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George's practice includes expertise in various corporate, finance, and energy-related transactions on a national and international basis, with a focus on:
general corporate representation of Fortune 500 companies doing business in Latin America, including the identifying and minimizing of emerging market risks
project development, involving the drafting and negotiating of engineering, procurement, and construction contracts, operation and maintenance agreements, and power purchase agreements
project finance counseling to sponsors and project companies on oil and gas and power projects
corporate finance transactions, including advising large banks and corporations (both as borrowers and lenders) on multimillion-dollar credit facilities ranging from syndicated, multi-currency, multi-jurisdictional loans to single-lender seller financing, as well as preparing and negotiating the loan documents, and securing collateral often located across the United States and the world
stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, especially in Latin America and including the coordination and management of foreign counsel
company formations and structures
ARTICLES / PUBLICATIONS
"US wind power: Gales of opportunity" Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC (March 01, 2005)
"Certain Steps to Setting Up a Retail Electric Provider ("REP") to Self-Provide Electricity in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas ("ERCOT")" (January 26, 2005)
"State of the Art: An Analysis of Portfolio Power Project Financing" Project Finance Magazine - Power Report Supplement (September 01, 2001)
Author
"Accident Prone - Keeping Companies Out of Harm's Way," Business Mexico (July 1996)
Co-Author
"Powers of Attorney in Mexico: Guidelines and Strategies" (with Javier F. Becerra), Mexican Law: A Treatise for Legal Practitioners and International Investors (August 1998)
Co-Contributor
Dictionary of Mexican Legal Terminology (with Javier F. Becerra), Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico City, Mexico (December 1999)
BRIEFINGS, SEMINARS & SPEECHES
George was co-instructor in a course at the Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City, Mexico, on Comparative Law and Legal Translation. He taught about the differences in US and Mexican law as they relate to the translation of legal documents (English to Spanish and Spanish to English) during sessions held in fall 1995 and fall 1996.
PROFESSIONAL / CIVIC AFFILIATIONS
Member
Houston Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
State Bar of Florida | 