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Eric Silverman is a partner in the Global Project Finance Group. He was a founder and former chairman of the International Private Energy Association.
He has extensive experience in project development and financing of major energy, power and infrastructure projects in the U.S. and overseas. His experience includes representing multinational corporations, financial investors and other project participants in restructuring/recapitalization transactions. He has also advised private equity funds, bondholders and other investors in connection with acquisitions and divestitures of infrastructure assets and companies in the energy, telecoms and natural resources sectors.
He has represented international energy companies, project sponsors and financial investors (including banks, official credit agencies and underwriters) in connection with the development, acquisition and financing of power projects (IPPs), upstream oil and gas, LNG, petrochemical, refinery, pipeline and other major energy projects; telecommunications projects including global satellite telecom, fibre optic networks and other telecom systems; natural resources, environmental facilities, transportation infrastructure and others. His financing experience includes Rule 144A project bonds, securitizations, CLOs/CBOs, investment funds, project leasing and other financing structures for energy infrastructure.
Recent projects include: development and financing of LNG terminals in the U.S. and Mexico; NGL II (gas to liquids) monetization in Nigeria; monetization of power and gas hedging positions for Deer Park, Texas refinery; restructuring and recapitalization of 3000 MW merchant power project in New England; development and financing of geothermal IPPs in Western U.S. structuring, acquisition and development of renewable energy projects, including hydro, wind and biomass projects to qualify for production tax credit and renewable energy credits; Termobahia and Ibirite IPPs and Barracuda Oil Project (Brazil); Gas Andes Pipeline (Argentina/Chile); Malampaya Gas Field Acquisition (Philippines); Sincor and Petrozuata Heavy Oil Projects (Venezuela); Parana IPP (Argentina); San Roque IPP (Philippines); Doswell IPP (USA); Global Octanes MTBE Project, Proesa MTBE Project (Mexico); Sithe Independence Project (USA); Meizhou Wan Power Project (China); Paiton Power Project (Indonesia); Marmara Power Project (Turkey); Excel Paralubes Project (USA); EGAT-Rayong Privatization (Thailand) and Centragas Pipeline Project (Colombia). He has published numerous articles and speeches on energy, project finance and various energy regulatory topics.
He is a member of the section on Energy and Natural Resources of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the Bar Association of the City of New York. A graduate of Middlebury College, Mr. Silverman earned his law degree at Georgetown University Law Center. | 