Matt Bigham, Managing Director & Co-Head of Chicago, is based in Marathon Capital's Chicago office. He advises clients on sell-side and buy-side M&A transactions, equity, tax equity, and debt capital raise transactions as well as offtake procurement and strategic consulting engagements in the renewable energy, power, and energy transition sectors.

Since joining Marathon Capital in 2016, Matt has worked on a variety of notable transactions, including advising TC energy on its renewable energy strategy and execution, advising NextEra on a $900 million capital raise from Blackstone, the acquisition of the 500 MW Aktina solar plant by Tokyo Gas, RWE on its equity raise for its 861 MW operating wind portfolio, the sale of Alterra Power to Innergex, MEAG on its acquisition of an equity interest in Starwood’s 460 MW wind portfolio, and Fiera Infrastructure on its acquisition of an equity interest in DESRI’s 921 MW solar and wind portfolio.

Before joining Marathon Capital, Matt was VP of Finance at Lincoln Clean Energy, focusing on corporate finance, project finance, and M&A. His projects include the construction financing and asset management of the Oak solar plant and the sale of approximately 1 GW of wind and solar projects, as well as managing Lincoln’s joint venture with Samsung C&T and the sale of Lincoln to I Squared Capital. Prior to Lincoln, he spent seven years at Inland Private Capital Corporation, leading the acquisition and financing of over $1 billion in commercial real estate investments.

Matt holds a BA in Economics from the University of Illinois and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He holds Series 24 and 79 licenses.