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Rodger Tighe focuses his practice on all aspects of finance, including bank financing and project financing. In the area of project finance he has represented both lenders and borrowers in a wide range of projects, including power plants. Mr. Tighe is a graduate of Assumption College and the University of Virginia School of Law. He began his legal career as an associate at Cullen and Dykman LLP in 1973. In 1978, he left the firm to work for Citibank, N.A. and then for The Chase Manhattan Bank. He was a partner at Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle (1985-1989) and Dewey Ballantine (1989-1999). He then returned to Cullen and Dykman LLP and is presently a partner in the firm’s Banking Department. Mr. Tighe is the original author of "Structuring Commercial Loan Agreements" and was selected by Euromoney magazine as one of the outstanding finance lawyers in America. He is currently listed in The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers. Throughout the years Mr. Tighe has lectured on a variety of topics related to finance, including lender liability, structuring credit facilities and perfection of security interests. He taught courses in bank financing at the Fordham Law School for five years. While continuing to practice law during the last several years, Mr. Tighe has developed software for the automated drafting of sophisticated legal documents. | 