Carl Steen

About Carl Steen

Carl Steen is a partner in the Firm’s Los Angeles and New York offices. Carl has over 25 years of experience with mergers and acquisitions, financings, restructurings and other corporate transactions particularly in the energy, media, entertainment and technology, telecoms and infrastructure sectors. He has represented a range of major players in the energy sector, including commercial and multilateral lenders, private equity investors, independent power producers, investor-owned and municipal utilities, wholesale electric cooperatives, irrigation districts, retail off-takers, operators and equipment and construction services providers. During the past decade, he has been lead counsel in energy and infrastructure project financings totalling several billion dollars, many of which were “firsts” in the industry and received “deal of the year” awards. He has led over 200 merger and acquisition transaction, including over 100 in the energy sector, and development and financing transactions for over 150 energy and infrastructure projects. His energy experience includes all aspects of the development and financing of thermal and renewable energy projects, including negotiation of PPAs, EPCs, equipment and fuel supply agreements, joint ventures, credit agreements and related documents. He has also represented clients before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission and over a dozen state utility commissions.

Experience

1. Partner

   Dentons

   Jul 2015 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

Education

• American University Washington College of Law

  JD

• Bennington College

  Master of Fine Arts - MFA, English Language and Literature/Letters

• State University of New York at Plattsburgh

  BA (Economics)