Top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP continues to deepen its bench strength in the energy and infrastructure sector with the addition of renewable energy and tax equity partner, Anne Levin-Nussbaum. She joins a series of recent lateral partners around the country including James Grice, Bruce (Eddie) Lowry, David Thompson, Michael McKinley, and of counsel Michael Borovik to augment their renewable energy team.
"Anne's deep tax credit experience bolsters the firm's energy and infrastructure team through her years of work in renewable energy transactions and project financings," said Grice, co-chair of the Energy and Infrastructure Team and chair of the Renewable Energy and Electric Power Practice. "Our clients will significantly benefit from her industry experience and knowledge in this specialized area."
Levin-Nussbaum, a federal income tax lawyer for over 25 years, currently focuses her practice on transactions involving the development, financing, sales and acquisitions of renewable energy projects and other matters related to energy tax credits, depreciation and other tax incentives for clean energy transition and alternative energy production. She has extensive experience representing developers, lenders, and investors in tax equity transactions utilizing flip partnership, sale leaseback and inverted lease structures to finance renewable energy projects such as community and utility scale solar, wind, geothermal, combined heat and power and municipal trash. Her practice also includes representing buyers and sellers in M&A transactions, providing tax opinions and structuring advice to sponsors and tax equity, tax controversy work, advising tax credit insurers and policyholders and reviewing PPAs, EPCs, safe harbor supply contracts, leases, tax appraisals, financial models and more.
Levin-Nussbaum is a valuable resource on the broad range of clean energy tax credits and deductions available through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) and subsequent guidance issued by Treasury and the IRS. She frequently writes and speaks on the IRA and is advising clients regarding new opportunities related to the domestic content adder, energy communities, microgrids, energy-efficient building property, direct pay and transferability.
Bill Sullivan, chair of the Federal Tax Practice, said, "Anne adds depth to our Federal Tax team and increases our ability to serve the needs of an ever-growing group of clean energy stakeholders. We are excited to welcome her to our New York office."
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Akerman's Energy and Infrastructure Team and its Renewable Energy and Electric Power Practice combine to provide a multidisciplinary team able to provide integrated solutions to the complex and dynamic requirements of clients operating in a variety of sectors that are rapidly evolving as the economy responds to clean energy transition, reduced carbon emission and domestic manufacturing goals. The team, which includes former counsel for local governments and state and federal agencies, as well as recognized leaders in Brownfields and infrastructure development, has extensive experience in all facets of environmental, transactional, financing, permitting, litigation and regulatory matters related to green energy projects. The lawyers represent sponsors, financial institutions, investment funds, developers, and government entities in all areas related to project development and project finance transactions involving renewable energy and other energy infrastructure projects, electric vehicles and EV infrastructure, and data centers and digital infrastructure. Their work encompasses assisting both emerging and Fortune 500 companies and includes private equity deals, mergers and acquisitions, capital market transactions, tax credit financings, land use, construction, government affairs, corporate, economic development incentives, and complex compliance matters.