Ike Emehelu

Jan 9, 2025 | akingump.com | Ike Emehelu |Shariff Barakat

By: Ike Emehelu, Shariff N. BarakatJoin projects & energy transition partners Ike Emehelu and Shariff Barakat at Infocast's Projects & Money, where Ike will moderate the "The State of Project Finance – View from the C-Suite" panel, and Shariff will moderate the "Capital Markets & Other Capital Sources for Project Finance & Investment" panel. Please click here to register and enter promotional code 250113 to receive 15% off.

Nov 12, 2024 | mondaq.com | Vanessa Wilson |Kenneth Markowitz |Shariff Barakat |Ike Emehelu

President-elect Trump has been outspoken about his intent to reverse many of the Biden administration's clean energy legislative and regulatory actions. We expect that the second Trump administration will seek to repeal most, if not all, of the Biden administration's actions on climate change and the environment. One target of these efforts will likely be the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). The new administration may seek to repeal the IRA in whole or in part.

Nov 11, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Shariff Barakat |Richard Coppola III |Ike Emehelu

President-elect Trump has been outspoken about his intent to reverse many of the Biden administration’s clean energy legislative and regulatory actions. We expect that the second Trump administration will seek to repeal most, if not all, of the Biden administration’s actions on climate change and the environment. One target of these efforts will likely be the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). The new administration may seek to repeal the IRA in whole or in part.

Apr 19, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Shariff Barakat |Jesse Betts |Ike Emehelu

The energy transition posts a tremendous opportunity for private equity investors. The scale of the investment requirement makes private capital a “must have” and a broad spectrum of energy transition opportunities, particularly in “hard to abate” solutions, where direct electrification does not provide an efficient solution, offer a risk and return profile well suited to private equity fund expectations with significant value enhancement and upside potential.

Mar 12, 2024 | lexology.com | Sergio A. Urias |Amy Wollensack |Anna K. Abram |Shariff Barakat |Jesse Betts |Laura Black | +20 more

The year 2023 will be remembered as a challenging year for private equity, with complexities to navigate on many fronts. Traditional debt financing was expensive and scarce, expectations on valuations were tricky to navigate, portfolio companies required additional attention, fundraising was not easy and regulators continued to scale up their scrutiny of the industry and its transactions.