Advised Southwest Airlines, the leading carrier at Midway Airport, in negotiating the terms and conditions under which the airline would agree to the privatization of the airport by the City of Chicago, including a new 25-year Use Agreement for the airline’s lease and utilization of the airport after privatization, and the Concession Agreement under which a concessionaire/operator would be granted a 99-year lease of the entire airport.

Advised the City of Atlanta and its Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (the busiest in the world) in the negotiation of new Lease and Use Agreements to govern airline and airport finances, development, and operations at the airport, including a capital improvement program running into the billions of dollars, as well as federal regulatory and complex real estate and financing contracts.

Represent a leading Brazilian infrastructure developer in connection with the privatization of Guarulhos, Brasilia and Campinas airports, including the analysis of the government’s proposed bidding terms and negotiations with a major international airport operator regarding their collaboration in the privatization process.

Represent Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Nippon Export Investment Insurance (NEXI) in connection with the $435 million non-recourse financing of a 1,000 MW dual turbine, gas-fired electrical power project in Tuxpan, Mexico, sponsored by Union Fenosa.

Represent Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as a political risk insurer in connection with a power project in the Dominican Republic.

Represented Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) in connection with a $212 million loan, arranged by Citibank and unconditionally guaranteed by the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Colombia, for several projects being conducted by ISAGEN S.A. E.S.P., a state-owned power company located in Colombia.

Represent Transierra, a Bolivian gas pipeline owner and operator, as borrower with respect to an International Finance Corporation (IFC) $150 million A/B loan in connection with the Yacuiba to Rio Grande 432-kilometer gas pipeline in Bolivia. The shareholders at time of the IFC Loan were Total S.A., Repsol YPF and Petrobras.

Represent Repsol YPF in connection with its negotiations with Hunt Oil with respect to certain aspects of Repsol’s participation in the LNG liquefaction plant contemplated for the Camisea project in Peru.

Represented Omimex parties in connection with a New York law enforceability opinion relating to the financing of a $112 million project for the construction, development, and operation of several oilfields in Colombia. IFC provided $35 million of the financing for the project.

Represented JBIC in connection with the $275 million proposed expansion of the Cantarell Project, involving the construction and integration with the existing project of a fifth ASU module and related cogeneration plant.

Represent IIC in the second tranche of a B Loan to Petroquimica Comodoro Rivadavia, an Argentine petrochemical concern.

Represented the Alaska Permanent Fund, indirectly through its investment in Global Infrastructure Partners Ltd and directly along with several co-investors in the container terminal operations business of Switzerland’s MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. S.A for approximately 1.93 billion.

Represent IDB as project finance lender in connection with a $21,000,000 loan (consisting of a $10,500,000 IDB loan and an associated $10,500,000 "B" Loan) to finance the construction of the Port of M'Bopicuá to be located in the Uruguay River.

Represent lender in connection with a social infrastructure loan to finance health facilities in Panamá.

Represented a pension plan in its investment in the development of an U.S. toll road.

Represent Consorcio del Este in connection with a New York law enforceability opinion relating to an IDB A/B Loan amendment.