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.