C. Dan Black

Mr. Black is an associate in our Business & Finance Section. He represents both financial institutions and borrowers in all aspects of complex finance transactions. He also represents companies in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and real estate matters. Prior to joining Durham Jones & Pinegar, Mr. Black spent three years in the finance department of Latham & Watkins’ San Diego office.

Mr. Black is admitted only in California, he is not yet admitted in Utah. 

Education

Gonzaga University School of Law - J.D., magna cum laude (2008)

  • Articles Editor/Vesting Editor for the Gonzaga Law Review
  • Recipient of Thomas More Scholarship
  • Co-founder and Vice President of Gonzaga Chapter, J. Reuben Clark Law Society

Brigham Young University - B.S., Business Management, (2005)

  • Merit scholarship recipient

Prior Professional Experience

  • Associate with Latham & Watkins
  • Baker and McKenzie, Quisumbing Torres 

Professional and Civic Activities

  • Member, California State Bar Association
  • Member, San Diego County Bar Association
  • Member of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society
  • Member, Marriott School of Management Alumni Association

Publications

  • “Georgia v. Randolph: A Murky Refinement of the Fourth Amendment Third-Party Consent Doctrine”, 42 GONZAGA LAW REVIEW 321 (2006), received “Best Note” in Gonzaga Law Review’s 2006 Notes Competition
  • “Properly Categorizing Commercial-Scale Solar Energy Assets”, SOLAR INDUSTRY, Jan. 2010
  • Annual Meeting Handbook (RR Donnelley 2010 Ed.)

Representative Cases/Deals

  • Represented Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. and CitiBank, N.A. in connection with the development, acquisition and construction project financing of First Solar Inc.’s 550 megawatt (MW) solar power generation project in Riverside County, California, including an eighty percent loan guaranty from the U.S. Department of Energy under the Financial Institution Partnership Program (FIPP), part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
  • Represented GWF Power Systems LP in connection with the corporate and operational restructuring of its five coke-fired power generation plants near Pittsburg, California.
  • Represented GWF Solar LLC in connection with its structuring and development of a 110 MW solar power generation project in Lemoore, California.
  • Represented Excel Trust, L.P. in connection with its $200 million refinancing of its revolving credit facility with Wells Fargo, N.A.
  • Represented Dexia Crédit Local and Société Générale in connection with Lakefield Wind Project, LLC’s $340 million senior secured credit facility for the acquisition, construction and term financing of its wind power generation project in northern Minnesota.
  • Represented Bank of America Merrill Lynch in connection with the $275 million second lien financing of Kerzner International’s Atlantis, the Palm, in Dubai, UAE.
  • Represented Energy Capital Partners in connection with the $525 million acquisition financing of four power generation projects in New England.
  • Represented Bank of America Merrill Lynch in connection with the $225 million senior secured credit facility and the $325 million unsecured notes offering for Seneca Gaming Corporation and its tribal casino and hospitality locations in upstate New York.
  • Represented GWF Energy LLC, Harbert Power, LLC, and affiliates in connection with the $40 million mezzanine financing for their California operations.
  • Represented GWF Energy LLC and affiliates in connection with their corporate restructuring, development, and permitting matters.
  • Represented GWF Energy LLC and affiliates in connection with a $32.8 million bridge financing and a $411 million construction project financing for GWF’s combined-cycle power generation project in San Joaquin County, California.
  • Represented Harbert Power, LLC, in connection with its acquisition of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated’s interests in GWF and related California subsidiaries; represented GWF and Harbert in the corporate restructuring and mergers related to such acquisition.
  • Represented Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. in connection with five separate private placements by Calpine Corporation, with such offerings totaling more than $5 billion.
  • Represented Nevada Geothermal Power, Inc. in connection with the corporate restructuring of its domestic holding and operating subsidiaries related to its Blue Mountain, Nevada geothermal power generation project.
  • Represented NGP Blue Mountain I LLC in connection with the $98.5 million senior secured financing with John Hancock Financial Services, including a $78.8 million loan guaranty from the U.S. Department of Energy (the first guaranty as part of the DOE’s FIPP 2 program). Represented NGP Blue Mountain Holdco LLC in connection with its $180 million
  • restructuring with EIG Global Energy Partners (f/k/a TCW Asset Management Company).
  • Represented Wewatta and Wynkoop PT, LLC, a subsidiary of General Electric Pension Trust, in connection with the refinancing of its construction loan for a commercial office building in Denver.
  • Represented The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in connection with the $450 million credit facility for the construction project financing of Goshen Phase II LLC’s wind power generation project in southeastern Idaho developed by BP Wind Energy of North America, Veolia Environnement S.A., and Mitsubishi Corporation.
  • Represented Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch in connection with the acquisition financing for Isle of Capri Casino, Inc.’s purchase and development of the Vicksburg, Mississippi Hotel and Casino.
  • Represented Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch in connection with the restructuring and refinancing of its $1.85 billion credit facility for Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.
  • Represented Energy Capital Partners in connection with its $480 million acquisition of three gas-fired power generation projects from BG Group plc located in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
  • Represented Dexia Crédit Local, New York Branch in connection with the construction project financing of Recurrent Energy LLC’s solar power generation project in San Francisco, California.
  • Represented ViaSat, Inc. in connection with its $575 million acquisition of WildBlue, a privately held provider of broadband satellite internet service.
  • Represented Leap Wireless International, Inc. in connection with corporate and securities matters, including preparation for filing with the SEC of its Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and shelf registration statements on Form S-3.
  • Represented Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch in connection with the acquisition and construction financing of the Sugarhouse Casino and Hotel in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
  • Represented Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. in connection with the $478 million disposition of certain aircraft design and manufacturing business units to The Boeing Company.
  • Represented EuroVegas Hungary Ltd and affiliates in connection with the development, operation, and management of a casino, hotel and resort in Hungary with Hard Rock International.
  • Represented Sony Online Entertainment LLC in connection with regulatory and corporate governance matters, and in its development of online gaming and social networks.
  • Represented Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch in connection with a $1.35 billion credit facility for Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.