's New York office.

Areas of Practice

Michael has over a decade of experience assisting clients in a wide range of energy transactions, with a practice strategically focused on the intersection of sustainable infrastructure and private equity. Michael regularly advises clients in the renewable energy, energy transition and sustainable infrastructure space in connection with corporate and project-based M&A and finance transactions across different industry technologies, assets and verticals. Clients often turn to Michael with their most complex issues and transactions, relying on his industry expertise, deep understanding of their business, and experience with conceptualizing, negotiating and documenting a myriad of bespoke and first-of-its-kind deal structures.

Private Equity – M&A, Buyouts and Equity Investments

Michael represents private equity funds (with an emphasis on infrastructure funds) and other institutional and strategic investors in a variety of investment transactions, ranging from lower to upper mid-market M&A, leveraged buyouts, platform and bolt-on acquisitions, divestitures and exit transactions to early stage, minority and growth equity investments spanning across the sustainable infrastructure and clean technology sectors.

Energy Projects – M&A, Joint Ventures and Project Financings

Michael advises independent power producers, developers, asset managers, investors and other financing parties in connection with acquisitions, sales, joint ventures, joint development arrangements and cash and tax equity financings of renewable and energy transition projects and portfolios throughout the United States and internationally. Michael has worked on the acquisition, development, construction and financing of well over 20,000 megawatts of distributed generation and utility-scale solar, wind, battery storage and hydroelectric projects as well as hydrogen, renewable natural gas, biofuels and other energy transition technologies.

Honors

• Recommended Lawyer - Renewable/Alternative Power, The Legal 500 United States, 2023-2024

Articles

• Co-author, “The Ins and Outs of Due Diligence,” Evergreen Climate Innovations Blog, May 20, 2021
• Co-author, “So You Want to Raise a Series A? Here’s What You Need to Know,” Evergreen Climate Innovations Blog, December 17, 2020

Speaking Engagements

• Speaker, “Impact and Implications for Energy Investment and Finance,” Implementing the Inflation Reduction Act Webinar Series, October 26, 2022
• Speaker, “Financing and Investment for the Energy Transition,” Energy Transition Webinar Series, April 21, 2021
• Speaker, “Transaction Structuring and Legal Considerations of Business Succession,” Succession Matching Summit, May 9, 2020
• Panelist, “PPA/Hedge Offtake Panel,” UT Law 15th Annual Renewable Energy Law Conference, January 28, 2020

Memberships

Member, State Bar of New York

Member, State Bar of Texas

Member, District of Columbia Bar

Member, Austin Bar Association

Member, American Bar Association

Board of Directors, Hearts of ECMO, Inc., 2015-Present