Brandon Brown

BRANDON BROWN advises sponsors, lenders, and institutional investors in connection with the development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects.

Brandon advises on a broad range of financing transactions, including credit facilities and senior secured note issuances. His experience includes financings for the construction and development of stadiums and other social infrastructure, including Etihad Park, Sphere in Las Vegas, Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center, Dodger Stadium, Climate Pledge Arena, Q2 Stadium, Rogers Place, and CPKC Stadium. He also has experience with secured and unsecured financings involving student housing communities, hotels, water and wastewater utility platforms, hospital energy infrastructure, toll roads, and wind, solar, and hydro projects throughout the United States and Canada.

• Axium Campus Housing LLC and its subsidiaries in connection with the issuance of US$324.8 million of senior secured notes sold in a 4(a)(2) private placement and an approximately US$21 million letter of credit facility to refinance a portfolio of student housing projects consisting of over 2,200 beds.
• QIC Infrastructure Debt Fund in connection with a term loan facility used to acquire preferred units in a business that designs, builds, and owns high-speed internet infrastructure.
• National Bank of Canada and KeyBank National Association in connection with a US$121 million term loan and revolving loan facility provided to JW Water Holdings, LLC, a leading mid-market regulated water and wastewater utility platform consisting of 18 subsidiary water and sewer utilities serving over 50,000 customers in Arizona.
• Kiewit Development Company and its subsidiary, Henry Ford Health Energy Partners LLC, in connection with the construction of a central utility plant and related system improvements as part of Henry Ford Health System’s overall development project for a new hospital and related facilities in Detroit, Michigan.
• Barclays Capital Inc., as initial purchaser and remarketing agent, in connection with the issuance of US$371. million of Senior Variable Rate Demand Bonds, Series 2026 issued by Puerto Rico Tollroads, LLC. The bonds are enhanced by an irrevocable, direct pay letter of credit issued by Barclays Bank PLC.
• Barclays Capital Inc. in connection with the purchase of US$286 million of Public Finance Authority Senior Lien Revenue Bonds (Puerto Rico Toll Roads Monetization Project), Series 2024, the proceeds of which were loaned to Puerto Rico Tollroads, LLC.
• The lenders, ING Capital LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and Royal Bank of Canada, in connection with a US$350 million credit facility and the note purchasers of US$475 million of senior secured notes, the proceeds of which will all be used to refinance SH 130 (Segments 5 and 6).

The above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.