JoonBeom Pae

Clients value JoonBeom Pae’s creative, solution driven approach and deep experience in advising private fund sponsors on structuring and operating a wide range of funds, including credit, direct lending, buy-out and infrastructure funds. He focuses primarily on advising private funds sponsors and investors on fund formation and investments. JoonBeom works closely with his clients to achieve their commercial goals while navigating complex legal and business challenges.

• Advised PSEG Power LLC, an energy supply company, on the acquisition of certain investment tax credits (ITCs) related to hydropower plants and energy storage and microgrid facilities. This transaction represents PSEG’s first tax credit acquisition under the processes established pursuant to the Inflation Reduction Act.
• Represented Apollo Management Holdings, L.P., as purchaser, in an investment tax credit transfer transaction for a landfill renewable natural gas facility in Northville, Michigan, owned by a subsidiary of OPAL Fuels Inc. and GFL Environmental Inc.
• Represented a private equity firm as purchaser in an approximately $112 million investment tax credit transfer transaction for two utility-scale solar and storage projects in Kern and Los Angeles Counties, California.

• "Joon Pae is an excellent advisor. He has exceptional listening and on the spot problem solving skills. All while being practical and reasonable. He doesn’t pretend to know everything and recognizes situations where seeking agreement from other partners is helpful. He also has a great network and is a great connector. Overall, he cultivates great trust while delivering meaningful advice." – Legal 500

• Northwestern University School of Law, JD
  Managing Editor, Journal of International Human Rights; Awarded Outstanding Tax Student from the Federal Taxation Committee of the Chicago Bar Association
• New York University School of Law, LLM in Taxation
• Seoul National University, BA, summa cum laude

• New York

• Co-Chair of the Tax Committee of National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
• Member of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association