Christine Byrnes

Christine represents clients in connection with the financing, development, acquisition, and restructuring of complex structured finance transactions, with a primary focus on renewable energy projects, including tax equity partnership and lease investment structures. She has negotiated financing and commercial agreements for lenders, investors, and developers, including debt and equity financing documents, letter of credit facilities, and joint venture agreements.

Christine has also represented a number of clients in Shari’ah-compliant structured finance and investment transactions, including private equity acquisitions, real estate transactions, and working capital facilities.

• Represented a renewable energy subsidiary of a public utility holding company in connection with the negotiation of a tax equity joint venture for eight wind projects located throughout the U.S. for an aggregate investment amount exceeding $1 billion.
• Represented a renewable energy subsidiary of a public utility holding company in the tax equity financing of an approximately 150MW wind project in Texas.
• Represented a major financial institution, as lessor, in a sale of four master lease sale-leaseback facilities involving both utility-scale and distributed generation projects following SunEdison’s filing for bankruptcy protection.
• Represented a sponsor in the drafting and negotiation of the documentation relating to the construction financing, tax equity financing and back leverage financing of a 200MW wind project located in Illinois.
• Represented a financial institution in the closing of nine sale-leaseback transactions for solar projects throughout California.
• Represented California community choice aggregators in connection with the bid process and transaction documentation.

• Lawdragon: 500 Leading Energy Lawyers (2025)
• Legal 500 United States for Energy Regulation: Oil and Gas (2021-2022), Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power (2021-2022, 2024-2025), and Finance: Project Finance (2024-2025), Energy: Energy Transactions: Electric Power (2025)
• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch: Project Finance Law (2021)