Archer Wu

Archer Wu is an associate in Stoel Rives’ Corporate practice group, specializing in financing, corporate governance matters and mergers and acquisitions. With a focus on the renewable energy industry, Archer assists project sponsors, financial institutions, and investors with the acquisition, development, financing, and sale of renewable energy projects.

Before joining Stoel Rives, Archer was a legal extern to Justice Steven C. González of the Washington State Supreme Court and a legal extern at the Washington Attorney General’s Office, where Archer gained invaluable experience conducting legal research relating to regulatory policy and compliance.

Education

University of Washington School of Law, J.D., 2021; Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot; Associate Editor-in-Chief, Washington International Law Journal

University of Rochester, M.S., Human Development (Research Track)

Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, B.A., Economics and Human Resources

Admissions

Washington

Languages

• Assisted in representation of the sponsor and its affiliates in the back-leverage term debt financing and partnership-flip tax equity financing of a 34.2 MW DC portfolio of solar projects located in California and New York.
• Representation of Silicon Ranch Corporation in connection with the combined debt and tax equity financing of the 177.44 MWdc DeSoto I solar project in Georgia.
• Representation of Silicon Ranch Corporation in connection with the combined debt and tax equity financing of the 83 MWdc DeSoto III solar project in Georgia
• Representation of Silicon Ranch Corporation in connection with the combined debt and tax equity financing of the 22 MWdc Canadaville solar project in
• Representation of 1st Source Bank in the combined debt and tax equity financing for 10 commercial and industrial solar projects located in Illinois, representing approximately 29 MWdc.
• Representation of 1st Source Bank in the combined debt and tax equity financing for a portfolio of 23 solar projects (ground-mounted and rooftop) located in Maryland and the District of Columbia.
• Assisted in representation of the sponsor and its affiliates in the construction and term debt financing and inverted lease tax equity financing of a 6.51 MW DC portfolio of solar projects located in Minnesota and California.
• Assisted in representation of a sponsor in connection with debt and tax equity financing for a geothermal facility in Utah.
• Representation of Silicon Ranch Corporation in connection with the combined debt and tax equity financing of the 345 MWdc Toombs solar project, with a large-scale construction crossed two counties in Georgia.
• Represented a C&I solar developer and financier in multiple acquisitions of solar power generation projects and battery storage systems to expand its project portfolio.
• Representation of the sponsor and its affiliates in the construction and term debt financing and inverted lease tax equity financing of two utility projects (each of approximate 79 MW AC) located in Mississippi.
• Assisted in representation of Point B, Inc., an employee-owned management consulting firm, in its partnership with Endeavour Capital.
• Assisted in representation of Nichirei Foods, Inc., a Japanese corporation, in the acquisition of 51% of the equity interest in Innov Asian Cuisine Enterprises, Inc.
• Representation of a Canadian corporation during its acquisition in a US-based limited liability company that specializes in traffic and transportation, which involved a combination of leveraged debt and stock acquisitions.

• CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Professional Responsibility, 2020
• Pro Bono Student Award of the Year, 2021

Professional

• Asian Bar Association of Washington Pro Bono Clinics, Volunteer Student and Volunteer Attorney
• Firm Seattle Office Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) Committee Member
• Firm Seattle Office Coaching & Mentoring Committee Member

Civic

• Asian Bar Association of Washington, Member
• Washington State Bar Association, Member