Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Energy and infrastructure.

Partner in the London office whose practice focuses on the development, construction, financing, purchase and sale of energy, telecommunications, and infrastructure projects in emerging markets, with a particular emphasis in Africa and Eastern Europe. Practice includes representation of the World Bank, governments, sponsors, and lenders on project development and finance matters. Currently advising various clients on the development or purchase and sale of over a dozen independent power projects in Africa and Eastern Europe with a combined value of several billion dollars.

Clerkship Honourable Henry H Whiting of the Supreme Court of Virginia 1998-1999; associate Hunton & Williams 1999-2005; partner 2007. Publications of note: ‘Understanding Power Purchase Agreements’ (November 2014); ‘Looking Toward Project Bonds For African Infrastructure’ (Law360, 27 January 2014); ‘The Challenges of Funding Sub-Saharan Infrastructure’ (Gateway to Africa, 4 June 2013); ‘Cooperation amid conflict’ (IFC’s Handshake, April 2013); ‘A role for PPPs in African infrastructure’ (This Is Africa, 11 March 2013); ‘Financing hydropower in Africa’ (Energy World, February 2013).

District of Columbia Bar; New York State Bar; Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association (International Law and Practice Section).

James Madison University (1995, BS, magna cum laude, with distinction); William and Mary Law School (1998, JD).