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Rob practices in the areas of international and domestic project development and project finance, corporate finance, structured finance, and energy-related mergers and acquisitions.
His project development and finance experience includes representing sponsors, equity investors, EPC contractors, project companies, off-takers, and lenders in all aspects of the development and financing of power plants, gas gathering systems, pipelines, liquefied natural gas facilities, chemical plants, sports stadiums and other infrastructure projects. He also has broad experience in other domestic and international financing transactions, representing both lenders and borrowers in corporate financings and workouts. His structured finance experience includes synthetic leases/construction agency agreements, volumetric production payment financings, commodity prepay financings and receivables securitization transactions. Rob also has represented both buyers and sellers in a variety of merger and acquisition transactions, with particular emphasis on acquisitions and sales of interests in infrastructure projects.
Rob is listed in the 2005-2006 edition of Marquis Who’s Who in American Law and the 2004 edition of Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Project Finance Lawyers.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Representing the project company in connection with the project financing of a natural gas storage facility through a Section 4(2)/Reg D private placement of senior secured notes
Representing the project company in connection with the project financing of a liquefied natural gas receiving terminal/regassification facility through the issuance of $2 billion senior secured notes under Rule 144A
Representing a major refining company in connection with $1 billion of revolving and term credit facilities
Representing a major energy company in connection with a convertible notes offering and related issuer call spread transaction
Representing the sponsor and project company in connection with the project financing and subsequent restructuring and §363 sale of a 520-megawatt merchant power plant located in the United States
Representing the sponsor and project company in connection with the project financing and subsequent restructuring of a 421-megawatt cogeneration power project located in the United States
Representing an interstate pipeline company in connection with its issuance of $250 million senior unsecured notes under Rule 144A
Representing an interstate pipeline company in connection with its unsecured revolving credit facility
Representing the sponsor and project company in connection with the project financing of a 364-megawatt power plant located in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Representing the sponsor and project company in connection with the project financing of a 600-megawatt combined cycle power generating facility located in the United States
Representing two borrowers in two separate project financings of two coal-bed methane gas gathering systems located in the United States
Representing the sponsor in connection with the project financing of an 87-megawatt power project located in Guam
PROFESSIONAL / CIVIC AFFILIATIONS
Member
Houston Bar Association
State Bar of Texas, Business Law Section
New York State Bar Association, International Law and Practice Section and Business Law Section
American Bar Association, Sections of Business Law and International Law and Practice
Listed
2005-2006 edition of Marquis Who's Who in American Law
2004 and 2006 editions of Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Project Finance Lawyers | 