Nicolai Sarad advises financial institutions, developers, equity investors and governmental agencies in the United States and internationally on project structuring, development and financing, acquisitions and dispositions, and restructurings, as well as providing day-to-day operations and maintenance advice.

He focuses on thermal power and renewable and sustainable energy (including solar, wind, energy storage, sustainable fuels and fuel cells) and infrastructure projects (including mobility and social infrastructure public private partnerships (P3s)), water, mining, process plants and major manufacturing. In addition to project financings, Nick has significant experience on project asset and equity acquisitions and dispositions, as well as project development, including EPC and Design-Build contracts, equipment supply contracts, operation and maintenance agreements, and concession agreements and related P3 documents.

Mr. Sarad also represents lenders and borrowers in secured and unsecured corporate, asset-based and structured financings. His recent experience includes advising on the financing for the procurement of a major toll road PPP project, a DOE loan guaranteed financing for transmission facility reconductoring and a broad array of transactions utilizing energy tax credit financing and credit transfers. His work has been recognized in leading industry publications, including Chambers Global for USA Projects: PPP (2020-2026), Chambers USA for Nationwide Projects: PPP (2018-2025), The Legal 500 United States for Project Finance (2014, 2016-2019, 2023-2025) and Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power (2017-2018, 2024-2025), and IFLR1000 for United States: Project Development (2018-2025) and United States: Project Finance, (2018-2025).