Robert J. Gillispie
Robert J. Gillispie serves as of counsel in the Corporate Department of our New York office. He has been involved in asset-based financing for more than 40 years. Mr. Gillispie has negotiated and documented domestic and cross-border leveraged lease, partnership and secured loan transactions, as well as synthetic leases. The assets have varied from aircraft, railcars, satellites, vessels and containers to electric generating plants, hydro-electric facilities, renewable energy facilities, gas distribution network and waste water collection and transportation systems. The current focus of Mr. Gillispie’s practice is on energy and infrastructure financings.
Representative Client Work
- Represented SunGen Capital in financing a multi-state program for FHA PowerSaver home energy efficiency loans generated by AFC First Financial Corporation
- Represented a developer in the sale of its interest in an Idaho wind power project to an affiliate of the Macquarie Group
- Represented a financial advisor in the back-to-back sale of five solar facilities in Vermont
- Represented SunEdison in a variety of sale/leaseback financings of solar projects throughout the U.S. involving diverse financings entities, such as Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and MetLife Capital
- Represented a finance subsidiary of a utility company, as equity investor, in connection with a sale/leaseback of a 250 MW natural gas-fired electric generating facility in New York and a 440 MW lignite-fired electric generating facility in Mississippi
- Represented a utility company, as lessee, in connection with sale/leasebacks of two coal-fired electric generating facilities in New York
- Represented a bank subsidiary, as equity investor, in connection with a sale/leaseback of a waste-to-energy incineration facility in Germany
- Represented a developer in the financing of a gas-to-liquid facility located in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
- Represented a provider of financing in the structuring and implementation of a financing by a major Northeast city-sponsored, non-profit organization that created a program to significantly reduce energy and water use and carbon dioxide emissions
News & Publications
- Best Lawyers® ‘Lawyer of the Year’ 2017, S&W Press Release (August 15, 2016)
- Sullivan & Worcester Attorneys Named in 2013 Best Lawyers® (August 22, 2012)
- Sullivan & Worcester Attorneys Named in 2012 Best Lawyers® (August 31, 2011)
- "Using your Assets," American City & Country (April 2007)
- "Leveraged Leasing," Equipment Leasing, (2003)
- "When is a Lease a Lease," Chadbourne & Parke Project Finance NewsWire (2004)
Seminars & Presentations
- "Outlook and Opportunities in Energy," ELA, Large Ticket Conference (2006)
- "Leasing Due Diligence Questionnaire," ELA, Large Ticket Conference (2004)
- "Equipment Leasing and Project Finance," A.L.I. - A.B.A. (1990 and 1992-1995)
- "Aircraft Value Maintenance and Enhancement," Institute for International Research (1992)
- "Maximizing Opportunities for FSC Expert Leasing in the '90's," FSC Leasing Conference (1991)
- "Equipment Leasing and Project Finance," A.L.I.-A.B.A. (1990 and 1992-1995)
- Adjunct Professor at Rutgers University, 1972-1976
