John Desan

Associate Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

John Desan

John Desan is an Associate in the New York office. He represents lenders, borrowers, sponsors and developers with the project financing and development of renewable energy and infrastructure projects.

Professional experience

Representative experience

Represented lenders to the US$11 billion debt financing of SunZia Wind and Transmission, a 3,515 MW wind facility and 550-mile transmission line and the largest clean energy infrastructure project in the US (North America Deal of the Year, Infrastructure Investor Awards, 2024).
Represented lenders to the US$1.3 billion construction debt financing of Mammoth South, Mammoth Central and Mammoth Central II, a combined 900 MW photovoltaic system in Indiana (North America Emerging Energy Deal of the Year, ProximoInfra, 2025).
Represented a US government agency in connection with a US$1.66 billion guaranteed loan to a subsidiary of Plug Power Inc. to finance the development and construction of up to six green hydrogen facilities in the US.
Represented a US government agency with the restructuring of construction loans for the solar thermal system operating at Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in California.
Represented the borrower to the debt financing and related tax credit sales of a portfolio of dairy RNG projects in Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa.
Represented the sponsor to the US$316 million tax equity financing of the Golden Triangle II project in Mississippi, a 150 MW solar photovoltaic system and 200 MWh battery energy storage facility and the Escalante project in New Mexico, a 150 MW solar photovoltaic system.