Derrick N. D. Hansen

 

Derrick Hansen is Of Counsel with Friedman Dumas & Springwater LLP. Mr. Hansen has broad experience in complex corporate transactions, bankruptcy practice and advising companies in all facets of their corporate needs, including mergers, acquisitions, corporate financings, manufacturing and logistics arrangements, secured transactions, corporate reorganizations, liquidations and general corporate matters. Mr. Hansen also has experience working on regulatory water and energy matters while advising and representing municipalities and regulated public utilities. Mr. Hansen's energy practice has included representing and advising utilities in the negotiation and drafting of power purchase agreements (“PPAs”) with developers of geothermal, biomass, wind, photovoltaic solar, concentrated solar and wave power, as part of the California Public Utilities Commission's (“CPUC's”) 2005, 2006 and 2007 Renewable Portfolio Standard (“RPS”) solicitations. In addition, he has reviewed regulatory applications for approval of PPAs by the CPUC, has followed closely recent developments in the energy industry relating to RPS matters and climate change regulation before the CPUC, and is well versed in the rules of practice and procedure before that agency. Similarly, Mr. Hansen's experience with water matters has most recently included negotiating, drafting and seeking regulatory approval of a multi-party settlement to resolve a decades long water supply solution for the Monterey peninsula region by means of building a state-of-the-art regional desalination plant. The settlement emerged from a collaborative effort of local municipalities, various public interest groups and a regulated water utility, and involved crafting a Water Purchase Agreement that serves as the backbone for the proposed regional desalination project.

 

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Hansen served as general counsel to iAsiaWorks, Inc., a publicly-traded, pan-Asia Internet Data Center company. While at iAsiaWorks, Mr. Hansen was responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company's legal representation, including issues of corporate governance, compliance with the securities laws, strategic M&A transactions and the raising of capital. Before working at iAsiaWorks, Mr. Hansen was a corporate associate at both Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP in Palo Alto and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP in New York, where his practice focused on corporate and securities laws matters primarily in the context of entrepreneurial, start-up and emerging growth technology companies. There he developed extensive expertise in a wide range of matters, including initial formation, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, the periodic reporting requirements of publicly held companies and general corporate counseling.

 

Mr. Hansen received his undergraduate degree in International Relations from Brown University in 1993 and a J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 1997. Mr. Hansen is a member of the state bars of New York (1998) and California (2003).

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