Houston, Texas · Energy & Waste Conversion
Baker Lane advises developers, sponsors, and owners of energy and waste conversion projects through the development phase — from concept through final investment decision.
The problem
An offtake that isn't bankable
A feedstock position that can't be defended
A cost estimate that won't survive diligence
A permitting path out of sequence with the build
These problems are expensive to fix late and inexpensive to avoid early. Baker Lane exists to find them in month three rather than month thirty.
Where we work
Screening and commercial framing
Model, cost basis, sensitivities
Bankable commercial structure
Sequenced to the build schedule
Procurement and bid evaluation
A decision that holds up
Most engagements begin where the commercial risk sits — feedstock, offtake, and the assumptions underneath the model. That is where diligence concentrates, and where late surprises cost the most.
Capabilities
Negotiation support across feedstock, offtake, and site agreements, with risk allocation reviewed against what the market will actually accept.
Counterparty screening, credit assessment, pricing mechanics, and term structures that hold up under a lender's review.
Sequencing regulatory and interconnection milestones against the construction critical path, so approvals arrive when the schedule needs them.
Procurement strategy, bid evaluation, and contract structure review — including the risk allocation that determines whether a project is financeable.
Project model development, sensitivity and scenario analysis, and cost estimate review with the contingency assessment diligence will demand.
Diligence preparation and investment committee materials that anticipate the questions rather than react to them.
Ongoing advisory across an active development program.
Defined scope — a model, a feasibility review, a diligence readiness assessment.
Compensation earned on operational and commercial milestones achieved.
Approach
Baker Lane was founded on 25 years in project and structured finance built across major integrated energy companies and a global energy trading and infrastructure bank — evaluating, structuring, and executing transactions from the capital side.
That perspective, knowing precisely what lenders, investors, and independent engineers will test before they test it, is what we bring to the development table.
Sectors
Advisors, not intermediaries. We advise on projects. We don't finance them. Baker Lane is not a broker-dealer and is not a registered investment adviser. We do not solicit investors, place securities, or receive compensation contingent on a financing. Our alignment is with the project.
Contact
One page, PDF — capabilities, sectors, and engagement models.