SAN FRANCISCO (January 30, 2012): Farella Braun + Martel assisted NaturEner USA LLC, a renewable energy company, in securing a $320 million construction loan from Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC to build the 189-megawatt Rim Rock wind power project in Montana. The project is expected to achieve commercial operation by the end of 2012.

Farella lawyers principally involved in the transaction were Corporate Partners Matt Lewis and Jonathan Lemberg, Environmental Partners Jon Benjamin and Skip Spaulding, Corporate Associate Nilima Patel, Environmental Associate Mathew Swain, and Real Estate Associates Brett Greenberg and Navjot Athwal.

NaturEner USA, LLC and NaturEner Energy Canada Inc. are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Spain-based Grupo NaturEner, S.A. which develops, owns, and operates renewable energy facilities in three different countries comprising mini-hydro, solar photovoltaic and wind.

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