Elliot Hinds, a partner in Goodwin Procter’s business law department and a member of its private equity, leveraged finance, and energy practices, has extensive experience in the areas of debt financing, mergers and acquisitions, project development and finance, and corporate and commercial transactions. He represents a wide variety of businesses in the milestones of debt financing, mergers and acquisitions, corporate structuring, and strategic commercial contracting that occur in their development and life cycles. His client work includes representation of private equity firms, hedge funds, and other investors, borrowers, and lenders in all aspects of secured and unsecured finance transactions, including senior, mezzanine, and junior acquisition and bridge loan arrangements. In addition, he counsels clients in the structuring and negotiation of mergers and acquisitions, and joint venture transactions, as well as in the financing needed to complete merger and acquisition transactions. He also has extensive energy experience, having represented developers, lenders, and investors in the development, financing, purchase, and sale of renewable (including wind, geothermal, solar, and biomass) natural gas, cogeneration, and coal-fired electric power projects, liquid natural gas, and bioethanol facilities and transportation projects.