• Led the DFC legal team that drafted the initial agreements establishing the U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund and worked with U.S. Department of Treasury team on the structuring and negotiation of those agreements*
• Advised on and drafted the Administration’s legislative proposal on DFC’s reauthorization*
• Led the DFC legal team supporting DFC’s portfolio management, distressed projects and workouts, political risk insurance, and technical assistance*
• Led the process for interagency review and Board approval leading to record-breaking $12 billion of investments across more than 180 transactions in Fiscal Year 2024 and nearly $3 billion for 22 transactions in Q1 of Fiscal Year 2025, including:
  • Up to $553 million loan to the Lobito Atlantic Railway in Angola for the upgrade and rehabilitation of more than 800 miles of rail and a mineral port to ensure the reliable transport of critical minerals*
  • Up to $126 million loan to PT Medco Cahaya Geothermal to finance the development of approximately 31.4 MW of geothermal power generation in East Java, Indonesia*
  • A $50 million equity investment in TechMet to support the development of the Phalaborwa Rare Earths project*
  • A $350 million loan to Enerjisa Enerji Uretim A.S. to finance the development, construction, and operation of nine onshore wind power plants in Western Turkey*
  • A $50 million equity investment in PI Fund V (Ontario), L.P. to increase investments in Latin America infrastructure with a primary focus on Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Mexico*
  • An up to $150 million loan in partnership with IDB Invest and other development finance institutions to V.tal – Rede Neutra De Telecomunicações S.A. (“V.tal”), along with an up to $480 million (80 percent) guaranty to Deutsche Bank for its purchase of V.tal infrastructure debentures, to support the expansion of fiber optic networks across Brazil*
  • $1 billion in political risk insurance to enable a debt conversion in Ecuador that will strengthen economic resilience and support the Amazon Biocorridor Program*

• As General Counsel of Centrus Energy Corp. (formerly USEC Inc.):
  • Coordinated all activities related to project financing of the American Centrifuge Project, including applying for financing from the DOE loan guarantee program and establishment of alternative financing mechanisms to maintain the centrifuge program*
  • Established a joint venture for advanced centrifuge machine manufacturing and served on its Board*
  • Negotiated restructuring of $530M of debt and $115M of preferred stock and “pre-arranged” Chapter 11 filing*
  • Obtained a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision on a critical international trade case; successfully resolved a long-standing Department of Justice investigation and licensing and compliance matters at DOE and NRC*

• As Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of U.S. Ex-Im Bank, led or played a key role in most of the Bank's major accomplishments over a four-year period, including:
  • Congressional reauthorization of the Bank's Charter*
  • Design and implementation of a major reorganization of the Bank's structure to separate the business development and credit and risk management functions in order to enhance internal controls and focus on customer service*
  • Development of a $500M short-term, letter of credit insurance facility to support the Trade Bank of Iraq and led international collaboration efforts through the OECD resulting in 15 other nations signing similar framework agreements providing over $2B to facilitate the rebuilding of Iraq*
  • Negotiation of multilateral and bilateral agreements including a Framework Agreement for sovereign credits with the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China, a Memorandum of Understanding with the State Export-Import Bank of the Ukraine, and a Co-Financing Agreement with SACE, the Italian export agency, to partner in sales to buyers in third countries* 
  • Participated in multilateral meetings at the OECD, including on the negotiation of a common approach for evaluating environmental impacts of projects financed by export credit agencies requiring compliance with the more stringent of host country, World Bank or regional development bank standards*
  • Initiated and organized an innovative conference in Jordan to address key trade, development and investment finance issues in the Broader Middle East and North Africa which was among the largest gatherings of government officials, trade and development agency representatives and the private sector ever conducted in the region*
  • Major project finance transactions such as the BTC pipeline, Sakhalin II oil and gas project, Reliance telecom, and Chartered semi-conductor financings and major restructurings such as the Paiton and Jawa power projects*

• Represented the Millennium Challenge Corporation in the negotiation of compacts and related agreements, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation on various matters, and U.S. Ex-Im Bank on the financing of a project in Brazil*
• Advised the Nuclear Energy Institute and Constellation Energy/UniStar in connection with the implementation of U.S. government insurance and loan guarantee programs at DOE for the development of advanced nuclear power plants*
• Represented the lenders in the $125M acquisition financing of a portfolio of California power plants in a deal that was recognized as the North American Portfolio Financing Deal of the Year in 2006 (Project Finance magazine); seller in proposed sale of a 50% interest in and $700M debt issuance for the recapitalization of a portfolio of 14 energy, industrial and utility related projects; and developer in $730M of financing facilities for the development and construction of a 600 MW natural-gas fired electric generating facility in New Mexico*
• Representing developers, negotiated and successfully closed over $1B in export credit agency and multilateral agency financings for infrastructure projects in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Turkey*
• Represented the developer in the negotiation of project and financing agreements for the Songas - Songo Songo Gas to Power Project in Tanzania supported by multilateral financing from the International Development Agency and the European Investment Bank*
• Acted as developers counsel on the financing of a 440 MW hybrid merchant power and cogeneration project in Texas and as lenders counsel on stadium projects for the Detroit Tigers and Denver Broncos*
• Represented lenders in the financing of the acquisition of an NHL franchise, developer in the sale of its interests in the Songas project in Africa, and acquirer in the proposed management buy-out of a multi-billion dollar portfolio of international projects*

*Prior to joining Baker Botts