Clean Energy

Our Clean Energy team has extensive knowledge and experience in the Clean Energy sector, covering clean fuels and clean power generation. Our team is active in representing companies and capital providers in the evaluation and execution of financing, merger and acquisition and restructuring transactions.

Our sector expertise spans the following subsectors of Clean Energy:

  • Ethanol
  • Biodiesel
  • Next-Generation Fuels
  • Geothermal Developers
  • Solar Equipment and Developers
  • Wind Equipment and Developers
  • Biomass
  • Engineering, Procurement and Construction
  • Smart-Grid and Energy Efficiency
  • Fuel Cells and Energy Storage

Our expertise covers the following Clean Energy-related areas:

  • Technical: Solar PV Manufacturing, Utility-Scale Solar, Ethanol, Biofuel Co-Products, Greenhouse Gasses, Enhanced Geothermal Systems, Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Distributed Generation, Demand Response, Fischer-Tropsch, Geothermal Drilling and Engineering, Hydrogen Storage
  • Clean Energy Regulation: ARRA, EISA, RES, RFS and RFS2, RINs and RPS
  • Clean Energy Finance: Project Finance, Treasury Grant Program, Investment Tax Credit, Production Tax Credits, Renewable Energy Credits, and Renewable Energy Loan Guarantees

For questions on our services please contact:

John E. Mack III

Co-Head, Investment Banking Group
Head of Mergers and Acquisitions
(310) 246-3716
jmack@imperialcapital.com

John E. Mack III is Executive Vice President, Co-Head of Investment Banking and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at Imperial Capital. Mr. Mack joined Imperial Capital in 2008 as part of the firm’s acquisition of certain assets of USBX Inc., an investment banking firm focused on mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Mack was founder and Chief Executive Officer of USBX. Prior to USBX, Mr. Mack served as the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Protection One, Inc. (NASDAQ: PONE), then the nation's second largest provider of life safety and property monitoring services. Prior to assuming the role of CEO, Mr. Mack held the positions of Chief Financial Officer, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Business Development, where he was involved in over 200 acquisitions and oversaw the company’s growth from approximately 30,000 subscribers and $17 million in revenue to more than 1.6 million subscribers, $600 million in revenue and an enterprise value of over $2 billion. Before joining Protection One, Mr. Mack was a Senior Executive Officer with Westec Security, Inc. and prior to Westec he was a Senior Executive Officer with MCM, Inc., dba FAFCO Solar of Northern California. Mr. Mack earned a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.B.A from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Todd Fasanella

Managing Director
Investment Banking Group
(212) 351-9787
tfasanella@imperialcapital.com

Todd Fasanella is a Managing Director in Imperial Capital’s Investment Banking Group in the New York office with a specific focus on the Real Estate, Lodging & Leisure Sector. Mr. Fasanella has over 15 years of experience in asset backed finance and investment banking for the leisure/hospitality lodging and real estate industries. Prior to joining Imperial Capital, Mr. Fasanella headed investment banking coverage for the vacation ownership, lodging and real estate industries at Barclays Capital. His financing transactions in this role included structuring and executing investment grade, high yield and equity security offerings, leveraged loans, private placements and development loans. Prior to Barclays, Mr. Fasanella worked in the Corporate Finance Investment Banking Division at Credit Suisse and at Credit Suisse First Boston in the Asset Finance Group where he spearheaded the structuring, executing and marketing of asset backed securities (ABS); specializing in vacation ownership transactions which ranged in size from $200M to $500M. Clients included Diamond Resorts, Marriott, Starwood and Wyndham. Mr. Fasanella also worked in the Commercial Real Estate Research & Portfolio Management division at Prudential Realty Group. Mr. Fasanella earned a Master of Business Administration from Yale University and a Bachelor of Science from The Ohio State University.

Erich Hobelmann

Senior Vice President
Investment Banking Group
(212) 351-9764
ehobelmann@imperialcapital.com

Erich Hobelmann is Senior Vice President, Investment Banking Group in Imperial Capital’s New York Office. Mr. Hobelmann advises on a variety of restructuring, M&A, capital raising and valuation matters. In addition, Mr. Hobelmann has extensive transaction experience within Imperial Capital’s Alternative Energy and Industrials industry verticals. Prior to joining Imperial Capital, Mr. Hobelmann worked in the Financial Restructuring Group at Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin where he focused on a variety of debtor and creditor side financial restructuring engagements and distressed M&A transactions. Mr. Hobelmann received his B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and Business Economics from the University of Southern California.