Amy Maloney focuses her practice on project finance and development, working with sponsors and financing sources including commercial and investment banks, developers and independent power producers, private equity funds, insurance companies, and other institutional investors. Amy advises clients on the development, construction, operation, and debt and equity financing of various types of energy and infrastructure projects, including wind, solar, and other renewable assets, gas-fired facilities, gas and liquids pipelines, transmission lines, and transportation infrastructure.
Amy’s transactions incorporate commercial bank debt, term loan B debt, 4(a)(2) private placement debt, “hybrid” bank/bond debt, and tax equity investments. She also works with sponsors and developers in project development activities, including the structuring and negotiation of commodity hedges, other project documents, and equipment financing.
Amy has been recognized in The Legal 500 US, with a group of senior lenders praising her for being “proactive and problem-solving” and for her “in-depth knowledge of the renewable energy financing market” in the 2017 edition. She is also recognized in Chambers USA for her proficiency with the financing, sale, and acquisition of assets in the power and renewables space and her “good commercial sense.”
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Amy was in the New York office of another global law firm, serving in its project development and finance practice.
Member, Project Finance Editorial Advisory Board, Law360 (2023)
Ranked, Projects, USA, Chambers Global (2022–2024)
Ranked, Projects, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2023, 2024)
Up-and-Coming, Projects, USA - Nationwide, Chambers USA (2021, 2022)
Next Generation Partner, Finance: Project Finance, The Legal 500 US (2019–2024)
Recommended, Energy: renewable/alternative power, The Legal 500 US (2019, 2024)
Recommended, Project Finance and Renewable/Alternative Energy, The Legal 500 US (2014, 2017, 2018)
Leading Individual, Project Finance, Who’s Who Legal (2020)
Recognized, Project Finance Attorney of 2016, Power Finance & Risk