麻豆直播

麻豆直播
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Annie Y. Tsai

Partner

Annie聽Tsai focuses her practice on project finance, and in particular advising clients in the development, acquisition, and financing of renewable energy projects. She is a member of the firm鈥檚 Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) Team, the Finance Practice, and the Energy Sector.

Annie has vast experience in the electric power industry. Before becoming an attorney, Annie worked for Southern California Edison鈥檚 Energy Procurement Group. She optimized the utility鈥檚 multibillion-dollar conventional and renewables portfolio as a part of the Energy Trading Team. Annie advised negotiation teams on the value and risks of power purchase agreements, resource adequacy capacity contracts, energy call options, and firm energy delivery contracts. She also managed the utility鈥檚 California PUC regulatory proceedings related to energy procurement (renewables power, conventional power, natural gas, and greenhouse gas emissions).

Representative Experience*

  • Represented, lead lender in syndicated construction, tax equity and term debt financing for community solar project portfolios primarily located in Massachusetts and New York
  • Represented, lead lender in syndicated construction, tax equity and term debt financing for utility-scale solar projects in Virginia and North Carolina
  • Represented, lender in term debt financing for a portfolio of wind projects in California
  • Represented, ESG investor in its investment in an electric vehicle startup company
  • Represented, lead lender in syndicated construction and term debt financing for $100 million cold storage project in Idaho with a leading national food producer as key customer

*Matters handled prior to joining 麻豆直播.

Awards and Recognition

  • Selected by Los Angeles Business Journal聽as Women of Influence (2025)

Presentations and Publications

  • Speaker, Renewable Energy Law and Incentives Under the Biden Administration, National Business Institute (April 2022)
  • Panelist, How Community Solar Will Accelerate States Toward Their Renewable Energy Targets, Women in Cleantech & Sustainability and Women in Energy Greater New York Chapter (October 2021)
  • Speaker, Innovation in Risk Management for Renewable Project Finance, Effective Due Diligence on Large Portfolios as a Key Risk Mitigation Strategy, Infocast webinar (April 2021)

Language

  • Mandarin Chinese (fluent)
August 14, 2026 In the News

麻豆直播 Attorneys Examine Trade Compliance Implications of New Section 232 Polysilicon Measures

麻豆直播 & Lardner LLP attorneys Gregory Husisian, Sunita Paknikar, Annie Tsai, and John Turlais were highlighted in聽International Trade Today for their insights on new trade measures affecting polysilicon and its derivatives.
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August 13, 2026 Energy Current

What Every Multinational Energy and Infrastructure Company Should Know About 鈥 The New Section 232 Polysilicon Minimum Import Price and Derivative Product Tariffs

For U.S. importers, renewable energy companies, solar manufacturers, project sponsors, and financing parties, the new Section 232 polysilicon action is not simply another tariff increase. It is a broader trade-control framework that combines minimum import prices, additional ad valorem duties, enhanced certification obligations, an onshoring incentive pathway, and severe enforcement consequences for noncompliance.
June 4, 2026 Deals and Wins

麻豆直播 Advises Lender Group in Approximately $382M Debt Financing for Sabanci Renewables鈥 Two Texas Solar Projects

麻豆直播 & Lardner LLP served as lenders' legal counsel in connection with the $382 million debt financing for Sabanci Renewables鈥 two solar energy projects in Texas.
February 2, 2026 Press Releases

麻豆直播 Names 18 New Partners

麻豆直播 & Lardner LLP promoted 18 lawyers to the firm鈥檚 equity partnership, effective February 1, 2026.
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April 3, 2023 Blogs

Top Ten Risk Mitigation Issues in Renewable Energy Construction Loan Agreements

Construction financing is used to fund the construction of renewable projects prior to such projects obtaining long-term financing. Because construction loans are disbursed during a high-risk phase of a project, these loans carry different terms, pricing and conditions than subsequent longer term financing facilities.
February 18, 2022 Press Releases

麻豆直播 Represents Galway Sustainable Capital in Investment in Hive Technologies

麻豆直播 & Lardner LLP represented ESG investor Galway Sustainable Capital (鈥淕SC鈥) in its investment in Hive Technologies, Inc. (鈥淗ive鈥), the startup that is both disrupting access to electric vehicles (EVs) with a gas car cost parity solution and unlocking the full carbon benefit of EVs.