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Project Finance - February, 2014

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• Md. Appeals Court Backs Dominion's LNG Export Plans
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Covington's Christine Haskett
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Knight's Anita Mosner
• Cape Wind Opposition Group Sues FAA Over FOIA Request
• Boxer Urges GAO Probe Amid Keystone Enviro Review Flap
• 5th Circ. Partially Revives Texas Transit Rail Contract Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, J. Crew, Total
• Williams NYC Pipeline Expansion Passes Enviro Test
• Mo. City Dodges $39M Bond Suit Over Failed Mamtek Plant
• Pebble Mine Plans Shaken By EPA Action
• Chesapeake Reaps $520M In Sale Of Gas Compression Units
• Panama Canal Expansion Deal Ends Funding Impasse
• Why London Courts Are So Popular With Foreign Parties
• House Tax Reform Plan May Spook Clean Energy Investors
• Dentons Ups Tally Of Heenan Blaikie Hires To 46
• US Lays Groundwork For Atlantic Oil And Gas Exploration
• Minerals Technologies Says It Won't Bow Out Of Amcol Bidding
• FERC's Jurisdiction Now Reaches Ethane Pipelines Too
• EIB Floats $206M Loan For Proposed Belgium Tram Line
• FRCP Discovery Amendments Prove Highly Controversial
• Canada Blocks Taseko's $1.5B Gold And Copper Mine
• Tesla Scouts Sites To Open $5B Car Battery Factory
• EU Bank Lends $200M To Lukoil For Caspian Sea Gas Project
• King & Wood Mallesons Guides $900M South Pacific Gas Deal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Buchalter's Shawn Christianson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Robins Kaplan's Hollis Salzman
• Japanese Utilities Sink $1.2B Into Freeport LNG Project
• Natural Gas Partners Feeds $100M Into MS Energy
• Deals Rumor Mill: WhatsApp, Jos. A. Bank, Carlyle
• OIG Finds No Conflict Of Interest In Keystone Enviro Review
• Marcellus Drilling Rules In Flux As Pa. Wrestles With Act 13
• Obama Calls For $302B To Repair Aging Roads, Bridges
• Imerys' $1.61B Offer Tops Rival's Bid For Amcol
• Williams Partners Puts Up $1.2B For Owner's Canadian Assets
• Expiration Dates Could Be New Normal For Natural Gas Plants
• EIB Shells Out $213M For UK Water Management Project
• Russian Pipeline Supplier Secures $168M Loan From EBRD
• Danish Credit Agency Injects $600M Into Cape Wind Farm
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sedgwick's Stephanie Sheridan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Pryor Cashman's Colleen Caden
• 3rd Circ. Wants US Views On Legality Of NJ Power Subsidies
• Deals Rumor Mill: TPG Capital, Blackstone, Panasonic
• Dinsmore & Shohl To Merge With Peck Shaffer
• PSE&G Pleads Case For $4B Grid Upgrade To NJ Utility Board
• ARPA Energy Inventions Gain $625M In Private Investment
• EPA Seeks Input On Power Plant Rule's Legal Foundation
• 3rd Circ. Leaves State Power Subsidies In No Man's Land
• Will Wyden Recharge The Batteries On Energy Tax Reform?
• Minerals Technologies Ups Amcol Bid To $1.38B
• The Unstoppable Trailblazer: Judge Shira Scheindlin
• Affordable Solar Cinches Financing For NM Project
• Pa. Approves $35M In Funding For Rail Freight Projects
• Norton Rose Launches Brazil Office With Ex-BP Counsel
• Oil, Gas Groups' Suit Over Drilling In Pa. Nat'l Forest Tossed
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dentons' Kara Baysinger
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Winston & Strawn's Joan Fife
• Fla. Senate Bill Would Revise Public Funding To Stadiums
• High Court Refuses Appeal Over Calif. Drainage Project
• Essar Energy Shoots Down Ruia Bros.' $1.5B Buyout Offer
• New Energy Opportunities In Mexico Raise FCPA Risks
• Eldorado Sells $40M Stake In Gold Mine To Chinese PE Firm
• EIB To Loan $291.7M For Major Scottish Motorway Project
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bingham's Debra Fischer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nossaman's Nancy Smith
• Morris Manning Adds Energy, Infrastructure Team In DC
• Metals Co. Calls For Rejection Of $489M HudBay Takeover
• Ex-Chesapeake CEO Raises $680M For Okla. Shale Play
• Environmental Litigation To Watch This Year
• High Court Won't Take Up FERC Tariff Change Cases
• Fla. Bill Would Protect Info In Public-Private Proposals
• NJ Sen. Pushes Enviro Agency To Rethink Gas Pipeline
• Spill Timing Hurts Coal Industry As EPA Mulls Ash Rule
• DOD Unveils Contract Restrictions For Tax Dodgers, Felons
• Holland & Knight Adds Partner to Latin America Finance Group
• World Bank Switches To Private Finance For $12B Congo Dam
• Silica Exposure Lawsuits: The Next Toxic Tort?
