David T. Quinby
Experience
David Quinby recently served as Chair of the firm's Energy Development practice
group. He currently works out of the firm's Minneapolis and San Diego offices. David
concentrates his practice on corporate, securities, project development and finance,
and merger and acquisition matters, with a particular focus on energy and clean
technology clients. He has worked with early stage developers and startups major
wind, solar and biomass companies; and traditional power companies and investors in
such companies. He advises clients with respect to purchase and sale agreements,
wind leases, feedstock and fuel supply agreements, off-take and power purchase
agreements, EPC agreements, O&M agreements, private placement memorandums,
venture capital investments, joint venture agreements, development agreements and
related documentation.
Partner
David also has extensive experience representing public and private companies as both
Minneapolis, MN
in-house and outside counsel, and has led numerous negotiations on complex
(612) 373-8825 direct
transactions. Previously, David served as assistant general counsel at NRG Energy,
Inc., a NYSE company, and as general counsel for NRG's $1.5 billion North American
operating unit. Before joining NRG, David served as vice president, general counsel,
and secretary of ValueVision International, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed direct marketing
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company. David is also a CPA with four years of public accounting experience.
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Representative Work
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Represented AltaGas in the acquisition of GWF Energy Holdings LLC, which holds
Education
a portfolio of three natural gas-fired electrical generation facilities in northern
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J.D., 1990, magna cum laude
California totaling 523 MW, including the 330 MW Tracy facility, the 97 MW
Order of the Coif
Hanford facility and the 96 MW Henrietta facility, for a purchase price of
Minnesota Law Review
approximately US$ 642 million.
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Represented PICO Holdings, Inc. in the sale of substantially all of the assets of its
University of Minnesota Law School,
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Luther College, B.A., 1983, magna
cum laude
majority owned canola processing subsidiary, PICO Northstar Hallock, LLC to CHS
Phi Beta Kappa
Inc.
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Represented AltaGas in the purchase of three natural gas power plants from
Veresen, Inc. located in Ripon, CA (49.5 MW), Pomona, CA (44 MW) and Brush, CO
(70 MW).
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Represented large international energy company in the acquisition of a West
Coast LPG export facility.
Admissions
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California
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Minnesota
David T. Quinby
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Represented AltaGas in the acquisition of Blythe Energy, LLC, which owns a 507 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle plant and
a related 230 kV 67-mile electric transmission line in Southern California.
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Represented Energy Capital Partner’s Mezzanine Opportunities Fund in its recapitalization of Chieftain Sand Proppant LLC.
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Represented AltaGas in the acquisition of Decker Energy International, an independent power company, which owns a 50
percent interest in a 48 MW biomass power facility in North Carolina and a 30 percent working interest in a 37 MW biomass
power facility in Michigan.
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Represented a major U.S. energy company in connection with its acquisition of a development portfolio (in excess of 200 MW) o f
California solar power projects.
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Represented Greenleaf Power in its acquisition of a 47 MW biomass power plant in Mecca, California.
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Represented an EPC contractor with respect to a 5 MW Solar PV project in Tennessee.
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Represented a developer in the sale of a 500 MW wind project in Kansas.
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Represented a developer in the sale of two 99 MW wind projects in North Dakota.
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Represented EDF Renewable Energy (formerly enXco Inc.) in negotiating asset purchase agreements, EPC contracts and other
key project documents for a $900 million wind power build-transfer transaction with Xcel Energy Inc.'s Northern States Power
(NSP) unit. The transaction involved two wind projects aggregating 351 installed MW in Minnesota and North Dakota. The
transaction included a planned 201 MW project in southwest Minnesota's Nobles County, the second largest wind project in
Minnesota.
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Represented a project developer in the acquisition of a 248 MW wind project in Texas.
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Represented a project developer in the acquisition of an 80 MW wind project in Montana.
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Represented VBV LLC and its subsidiaries in its merger with Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. The merger created one of the
nation's largest publicly traded ethanol production companies, with complementary grain, agronomy, feed, fuel, and ethanol
marketing and distribution operations.
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Represented Bioverda US Holdings LLC in its Investment in Blendstar, LLC, an operator of ethanol splash blending facilities in
Knoxville, Tennessee and Louisville, Kentucky with more facilities under construction in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Memphis,
Tennessee; Little Rock, Arkansas; and Columbus, Ohio.
Presentations
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Next Generation Bio-Based Chemicals Summit (chair), San Diego, California, Feb. 2012
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"Technical Perspective: Opportunities and Challenges in Industrial Scale Biomanufacturing" (moderator), Next Generation BioBased Chemicals Summit, San Diego, California, Feb. 2011
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"Industry Leaders in the Development of Solar Energy" (moderator), E3 Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, Dec. 2010
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"Taking Care of Business: Getting the Project Development Process Right" (panelist), Infocast's World Algae Summit 2010, San
Diego, California, May 2010
David T. Quinby
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"Downstream Approaches to Upgrading Biogas Quality" (moderator), BBI International Biomass Conference, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, May 2010
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Infocast's Bio-Based Chemical Conference (chair), San Diego, California, Feb. 2010
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"The Venture Investors' Perspectives" (moderator), Infocast's Bio-Based Chemical Conference, San Diego, California, Feb. 2010
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Infocast's 4th Annual Cellulosic Biofuels Summit 2009 (chair), Washington, D.C., Nov. 2009
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"The Financial Community: Perspectives on Financing Cellulosic Biofuels Plants" (moderator), Infocast's 4th Annual Cellulosic
Biofuels Summit 2009, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2009
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"Overview of Stimulus Act Programs and Energy Financing Mechanisms," LSI Energy in California Conference, San Francisco,
California, Sept. 2009
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"Biomass to Fuels--Developers' Perspective" (moderator), Infocast Biomass Finance & Investment Conference, Miami, Florida,
Jan. 2009
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"Ethanol Today & Tomorrow: Growing & Selling Considerations 'Doing the Deal'," ACE Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, Aug. 2008
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"Renewable Energy: Trends and Challenges," Bowne SEC Update Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2008
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"Restructuring Existing Ethanol Plants as Businesses" (panel chair), Optimizing Ethanol Plants Conference, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, May 2008
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"Working with Project Lenders and Investors to Secure Capital to Increase Project Competitiveness" (moderator), Optimizing
Ethanol Plants Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May, 2008
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"Federal Incentives & Resources for Renewable Energy Projects," Harvesting Clean Energy Projects Conference, Portland,
Oregon, Jan. 2008
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2008 Infocast Biomass Finance Conference (co-chair), Miami, Florida, Jan. 2008
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"Considerations for Wind Development in Indiana," Clinton County, Indiana, Jan. 2008
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"Opportunities for Offshore Wind Development in the Great Lakes," Manufacturing and Developing Wind Systems in Michigan,
Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan, Sept. 2007