A trusted advocate, Cacki draws on more than 25 years of experience in the renewable energy industry to help clients achieve their goals.
One of the founders of the firm’s renewable energy practice, Cacki leads multidisciplinary teams in project development and investment for wind, solar, energy storage, and data center projects in Texas and throughout the U.S. She has closed more than 20,000 MW worth of projects for sponsor/developers and more than 8,000 MW worth of projects for tax equity investors and lenders.
Cacki regularly handles early, mid-stage, and late-stage projects, including construction and post-construction asset management, with a particular focus on real estate, environmental, regulatory, general development, preparation for financing, and state and local tax matters. She advises on financing for developers and investors, and she negotiates real estate leases, easements, acquisitions, and dispositions of property. Cacki and her team frequently advise clients regarding minerals and title issues for development as well as all other development and financing matters.
Cacki’s experience in the renewable energy sector dates to the technology’s early days. When she first began to assist with renewable energy projects, most attorneys were unfamiliar with the topic, and an early client’s development manager taught her the field. Her own practice grew with the industry, and today, Cacki has the extensive, inside knowledge of a professional who has worked in renewables from their very beginning. She also devotes a significant portion of her time to training and mentoring others who are new to the industry, from developers to in-house attorneys to new colleagues at the firm.
With a reputation for both her practical mindset and her industry knowledge, Cacki partners closely with clients’ in-house teams. She always has an eye on financing requirements, and—having represented both the financing parties and the developers across the table from them—has both experience and an instinctive feel for what both sides are going to want and need in a deal, helping clients get to yes faster.
In addition to her role as a founding member and former leader of the firm’s renewable energy practice, Cacki is also a former member of the firm’s executive board. She currently serves as an ethics partner for the Energy & Natural Resources business unit and as a member of Husch Blackwell’s opinion committee. Cacki is also a proud member of the firm’s LGBTQ+ employee resource group, HB Pride.