• WGL Unit To Invest $410M In 177-Mile Pa. Gas Pipeline
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ropes & Gray's Jane Goldstein
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Snell & Wilmer's Barb Dawson
• BHP Says Royal Blue Is Stalling $117M Oil, Gas Sale
• Pillsbury Atty Gets Call To Head New Shearman Nuclear Team
• Shell Gets $2.6B For Bulk Of Australian Downstream Assets
• Law360 Project Finance Editorial Advisory Board
• Obama Gets Wiggle Room On Keystone XL With Neb. Ruling
• FERC Approves $80M Settlement For Failed Interstate Project
• Partners Group Buys $750M Stake In Mexico's Fermaca
• DOT Signs $670M Construction Grant For LA Transit Line
• Rewiring The Future Of State Power Generation
• Va. Urged To Revamp Plan For $244M Highway Project
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Choate's Melissa Tearney
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Littler's Lee Schreter
• Diamondback Spends $114M On Texas Oil, Gas Acreage
• MoFo Welcomes Back Litigation Pro From White House
• NY-NJ Port Authority OKs $27.6B, 10-Year Capital Plan
• Keystone Route Approval Ruled Unconstitutional
• FERC Skirted Input On NJ-NY Pipeline Study, DC Circ. Told
• EPA Cooling Water Plan Runs Afoul Of Green Groups
• US To Loan $6.5B For 1st New Nuclear Reactors In Decades
• Spectra Inks 4 Transport Deals For $468M Pipeline Project
• DOI Greenlights Solar Projects On Calif., Nev. Federal Land
• FirstEnergy To Pump $475M Into Ohio Grid Upgrades
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe's Mimi Addy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Mary Mullany
• Canadian Natural Pays $2.8B For Devon's Canada Assets
• Ferrostaal Unit Sinks $120M Into Mongolian Wind Farm
• The Captain Of The Mother Court: Judge Loretta Preska
• Texas Group Launches Denton Fracking Ban Campaign
• 9th Circ. Gives $5B Hawaii Rail Project Green Light
• Pa. DEP Chief Says Fracking Fees Enough, Others May Rise
• Dominion Sets Eyes On Md. Offshore Wind Auction
• Chesapeake Dodges Fraud Claims In Oil, Gas Contract Row
• Enviros Urge NRC To Halt Licensing To Mull Reactor Study
• Holland & Knight Adds Public Finance Duo In Atlanta
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kaye Scholer's Lori Leskin
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hirschler's Courtney Paulk
• Tutor Perini Unit Picks Up 4 Contracts Worth $145M In NYC
• Fla. Gov. Allots $214M For Orlando Airport Improvements
• Pakistan Scores €100M EIB Loan To Build Hydropower Plant
• Clayton Dubilier Picks Up Ashland Unit In $1.8B Deal
• Stakeholder Offers $1.5B For Full Ownership Of Essar
• Anadarko Nets $1B In Sale Of China Operations
• EPA Commits To April Deadline For Cooling Water Intake Rule
• Enbridge Pipeline Expansion Delayed By State Dept.
