Paul Astolfi

Paul Astolfi is an adjunct professor within Northwestern's Master of Science in Energy and Sustainability (MSES) Program.

TEACHES: ISEN 440 Private Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure Development and Finance (with Tom O’Flynn; 1.0 credit) - Syllabus

He is co-lead of the Global Projects Group and the Infrastructure Investment Team. He has spent the better part of the last 20 years working on greenfield and brownfield power, energy and infrastructure finance and M&A transactions and reorganizations. His experience includes gas-fired peakers in PJM, QFs in MISO, hedged merchant wind and solar facilities in ERCOT (and elsewhere), contracted solar facilities in CAISO, various energy projects in Mexico, and several project bond financings (144A and private placements). Paul has a particularly strong expertise in multi-tiered financing structures and cross-border transactions, including intercreditor arrangements and workouts. Paul speaks French competently and can read and understand Spanish. He is a member of the New York Bar, among others.

Astolfi received his BA from the University of Massachusetts in 1994 and his JD from Michigan Law in 2000.