Profile
Eric Macaux focuses his practice on energy and energy-adjacent project development and transactions, including joint venturing, project M&A, “platform”-style investments, and negotiation of critical project agreements. His clients include project sponsors, developers, and investors and spans renewable and advanced conventional energy businesses, including solar, storage, wind (onshore and offshore), LNG, biofuels, water, and EVs. In addition to his transactional work, Eric also assists clients with key commercial agreements, including power purchase agreements.
In addition to representing energy companies and investors, Eric has extensive experience advising public and private companies on the implementation of ESG goals and decarbonization strategies.
Concentrations
- Energy project M&A and finance
- Renewable energy and energy storage projects
- Electric vehicles and EV deployment models
- Joint ventures
- Water and sustainable infrastructure
- Midstream LNG
Capabilities
Experience
- Represented AES Clean Energy with respect to its acquisition of the Bellefield Solar project from Avantus. Bellefield Solar was the largest permitted solar+storage project in the U.S., consisting of one (1) GW of solar and up to one (1) GW of BESS across two phases and located in California.
- Represented AES Clean Energy with respect to its acquisition from Avantus of the Rexford Solar project, a 300 MWac photovoltaic solar and 960 MWh battery storage facility in Tulare County, California.
- Represented a global real estate asset owner and investment company with respect to broad decarbonization program, including the deployment of solar and solar+storage assets in the U.S.
- Represented the solar development arm of a global asset manager with respect to its acquisition of multiple portfolios of distributed solar projects in the United States, totaling over 275 MW.
- Advised a publicly-traded hospitality company with respect to virtual power purchase agreements to meet its ESG goals.
- Advised an Ivy-League university with respect to the resale of renewable energy credits in connection with a large-scale campus redevelopment.
- Represented EnBW North America with respect to its offshore wind joint venture with TotalEnergies (Attentive Energy LLC), which successfully bid for a lease in the BOEM auction for the New York Bight lease area.°
- Represented EnBW North America with respect to an offshore wind joint venture with TotalEnergies (Castle Wind), which is poised to participate in the BOEM lease auction for the Morro Bay (CA) lease area.°
- Represented EnBW in the sale of EnBW North America to TotalEnergies.°
- Represented FirstLight Power with respect to its investment in Invenergy Wind Offshore LLC, which successfully secured a lease in the BOEM auction for the New York Bight lease area.°
- Represented Enel Green Power with respect to its acquisition of the Lily Solar Project (148 MW solar + 50 MWh battery) in Texas.°
- Represented EcoSmart Solutions, an affiliate of global real estate investment firm Taurus Investment Holdings, with respect to the national roll-out of its business to partner with home developers to build large, planned communities of zero net energy homes, including in Whisper Valley, Texas.°
- Represented Gaelectric Holdings with respect to its sale of the 235 MW Jawbone wind project to Seventus, the renewable energy arm of Suzlon.°
- On behalf of a biogas developer, negotiated term financing for a 4.5 MW landfill gas-to-energy project in Washington, and negotiated key project documents, including PPAs, REC agreements, and O&M contract.°
- Represented Massachusetts Department of Transportation with respect to the redevelopment of its 18 service plazas to include EV charging and other alternative fueling solutions.
- Represented Zeem Solutions, an EV fleet-as-a-service and charging services company, with respect to charging services agreements.
- Represented Nuvve Corporation (NASDAQ: NVVE), an EV charging-as-a-service company, with respect to its $750 M joint venture with Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners.°
- Represented Infrared Capital Partners, a UK-based private equity infrastructure fund, with respect to its $110 M investment in Hecate Grid, a joint venture with Hecate Energy to own and operate grid-scale battery storage systems in the United States and Canada.°
- Represented VionX Corporation, a flow battery technology company, with respect to initial commercial sales and utility-scale project deployments.°
- Represented Climate Asset Management on its investment in Land Life Company to finance to implementation of a large-scale reforestation of fire-damaged lands in Colorado and the associated creation of carbon credits.
- Represented Amber Infrastructure with respect to its investment into a series of renewable natural gas (RNG) projects under development in Colorado and Iowa.
- Represented the State of Alaska and the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation in its sale of a majority stake of the Alaska LNG project to Glenfarne.
- Represented Spring Lane Capital in its $25 M investment in Aries Clean Energy, a waste gasification company.°
- Represented an equity club led by WindSail Capital with respect to its investment into Vonore Fiber Products, a waste-to-product joint venture with Genera, Inc.°
- Represented Cambrian Innovation, Inc., a water treatment technology company, with respect to a $18 M joint venture with Spring Lane Capital to finance the development, ownership, and operation of distributed water treatment systems in the United States and Canada.°
- Represented EcoSmart Solutions, a joint venture of global real estate investment firm Taurus Investment Holdings and Shell New Energies, with respect to the national roll-out of its business to partner with home developers to build large, planned communities of zero net energy homes, including in Whisper Valley (outside Austin, TX).°
- Represented New Energy Capital with respect to its investment in the AltAir Paramount 3,000 bpd renewable jet fuel production facility.°
- Represented Massachusetts Clean Energy Center with respect to the construction and commercial operation of the Wind Technology Testing Center, the largest wind blade testing facility in North America.°
- Lead counsel to the developer of North America’s first marine commerce terminal purpose-built to support offshore wind projects, the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal.°
- Represented Gradiant Corporation, a leading water treatment technology company, with respect to multiple equity and debt corporate financings (including their recent $100M series C led by Warburg Pincus and Schlumberger New Energy), expansion to global markets (Asia, GCC), spinouts, and commercial matters. °
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Macaux prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
- Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, 2010-2013
- General Counsel and Senior Director for Strategy, 2011-2013
- Deputy General Counsel, 2010-2011
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Energy Law, 2025-2026
- Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Energy - Renewable/Alternative Power, 2025
- Listed, Chambers USA Guide, Energy & Natural Resources, 2022-2025
- Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Finance - Project Finance, 2023
- Listed, Boston magazine, "Top Lawyers - Energy Oil & Gas," 2022-2023
- Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2016-2017
Credentials
Education
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J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
- Member, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics
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A.B., summa cum laude, Washington University in St. Louis
- Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
- Massachusetts