John F. Thomson

John is a seasoned advisor focused on the development, structuring, and financing of complex energy and infrastructure projects, with a practice that sits at the intersection of legal, commercial, and execution strategy.

• Engagements

  • Venture Global LNG, as in-house counsel, on EPC contracting, construction execution, and multi-billion-dollar project financings for large-scale LNG export terminals.
  • Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, on secondment, advising on EPC, supply chain, and major contracting matters supporting offshore wind project development.
  • Sponsors and developers on the structuring, contracting, and execution of large-scale combined-cycle gas generation facilities supporting hyperscale data centers and other large industrial loads, including negotiation of long-term offtake arrangements, behind-the-meter and co-location structures, and integration of EPC, fuel supply, and interconnection workstreams.
  • The New York Power Authority (NYPA) on a first-of-its-kind, triple tax-exempt prepaid electricity financing in New York, including the $944.15 million energy supply revenue bond issuance by the newly formed New York Energy Finance Development Corporation prepaying 30 years of electricity supply, supporting the development of in-state renewable generation and delivering approximately 10% in electricity cost savings to New York consumers (The Bond Buyer 2025 Deal of the Year, Northeast Region).
  • Strategic and financial buyers and sellers on managing competitive RFP and auction processes for M&A transactions involving energy and infrastructure assets, including bid strategy, diligence coordination, and negotiation of definitive transaction documents.
  • Renewable energy developers across solar, wind, and storage portfolios on EPC, BOP, equipment supply, and O&M arrangements, as well as broader development matters, including highly ambitious, first-of-a-kind transactions structured to power large industrial loads and hyperscale data centers across multiple generation and storage technologies.
  • Renewable developers and utilities on the structuring, negotiation, and execution of build-transfer agreements (BTAs) for utility-scale generation and storage projects, including allocation of development, construction, and performance risk between developer and utility offtaker/owner.
  • Sponsors, consortia, and public agencies on landmark P3 transportation transactions, including the automated people mover at Los Angeles International Airport; the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey on the privatization of the Central Terminal Building; the Purple Line light rail project in Maryland; and IFM Investors Pty Ltd in its acquisition of the concessionaire operating and maintaining the Indiana Toll Road.