CONTACT

(831) 200-9158
zach@cleanenergycounsel.com

 

Zach Crowley
Partner

As an experienced clean energy attorney, Zach understands that he has both an opportunity and the responsibility to help transform our climate and our economy. Counseling clients to successfully lead the transition to clean energy is key to speeding that transformation.

Zach has spent his career working in project development and acquisition, preferred and tax equity, banking, and general corporate matters related to renewable energy projects. He represents borrowers in term loans, revolving credit, back-leverage, and mezzanine debt facilities.

Prior to joining Clean Energy Counsel, Zach worked as an associate in the Energy and Infrastructure group in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. There, his practice included representing major institutional clients and early-stage energy and cleantech clients as they worked to secure funding.

Outside of his time at work, Zach enjoys running, surfing, photography, and cooking.

Bar Admissions

Admitted to practice in California

Education

J.D. University of Southern California, Gould School of Law
B.A. University of California, Berkeley


News, Insights & Events

Financing Distributed and Community Solar Projects

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Karleen Stern and Zach Crowley discuss key considerations for Financing Distributed and Community Solar Projects. Among the topics discussed are recent federal tax credits and evolving transaction structures, state initiatives, key components of financing community solar projects, the process for project evaluation and selection and best practices for energy counsel, investors, and developers.

Tax Credit Transfers: Introduction

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Zach Crowley and Sandra Lee as present the first in a series of Tax Credit Transfer Webinars. This webinar covers the following questions:

  • Who is eligible to sell these credits and who is eligible to buy them?

  • What credits can be sold?

  • Why would a seller utilize this transfer process instead of typical tax equity? 

  • How does the transfer process work? What steps are required for seller and buyer to transfer credits?

Tax Credit Transfers: Hybrid Structures and T-Flips

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Zach Crowley moderates a panel featuring Phil Schapiro from Summit Ridge Energy and Jim Alderson-Smith from Crux Climate in a roundtable discussion of Tax Credit Transfers: Hybrid Structures and T-Flips.