Latham & Watkins LLP recently announced that Chris Hutchison has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Project Development & Finance Practice. Hutchison’s practice spans project finance, covering the full capital stack and project life cycle, from development-stage structuring through construction, equity investments, permanent financing, joint ventures, tax equity and tax credit monetization, M&A exits, and workouts and restructurings.
“I’m thrilled to welcome Chris to our team,” said Amanda Reeves, Managing Partner of Latham’s Washington, D.C. office. “An accomplished project finance partner, he brings deep industry relationships and a wealth of experience spanning the full lifecycle of complex energy and infrastructure transactions. His arrival further enhances our capabilities in clients’ most strategic matters and reflects our continued investment in expanding our premier, fully integrated energy and infrastructure platform.”
Hutchison represents project sponsors and developers, private equity and infrastructure funds, tax equity investors, lenders, and strategic corporates across asset classes, including solar, wind, storage, gas and thermal power, hydroelectric, and district energy.
“Chris is a terrific addition to our practice,” added Chirag Dedania, Global Co-Chair of Latham’s Project Development & Finance Practice. “His financing, development, M&A, and joint venture experience across a range of energy and infrastructure assets is highly complementary to our existing strengths. We’re at the cutting edge of the energy and infrastructure sector, and as deals get more complex and larger in scale, adding a partner of Chris’s vast experience adds further momentum to our growth and expands our offering to clients across the capital structure and project life cycle.”
Hutchison said: “Latham’s practice stands apart for its sophistication, scale, and depth of experience. I couldn’t be more excited to join a team of this caliber and, together with my new colleagues, to put that strength to work for our clients.”
Hutchison joins Latham & Watkins from Sidley Austin LLP. He received his JD from the University of Virginia School of Law and his BA from Claremont McKenna College.
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