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Ashley Wald
Ashley K. Wald
Associate
akwald@hollandhart.com
Denver Office
555 Seventeenth Street
Suite 3200
Denver, CO 80202-3979
Phone: 303-295-8092
Fax: 303-291-9174

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PRACTICE AREAS

Project Development and Finance
Renewable Energy
Mergers and Acquisitions
International

EXPERIENCE

Ms. Wald's practice focuses on project development and finance, with an emphasis on renewable energy projects. She has assisted developers with various stages of the development process, including land acquisition, permitting, construction, and financing. She has experience with the drafting and negotiation of power sales agreements, equipment supply and construction documents, site leases and easements, and documents for the financing of renewable projects. Her practice has included work on projects in the wind, solar and hydroelectric industries. Specifically, Ms. Wald:

Assisted with project-based financing of distributed PV solar generation systems on municipal and higher education buildings in Colorado.

Represented a consortium of municipal utilities in their purchase of a hydroelectric facility, as well as the acquisition of various wind energy power projects through long-term power purchase agreements.

Represented the developer of one of the first and largest photovoltaic commercial solar installations in North Carolina.

Represented developers in the development of wind farms in Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas.

Represented the borrower in the financing of a 165.6MW wind farm in Texas.

Represented the borrower in the financing of a natural gas storage field in Mississippi.

Represented the purchaser of a gas-fired power plant in Utah.

Prior to joining Holland & Hart, Ms. Wald was an associate at the Beijing, China, office of an international law firm where she represented international venture capital firms investing in Chinese companies.

Ms. Wald recently co-taught a course on Renewable Energy and Project Finance Law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, and has appeared as a speaker on various renewable energy topics, as well as doing business in China.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member, American Bar Association, International Law Section

Member, Colorado Bar Association

Member, Denver Bar Association

Board of Directors and Secretary - Holland & Hart Foundation

Member, University of Denver Sturm College of Law Alumni Council

Board of Directors, Hannah Kahn Dance Company

PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Presenter, EUCI Conference and Workshop, "Electric Utility Contracts for Non-Lawyers," May 6-7, 2010.

Presenter, EUCI Webinar, "Early Stage Wind Project Due Diligence," February 25, 2010.

"In China, You Play by Another Set of Rules," The Complete Lawyer, Volume 4 Number 6. (Nov.-Dec. 2008)

Co-Instructor, Renewable Energy Project Finance Course, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Fall 2008.

EDUCATION

University of Denver J.D. 2005
- Order of St. Ives

University of Denver Graduate School of International Studies M.A. 2005
- Comparative Politics, Conflict Resolution

Colorado College B.A. 2000
- Phi Beta Kappa
- magna cum laude


OTHER LANGUAGES

French
Mandarin
Hebrew (beginner)