MARIO SAMOS advises clients on a wide range of energy and infrastructure transactions, including project development, mergers and acquisitions, structured financings, and utility securitizations.
Mario’s experience representing energy clients includes the following types of transactions:
- Project developers and private equity firms in connection with wind, solar, and gas-fired power projects, battery energy storage systems, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, including acquisitions, sales, joint ventures, and debt financings.
- Independent power producers, offtakers, and commodity traders in connection with offtake arrangements for power generation facilities, including power purchase agreements, tolling agreements, and commodity hedges.
- Power and gas utilities in connection with utility cost-recovery securitizations, including the sale of securitized property and the issuance of cost-recovery bonds.
In 2022, Mario was selected by Latino Leaders magazine to the “Latino Lawyers to Keep on the Watch” list.
Mario earned his J.D. from Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law, his MBA in finance from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and his B.A. in mathematical economic analysis from Rice University. Prior to attending law school, Mario served as an Analyst at the U.S. Department of Justice where he assessed emerging security threats.
Mario is fluent in Spanish.