Dan Bernstein

Executive Director and Group Head, Energy & Infrastructure Finance @ Ally

About

Commercial banking and Project Finance professional with long-term experience in energy sector financings. Significant restructuring experience with distressed special assets. Work-out of project finance and merchant banking investments in the power industry. Specialties: Energy and related infrastructure financings; senior, mezzanine and subordinated debt structuring; workouts and restructuring; company valuation and analysis; power project due diligence and analysis; legal documentation; deal negotiation.

Country

United States

City

New York

Industry

Financial Services

Skill

Project Finance, Debt, Financial Modeling, Renewable Energy, Portfolio Management, Structuring, Credit Analysis, Restructuring, Corporate Finance, Due Diligence, Energy, Wind Energy, Debt Structuring, Financial Structuring, Credit, Loans, Mergers & Acquisitions, Fixed Income, Equities

Experience

Executive Director and Group Head, Energy & Infrastructure Finance

Ally

2025-4 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

New York, United States

Managing Director

First Citizens Bank

2022-1 - 2025-4 · 3 yrs 4 mos

New York, United States

Managing Director

CIT

2012-10 - 2025-4 · 12 yrs 7 mos

New York, NY

Origination. structuring and execution of direct and syndicated project finance loans within the Energy sector

Vice President, Restructuring & Energy

HSH Nordbank

2007-9 - 2012-7 · 4 yrs 11 mos

Restructuring and work-out of distressed merchant banking investments. Project finance banker for both conventional and renewable power, supporting PE sponsors and project developers. Structured and placed capital at all levels (senior debt, mezannine, equity) and throughout the company/project life cycle (development stage, construction/term lending, recapitalization, acquisition).