Partner
Matt Ferguson
Bio
Matt Ferguson's practice is focused upon providing legal counsel to leaders on commercial matters and transactions that address organizational objectives. He has over twenty years of experience advising and counseling clients on a wide range of corporate, project finance, governance, and tax issues. Matt has served in legal and advisory roles in law firms (including as outside General Counsel); in-house for a Fortune 50 company and an international accounting, tax, & advisory firm; and in a federal government agency, with significant focuses on renewable energy projects, financing and tax matters. Matt’s clients have included technology companies, project sponsors, energy developers, investment firms and funds, and tribal governments. He is a member of the firm’s Corporate, Renewable Energy, Indian Law and Environment and Energy Teams.
Matt’s practice includes advising his clients on transaction, deal and corporate structuring; development and financing of renewable energy projects, mergers and acquisitions; project financing; fund formation; corporate tax issues and general corporate law and transaction matters. Matt has also advised Indian Tribes on economic development and investment matters and has served as special finance and tax counsel to law firms on energy matters.
Prior to joining Lippes Mathias, Matt served as a Senior Advisor with the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. leading the implementation of an energy infrastructure credit program for Tribal Nations. In this role, Matt regularly interacted with Tribal Leaders, Tribal energy companies and renewable energy developers, and spoke extensively on Tribal energy opportunities throughout the country.
Representative Matters
Prior to joining Lippes Mathias, Matt served as a Senior Advisor with the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. leading the implementation of an energy infrastructure credit program for Tribal Nations. In this role, Matt regularly interacted with Tribal Leaders, Tribal energy companies and renewable energy developers, and spoke extensively on Tribal energy opportunities throughout the country.
Representative Matters
- Represented sponsor co-investor in fund formation, investment acquisition and securitization of income generating assets.
- Represented licensee in acquiring water purification technology.
- Structured investment arrangement for hybrid distributed energy project
- Represented tax equity investor in acquiring pool of solar projects.
- Developed revenue agreements and ownership structures to facilitate public and private funding for microgrid system infrastructure.
- Advised on state finance for public-private venture to develop a $2 billion zero emission integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant with carbon sequestration.
- Advised on tax matters for syndication of wind, biopower and solar projects, e.g., tax equity funds.
- Served as member of financial structuring team of first prepaid PPA.
