Samara Shepherd
Law Firm PartnerTrackPartner, Investment Funds at Vinson & Elkins
44
Deals Attributed
$106.80B
Deal Value
156.8
GW Capacity
2
Positions Held
Career Timeline
Attributed Deals(44 deals)
Deals attributed based on Samara Shepherd's role at the firm during the transaction.
2026(5 deals)
Jan 2026Counsel214 MW distributed solar portfolio — 106 projectsFinancingSolar$355M214 MW
Feb 2026CounselCorporate financing — energy storage technologyFinancingBESS$150M
Mar 2026CounselTAKKION — integrated renewable energy services platform (wind O&M, construction, logistics, transportation)M&AOther
Mar 2026CounselSteel River Solar & Storage — 2,450 MWdc solar + 2,900 MWh battery storage, ArkansasM&ASolar2,450 MW
Apr 2026CounselBriscoe Wind Farm — 150 MW operating wind, West TexasM&AWind$53M150 MW
2025(11 deals)
Jan 2025CounselCalpine Corporation — largest US power generator with ~26 GW of natural gas + geothermal (725 MW The Geysers, CA) capacity across 80 facilitiesM&ANuclear$26.60B26,000 MW
Mar 2025CounselENGIE NA renewable expansion — additional ~1 GW solar and storage portfolio, expanding Ares-ENGIE partnership to 3.7 GWM&ASolar + Storage1,000 MW
Mar 2025Counsel~900 MW solar + co-located BESS portfolio: 3 solar projects in ERCOT and MISO + 1 standalone BESS in ERCOTM&ASolar + Storage900 MW
Apr 2025CounselAltus Power — largest US owner/operator of commercial-scale solar with 1+ GW operating across 28 statesM&ASolar$2.20B1,000 MW
May 2025CounselTXNM Energy — regulated utility serving 800,000+ customers in Texas and New Mexico (PNM and TNMP subsidiaries)M&ASolar + Storage$11.50B3,000 MW
Jun 2025CounselSunnova residential solar platform — 500K+ customers, residential solar generation/storage portfolio + ServiceCo O&M platform + New Home solar businessM&ASolar$10.67B
Jul 2025CounselMoxie Freedom (1,105 MW CCGT, PA) + Guernsey Power Station (1,875 MW CCGT, OH) — combined-cycle gas plants in PJMM&ANatural Gas$3.50B2,980 MW
Aug 2025CounselDuke Energy Florida — regulated utility serving 2.1M customers (~12.5 GW); 19.7% non-controlling equity interestM&ASolar + Storage$6.00B12,500 MW
Sep 2025CounselTotalEnergies North America solar portfolio — 1.3 GW utility-scale + 140 MW distributed generation across USM&ASolar$1.25B1,400 MW
Oct 2025Counsel49% equity stake in 1,632 MW diversified US portfolio — 1,030 MW solar + 402 MW wind + 200 MW storage, 10 assets, 4 power marketsM&ASolar + Storage$800M1,632 MW
Dec 2025CounselCape Station EGS development (Phase I 100 MW + Phase II 400 MW) + broader Fervo development pipelineFinancingGeothermal$462M500 MW
2024(6 deals)
Jan 2024CounselGlobal Infrastructure Partners (GIP) — world's largest independent infrastructure fund with 19+ GW operational renewables, 173 GW in construction/developmentM&ASolar + Storage$12.50B19,000 MW
Apr 2024CounselPlatform investment supporting development and financing of 3 GW of clean energy infrastructureFinancingSolar$650M3,000 MW
May 2024CounselTexas natural gas portfolio — 1,710 MW: Barney Davis (897 MW), Nueces Bay (635 MW), Laredo (178 MW)M&ANatural Gas$785M1,710 MW
Aug 2024CounselSunPower assets (Chapter 11 stalking horse bid) — residential solar businessM&ASolar$50M
Sep 2024CounselENGIE NA renewable portfolio — 2.7 GW operating portfolio of 15 projects (53% solar, 25% wind, 22% BESS)M&ASolar + Storage2,700 MW
