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Eli Katz

Partner, Tax at Latham & Watkins

New York, NY

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Why they matter

Top tax-equity lawyer at the firm that wrote the playbook. Definitive counsel for any clean-energy investment thesis with a tax-credit component.

Background

Partner in Latham & Watkins' Tax practice in New York. Recognized by Chambers USA as a leading tax-equity counsel for complex renewable-energy project financing. Latham pioneered many of the leading tax-equity structures now common in the market.

Notable deals

  • 2025
    Advised Apex Clean Energy on tax-equity financing for the Prosperity Wind Facility.
  • 2025
    Advised Origis Energy on $265M of tax-equity commitments supporting renewable projects across the Southeast.
  • 2025
    Advised Origis Energy on Wheatland Project tax-equity closing.

Call-prep brief

Background

Eli is a Chambers-ranked tax-equity partner at the firm that has structured more renewable-energy tax-equity transactions than any other. After IRA + transferability + direct-pay, the structuring complexity has expanded substantially, and Latham's tax practice has been at the center of every variation.

What he cares about

  • Tax-credit transferability. The new market post-IRA. Active in industry standardization conversations.
  • Hybrid project structures (storage + solar + production tax credits + investment tax credits).
  • Treasury guidance interpretation. Closest to the source on what's bankable.

Recent moves

  • Multiple Origis Energy tax-equity closings (Q4 2025).
  • Apex Clean Energy Prosperity Wind tax-equity closing (Jan 2025).

Sensitivities

  • A lawyer, not a market-maker. He'll happily talk structures but won't share confidential deal terms.
  • Be specific about your question. "how does ITC vs. PTC trade off" gets a real answer; "what do you think of renewables" doesn't.

Questions to ask

  1. Where are transferability discounts (¢ per credit dollar) settling, and what drives the spread?
  2. Which Treasury guidance areas are still genuinely uncertain enough to be repricing risk into deals?
  3. How are tax-equity investors thinking about hybrid solar+storage credit allocation under the latest rules?

Outreach draft

Subject
Transferability discounts: your read
Hi Eli, I lead clean-energy investing at [Firm]. We're modeling transferability dynamics into our renewable-asset thesis and would value the perspective of the firm that has structured more of these transactions than anyone. Would you have 20 minutes for a structures-focused conversation in the next month? Best regards, [Your name] [Your firm]

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