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Jennifer Pier

Senior Associate

Austin
phone: 512.479.1176
fax: 512.479.1101

email: [email protected]

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Overview

A true team player, Jennifer considers every aspect of legal work vital and knows even the smallest task will move client matters forward efficiently.

Jennifer is known for rolling up her sleeves as a real estate attorney, understanding that even the most routine component of a case is part of the bigger picture. This willingness gives her intricate knowledge that can reveal unexpected strategies and solutions. Jennifer guides real estate clients on legal issues regarding:

Construction
Document analysis and drafting
Environmental matters
Leasing
Purchase and sales

Before beginning her real estate practice, Jennifer was a Senior Paralegal with the firm, and she brings a unique understanding of the deadlines, details, filings, and personal connections of legal work from start to finish. She enjoys solving clients’ most complex challenges, knowing the answers are often in the details.

Industry

Energy & Natural Resources

Services

Corporate Real Estate

Energy Storage

Real Estate Investment

Solar Energy

Wind Energy

Education

J.D., University of Houston Law Center
- with honors
- National Order of the Scribes Award
- Order of the Barons
- Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy, Editor-in-Chief
B.A., University of Texas at Austin
- Rhetoric & Writing and Linguistics
- with high honors
- Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

Texas

Professional Memberships and Certifications

ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER), Energy Infrastructure, Siting and Reliability Committee (EISR), Vice-Chair, 2022-2023

Part of retaining talent is creating a collegial atmosphere where people want to stay – or for us boomerang employees, return – which, in my experience, Husch Blackwell does very well.

Read why Jennifer returned to Husch Blackwell as a practicing attorney

Experience

Represented sponsors in the development of multiple 100-megawatt (AC) storage projects and early-stage solar and storage projects in Texas.
Represented sponsors in the tax equity and debt financing, as well as development, of a 250-megawatt solar project in Milam County, Texas.
Represented sponsors in the tax equity and debt financing of a 200-megawatt solar project in Milam County, Texas.
Represented sponsors in the acquisition, development, and debt financing of a 300-megawatt solar plus battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Hopkins County, Texas.
Represented sponsors in the development and debt financing of a 150-megawatt (AC) solar project in Texas.
Represented sponsors in early-stage development work for a variety of greenfield solar plus BESS, standalone BESS, and solar projects across Texas, Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Mississippi.
Represented sponsors in site control acquisition and minerals curative work for solar projects in Texas.
Represented sponsors in site control acquisition work for wind and solar projects in Colorado and Texas.
Represented sponsors in early-stage development work for a solar project in Arkansas.
Represented sponsors in the development, debt financing, and tax equity financing of a 301.5-megawatt wind project in Texas.
Represented sponsors in the acquisition of a portfolio of three early-stage solar projects in North Carolina.
Represented sponsors in the development, debt financing, and tax equity financing of a 238-megawatt solar plus BESS project in Kern County, California.
Represented sponsors in early-stage development work for solar and storage projects in Texas.
Represented sponsors in the development and debt financing of a 101.7-megawatt solar project in Brazoria County, Texas.
Represented lenders and investors in the debt and tax equity financing of wind and solar repowering projects in Illinois and Texas.
Represented lenders and investors in the debt and tax equity financing of solar projects in Arizona and North Carolina.
Represented lenders in the debt financing of a portfolio comprising an 80-megawatt wind project in Illinois and a 179-megawatt solar project in Arizona.
Represented lenders in the debt financing of solar projects in Texas, including projects in Leon, Rusk, and Fort Bend counties.
Represented lenders in the debt financing of a 147-megawatt solar project in Fayette County, Tennessee.
Represented lenders in the debt financing of a portfolio comprising solar projects in North Carolina and Texas.
Represented lenders in the debt financing of standalone BESS and solar projects in Texas.
Represented investors in the tax equity financing of wind and solar projects in Texas, Arkansas, and Ohio.
Represented sponsors in early-stage site control acquisition work for wind and solar projects in Texas.
Represented sponsors in the tax equity and debt financing of standalone BESS projects in Texas.

Articles | June 28, 2022

Law360: Texas Infrastructure Act And Renewables Projects: 1 Year In (log-in required)

Blog | June 10, 2022

A Year Out: Renewable Energy Developer and Investor Compliance with the Texas Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act

Blog | August 24, 2021

Texas Legislature Expands Decommissioning Requirements to Solar Power Facility Agreements with Enactment of SB 760

Blog | August 23, 2021

Real Estate Concerns for Hybrid Renewable Energy Projects

News Releases | February 15, 2023

Husch Blackwell Advises Churchill Stateside Group's Renewable Energy Fund in Groundbreaking Tax Equity Investment for Battery Energy Storage

Media Mentions | February 13, 2023

Power Finance & Risk: GIP subsidiary closes battery storage tax equity financing (log-in required)

News Releases | August 22, 2022

Husch Blackwell's Mahr and Pier Named to Industry Group Officer Roles

Outside the Office

Jennifer enjoys hiking the green spaces of central and west Texas, frequenting Big Bend National Park. She’s also a runner, having completed one full and three half marathons.

Jennifer and her husband hiking the Window Trail in Big Bend National Park.

Jennifer and her husband hiking Madrone Trail along Canyon Lake.

Community Leadership

Starting in 2014, Jennifer has worked in collaboration with Husch Blackwell’s Austin office to volunteer for Meals on Wheels Central Texas. Jennifer has been among those in the firm helping the social services organization deliver more than 3,000 meals every business day to homebound seniors and adults with disabilities.