Giji M. John

The following represents experience prior to joining Andrews Kurth:

Renewables

• Represented domestic developers in US$ 375 million portfolio financing and approximately US$ 300 million portfolio financing of wind farms.
• Represented domestic developer in US$ 230 million financing of a wind farm.
• Represented multilateral development bank in the Indian Rupee equivalent of US$ 15 million corporate and project financing (including certified emission reduction credit financing) to small- and mini-hydroelectric IPPs in India.
• Represented domestic wind and solar developers in negotiating power purchase agreements for over 1 GW of nameplate capacity.
• Represented a domestic municipal utility in the acquisition and long-term operations and maintenance of 53 MW of thermal energy storage units.
• Represented domestic developers in the purchase and sale of over 1 GW of wind farms.
• Represented a domestic municipal utility in negotiating carbon-free long-term synthetic transmission agreements (physical and financial hedges) for approximately 410 MW of its renewable electricity generation.

Electricity

• Represented independent power producer in the development and financing of approximately 485 MW natural gas-fired, combined-cycle plant in Brazil.
• Represented multilateral development bank in the Philippine Peso equivalent of US$ 15 million corporate financing to electric distribution company in the Philippines.
• Represented multilateral development bank in the EUR 140 million corporate financing to two electric distribution companies in Romania.
• Represented multilateral development bank in the US$ 4.5 million project financing to hydroelectric independent power producer in Tajikistan.
• Represented domestic developer in the acquisition of approximately 400 MW of long-term electric transmission capacity.

Oil and Natural Gas

• Represented domestic natural gas storage company in negotiating its long-term pad gas lease arrangements and related swaps for a 10.2 Bcf storage facility.
• Represented multilateral development bank in the EUR 40 million off-shore equity investment in two gas distribution companies in Romania.
• Represented domestic oil and natural gas company in US $3.8 billion Rule 144(a) offering, securing its oil and gas producing properties in the coastal United States and the Gulf of Mexico.

Transportation and Other Infrastructure

• Represented multilateral development bank in the US$ 50 million corporate financing to commercial airline in Brazil.
• Represented multilateral development bank in the restructuring of US$ 14 million corporate and project financing to rail company in Chile.
• Represented multilateral development bank in the Indian Rupee equivalent of US$ 25 million project financing to reverse-osmosis desalination company in India.
• Represented multilateral development bank in the US$ 20 million project financing to mass transport company in Mexico.
• Represented multilateral development bank in the restructuring of US$ 20.5 million project financing to rail company in Mexico.
• Represented multilateral development bank in the EUR 14 million corporate financing to river shipping company in Romania.
• Represented multilateral development bank in the US$ 15 million quasi-equity investment to start-up airline in Russia.
• Represented multilateral development bank in the restructuring of US$ 35 million project financing to coastal port company in Sri Lanka.