Britta von Oesen

Managing Director, CohnReznick Capital

2020 Law & Finance Award Winner

Britta von Oesen leads CohnReznick Capital’s San Francisco office.

She has 10+ years of experience in investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy, and project finance and development in the wind, solar, storage, and broader sustainability sectors. 

von Oesen focuses primarily on transaction management, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), structuring, and negotiation of tax equity, for utility-scale and distributed generation clean energy companies and assets, both in the U.S. and globally.

During her time with CohnReznick Capital, von Oesen has contributed to more than $26 billion of clean energy transactions, demonstrably moving the needle toward a more sustainable future. Before joining CohnReznick Capital, von Oesen was Head of Corporate Strategy and Development for Gestamp Solar, focusing primarily on M&A transactions and project financing for U.S. solar projects. She has also served as a Group Manager for Windkraft Nord AG, a German wind and solar developer, managing the Italian operations for the development of a 1GW+ portfolio of wind and solar assets throughout mainland Italy and Sicily. Before moving to Italy, she worked in Lehman Brothers’ investment banking team within the Global Power Group. In addition to her current role at CohnReznick Capital, von Oesen serves as Co-Chair of the Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA’s) Women’s Empowerment Sub-Committee and Advisor to the San Francisco chapter of Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE). She received an MBA with honors in Finance from Cornell University’s Johnson Business School and a BA in Environmental Biology from Colgate University.