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Practice
Mr. O’Donoghue is a member of the Firm’s Corporate International Department and its Co-General Counsel. Since joining the Firm in 1977, he has worked on both litigation and corporate matters. In recent years, he has concentrated on corporate projects in Latin America, particularly in the oil and gas, energy and chemicals sector. He has extensive experience in project finance and energy infrastructure projects, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, privatizations, cross-border commercial contracts and international litigation. His recent transactions have included the sale of a minority interest in a major U.S. refinery, the re-structuring of a Mexican joint venture, and the acquisition and divestiture of manufacturing facilities in the U.S. Mr. O’Donoghue has also worked on the development of electric power plants, pipelines and transmission lines in Mexico; an independent power producer project and privatization of a regional electricity utility in Oman; advice on regulatory changes in the natural gas and energy laws in Mexico; assistance on cross-border investment projects; and international disputes. He has represented clients in civil and criminal litigation involving securities, commodities, tax, professional liability, regulatory and real estate matters.
Mr. O’Donoghue is chairman of Senator Charles E. Schumer’s Judicial Screening Panel and a member of the board of directors of Fedcap Rehabilitation Services, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to training and employing persons with disabilities and other barriers to employment. Prior to joining the Firm, he clerked for Justice Morris Pashman of the New Jersey Supreme Court.
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1976
B.A., Harvard University, 1973
Associations
New York State and Washington, D.C. Bars
American Bar Association
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Federal Energy Bar
New York State Bar Association
Publications
Co-authored with Felipe Creazzo, Basic Legal Aspects of US Oil Production. Reprinted in its Original F ormat and Language Courtesy of the Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos do Direito da Energia (The Brazilian Institute of Energy Law Studies); First Edition, April 2004
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Co-authored with Felipe Creazzo, Camila Araújo and Lira Renardini Padovan, Draft Model of a New Regulatory Framework for the Brazilian Electric Energy Sector. Latin American Law and Business Report, October 31, 2003
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Co-authored with Eduardo Brito, Texaco Faces Equador Environmental Claims, 16 International Financial Law Review 59 (Aug. 1997)
Co-authored with Andres Consuegra, Columbia-UK Investment Treaty Rejected on Constitutional Grounds, 16 International Financial Law Review 59 (Apr. 1997)
Articles on Mexican energy laws
Languages
English, Spanish | 