Andrea Wang Lucan

ANDREA LUCAN counsels clients engaged in every stage of energy transition, including developers, sponsors, and financiers. Andrea’s experience extends to all elements of energy project development and financing including joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financing, equipment purchase and sale agreements, and power purchase agreements.

“Andrea is a great lawyer, a pleasure to work with and super knowledgeable.”

“Andrea Wang Lucan is noted for her work in the acquisition and sale of project companies and renewable generation assets.”
Chambers USA 2023

Andrea was recognized by Chambers Global for USA Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional (2024–2025) and by Chambers USA for Nationwide Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional (2020–2025), The Deal as one of its “Top Women in Dealmaking” (2020), the Los Angeles Business Journal as a “Leaders in Law” finalist (2020), as well as A Word About Wind in its “Legal Power List” (2020). She also received the POWERGEN “International Excellence in Character Award” (2019).

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Ørsted in its divestment of a 50% equity stake in three U.S. onshore projects to Energy Capital Partners for US$572 million.
• Ørsted in connection with the acquisition of a 103 MW construction-ready wind project in Butte County, South Dakota from Pattern Energy Group.
• Southern California Edison Company in connection with the purchase of development assets from Recurrent Energy.
• Ørsted in connection with the acquisition of a 302 MW onshore wind farm in Illinois.
• Total Energies in connection with the acquisition of a development pipeline of 2.2 GW of solar projects and 600 MW of battery storage assets located in Texas from SunChase Power and MAP RE/ES.
• Ørsted in connection with the acquisition of solar development assets from Solar Development Group.
• Ørsted in connection with the acquisition of the 121 MW Ford Ridge wind project located in Illinois.
• Longroad Energy Partners in connection with the sale of a wind project in Maine.
• Galehead Development in connection with the sale of a portfolio of development stage solar projects to RWE.
• Galehead Development in connection with the sale of the development stage solar project known as “Flatwood” to Steelhead.
• Ørsted in connection with the acquisition of the development portfolio and platform of Coronal Energy.
• Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners in connection with the purchase of the 440 MW Fighting Jays project solar project from Plus Renewable Technologies and Avondale Solar.
• Galehead Development in connection with the sale of solar development assets located in the WECC service territory LLC.
• Galehead Development in connection with the sale of a New York solar and storage portfolio.
• Longroad Energy Partners in connection with the purchase of an operating solar power generation project located in Imperial County.
• Galehead Development in connection with the sale of a portfolio of New York and Massachusetts distributed generation solar projects.
• Galehead Development in connection with the sale of certain development stage solar assets to Greenbacker Capital.
• Galehead Development in connection with the sale of certain development stage solar assets to Diode Ventures.
• Galehead Development in connection with the sale of certain development stage solar assets to Lightsource Development.

Project Development and Finance

• Galehead Development in connection with a joint venture with Macquarie Green Investment Group.
• European Energy in connection with a joint venture with Elio Development in relation to a pipeline of development stage solar and battery storage projects across the U.S.
• Irradiant Partners in connection with a solar development joint venture restructuring.
• Ørsted in connection with a joint venture with Apex Clean Energy to develop and supply equipment to the Expedition Wind Project located in Marion County, Kansas.
• Corio Generation to prepare for entry into the California offshore wind market.
• 42 Renewables LLC in connection with the formation of a joint venture with Fengate Asset Management, which joint venture would focus on acquiring, developing, constructing, and operating distributed generation solar, DG solar plus battery storage and DG battery storage projects.
• Total Energies in connection with a joint venture to develop, construct, and operate offshore wind assets in California.
• Ørsted in connection with structuring a joint venture to develop offshore wind projects in Massachusetts.
• Alluvial Power in connection with the formation of a joint venture to would develop and construct utility scale renewable power projects in the U.S.
• Galehead Development in connection with a joint venture with a Japanese investor to develop utility scale solar projects in MISO and PJM.
• Galehead Development in connection with the formation of a joint venture with Steelhead Americas to develop wind energy generation projects in the U.S.
• Ørsted in connection with structuring two safe harbor joint ventures that enabled Ørsted to efficiently finance a portfolio of three wind projects using a mixture of internal debt and third-party tax equity financing.

Build-Transfer and Project Contracts

• A private equity company in connection with the negotiation of a BTA for a solar project in MISO.
• A major renewables sponsor in connection with the negotiation of a BTA for a solar plus storage project with Xcel Energy.
• Galehead Development in connection with the creation of form procurement contracts for use in the development of solar projects in the United States.
• Galehead Development in connection with the creation of form documents for the development of renewable natural gas projects.

Transmission

• A midwestern utility in connection with its development of a transmission line.
• Southern California Edison in connection with its joint venture with the Morongo Band of Mission Indians to upgrade SCE’s West of Devers transmission corridor.

Tax Equity Transactions

• Ørsted in connection with tax equity and hedge transactions for two utility-scale wind projects in Texas.
• Ørsted in connection with tax equity for a wind project in Texas.
• Ørsted in connection with tax equity for a wind project in Kansas.

Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.

• Advisory Committee Member, WRISE Los Angeles

• Homeboy Industries – Expungement Clinic
• Anti-Recidivism Coalition – Expungement Clinic
• Alliance for Children’s Rights – Adoptions