Brad Nowak represents clients throughout the U.S. on corporate transactions, acquisitions, dispositions, project financing and development. He is the co-chair of the firm’s Renewable Energy Practice and leads the firm’s Public-Private Partnership (P3) and Infrastructure Practice.
He devotes a significant portion of his practice to advising on renewable energy transactions (solar, energy storage, wind and other types), as well as guiding clients through the project development process. Brad advises on energy regulatory issues and negotiates asset purchase agreements (APAs), membership interest purchase agreements (MIPAs), power purchase agreements (PPAs), offtake agreements, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreements, interconnection agreements, O&M agreements, build-transfer agreements and joint development agreements. In addition, Brad advises clients on Virginia permitting and regulatory matters, including Permit by Rule (PBR) applications and Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) for utility scale solar and energy storage projects. Active in the solar industry, Brad is a former member of the Board of Directors for the Chesapeake Solar & Storage Association (CHESSA) (formerly MDV-SEIA).
He has more than 18 years of experience helping companies negotiate and close mergers and acquisitions in numerous industries, and he has extensive experience negotiating and drafting asset, stock and membership interest purchase agreements.
Brad also frequently advises developers and municipalities on the procurement, structuring and negotiation of design-build public infrastructure and P3 projects, including energy, solid waste, water, wastewater, stormwater and social infrastructure. He has significant experience negotiating performance-based agreements for development and operation and maintenance of P3 facilities.
In addition to his energy and infrastructure work, Brad spends a portion of his time serving as outside general counsel to private companies. He advises on corporate transactions, business planning, shareholder disputes, operations, capital raising, debt financing and exit strategies.
Brad earned his Juris Doctor degree from Wake Forest University School of Law, and he earned his Bachelor of Science degree, summa cum laude, from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Solar and Wind Energy
Infrastructure and P3
Corporate/ M&A/ Private Equity