Dec 2024Counsel50% stake in 2 GW Texas solar and BESS portfolio — Danish Fields (720 MWp solar + 225 MWh BESS), Cottonwood (455 MWp solar + 225 MWh BESS), Hill Solar I (solar). Total: 1.7 GW solar + 300 MW BESS.M&ASolar + Storage$800M2,000 MW
2023(5 deals)
Feb 2023CounselCatalyze — 600 MW C&I distributed solar + battery storage pipeline across 30 US statesM&ASolar + Storage$300M600 MW
Apr 2023CounselOhmium PEM electrolyzer manufacturing — green hydrogen production technologyFinancingHydrogen & Fuel Cells$250M
Oct 2023CounselDuke Commercial Distributed Generation — REC Solar operating assets + development pipeline + O&M portfolio + Bloom Energy fuel cell projectsM&ASolar$364M
Oct 2023CounselVineyard Wind 1 — 800 MW offshore wind, ~15 miles off Martha's Vineyard, MassachusettsFinancingOffshore Wind$1.20B800 MW
Nov 2023CounselSTRATOS DAC plant — 500,000 tons/year CO2 capture, Ector County, Texas (~$1.3B total project)FinancingCarbon Capture & DAC$550M
2022(9 deals)
Jan 2022CounselInvenergy — largest privately-held US developer; 175+ projects, ~25 GW operating + pipelineM&ASolar + Storage$3.00B25,000 MW
Mar 2022CounselSB Energy — SoftBank Group US renewables platform (10 GW operating/UC target by 2025)M&ASolar + Storage$600M10,000 MW
May 2022CounselNuScale Power — only viable near-term US light-water SMR (NuScale Power Module / VOYGR)M&ANuclear$1.90B
May 2022CounselCypress Creek Renewables $125M revolving LC + working capital facilityFinancingSolar + Storage$125M
Jun 2022CounselIntersect Power — 8.5+ GW pipeline (utility solar + storage + green hydrogen)M&ASolar + Storage$750M8,500 MW
Jul 2022CounselesVolta — utility-scale BESS developer (>900 MWh operational/contracted across TX, AZ, MT, CA, VA, CO, WA, NM)M&ABESS
Nov 2022Counsel~2 GW gross / 1,080 MW net renewables — Appaloosa Run Wind, Eight Point Wind, Yellow Pine Solar + 10 others (4 newly built + 9 operating wind/solar/storage)M&ASolar + Storage$805M1,080 MW
Dec 2022CounselX-Energy Xe-100 SMR + TRISO fuel technologyM&ANuclear$2.00B
Dec 2022CounselArchaea Energy — leading US RNG (renewable natural gas) developer/operator, 50+ landfill gas + biogas projectsM&AOther$4.10B
2021(6 deals)
Apr 2021CounselStem — AI-driven smart energy storage software + integrated servicesM&ABESS$1.35B
Jun 2021CounselProterra — EV transit/school buses + commercial battery systemsM&ABESS$1.60B
Jul 2021CounselCypress Creek Renewables — integrated US solar IPP/developer (~12 GW pipeline)M&ASolar1,500 MW
Jul 2021FinancierTPG Rise Climate Fund first close — climate impact private equity fund (target $7B hard cap)FinancingMixed$5.40B
Nov 2021CounselBroad Reach Power — 21 GW utility-scale solar + storage portfolio across MT, CA, WY, TX (350 MW BESS operating; 880 MW under construction; 1.7 GW pipeline)M&ABESS21,000 MW
Nov 2021Counsel8 transactions covering 2.2 GWdc late-stage solar + 1.4 GWh co-located storage portfolio (CA + TX projects in operation by 2023)FinancingSolar$2.60B2,200 MW
How deal attribution works: Deals are attributed to individuals based on their role at a firm during the transaction period. C-suite executives and senior partners/MDs are attributed deals where their firm was involved as a principal, counsel, advisor, or lender. This is an inference — not all attributed individuals necessarily worked directly on every deal.