• AfDB Committed $670M To Power Africa Initiative In 2013
• Pa. Gov. Wants AG To Investigate Chesapeake Gas Royalties
• NJ Utility Escapes Mall Developer's Slope Failure Suit
• Wash. Pols Unveil $12B Transportation Plan, Gas Tax Hike
• NY Landowners Sue Cuomo Over Fracking Decision Delay
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's Bassey
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mitchell Silberberg's Coyoca
• Minerals Tech Trumps Imerys' $1.6B Bid For Amcol
• Netherlands' Largest Wind Farm Secures $480M Loan
• Atlas Resource Buys GeoMet Gas Reserves For $107M
• Duke Seeks 300 MW Worth Of New NC Solar Projects By 2015
• 6 Tips For Creating Effective Trial Graphics
• Winston & Strawn Lands 2 Ex-Bingham Transactional Experts
• ETP Chief Says Ex-Biz Partner Broke Trust In Pipeline Deal
• NJ 'Bridgegate' Probe Panel Targets Nixed Rail Project
• Dallas Hit With $200M Suit Over Oil And Gas Lease Breach
• Rice Energy Swings $110M Deal For Marcellus Shale Assets
• Rio Tinto, Mitsui Put $577M Behind Aussie Mine Expansion
• Ill. Sen. Floats Bill To Eliminate Discounted Fracking Tax
• TD, WestLB Dodge Oppenheimer Suit Over Credit Agreement
• Texas Oil Refiner Puts Up $700M For Parent's Pipeline, Storage
• Wilson Sonsini Snags Sidley Energy-Project Duo
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Sharton
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Levenfeld's Patti O'Connor
• IFC Agrees To Loan $70M For $110M China Water Plant Project
• Trends To Watch, Opportunities To Catch In Latin America
• FirstEnergy Sews Up $395M Sale Of 11 Hydroelectric Plants
• Ind. City To Pay $132M To Upgrade Sewers In EPA Deal
• Methane Leaks Threaten Preferred Status For Natural Gas
• Construction Co. For $1B Dubai Resort Project Gets Financing
• First Wind Gets $206M In Financing For Texas Wind Project
• Apache Sheds Argentina Unit In $852M Deal
• Pa.-NY Pipeline's Enviro Impact Can Be Reduced, FERC Says
• K&L Gates Says It Needs Oil Data For Malpractice Defense
• JCP&L Unveils $251M Infrastructure Improvement Project
• Tutor Perini Wins $844M Contracts For NYC East Side Access
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Emilie Ninan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe's Lucinda Low
• NJ Development Agency OKs $82M In Job Creation Incentives
• Talisman Energy To Unload Another $2B In Assets
• ETP Claims Enbridge Offered $207M To End Pipeline Spat
• Oil, Gas Cos. Will Benefit From Senate Committee Shuffle
• Con Ed, NYC Protest $629M Bill For Upgrades
• EnCap Flatrock Pours $100M Into New Oil, Gas Co.
• EPA Releases Final Guidance For Fracking With Diesel
• Cuomo Launches NY Green Energy Development Bank
• Pa. Lawmaker Slams DEP's Surface Rules For Fracking Sites
• Turkey Seeks €350M From EIB For €3.8B Rail Tunnel
• DOE Greenlights $6B Cameron LNG Project
• Zambian Energy Co. Grabs Stake In $1B Namibian Power Plant
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ropes & Gray's Laurel FitzPatrick
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Donelson's Donna Fraiche
• 10 EU Antitrust Issues Energy Cos. Should Know About
• Orlando OKs $270M In Bonds For MLS Stadium, Citrus Bowl
• Delayed Oil Refinery Emissions Rule Deadline Wins Approval
• Chinese-Owned Wind Co. Takes CFIUS Challenge To DC Circ.
• Tax Credit Bill Brightens Large-Scale Solar's Future
• HudBay Launches $489M Hostile Takover Bid For Mining Co.
• EIB To Loan $280M For Egyptian Gas Plant Upgrade
• UK Investing $120M To Use Big Data To Kickstart Innovation
• Ind. Authority OKs Annual $8M For Chicago Rail Project
• Infrastructure Bills Soured By Tax Breaks, Think Tank Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: FordHarrison's Tracey Jaensch
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McManis' Neda Mansoorian
• Power-Supply Suit Shows Risks In Public-Private Development
• TransCanada Asks Texas Justices To Ax Landowner's Appeal
• 4 Hot Energy Investments Likely To Lure Chinese Cos. In 2014
• Senate Dems Want Info On Crude Export's Link To Gas Prices
• Turkish JV To Buy Vestas Turbines for 207-MW Wind Project
• Sen. Bill Combats Tax Credit Expiration For Solar Projects
• EIB Mulls $271M Investment In India's Renewables Industry
• DOT Loans $840M For Houston Highway Project
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McAndrews' Nabeela Rasheed
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Crowell's Ellen Dwyer
• Reigniting Mexico's Energy Industry
• Deals Rumor Mill: Glencore Xstrata, Cerberus, IBM
• Baytex To Pay $1.6B For Australian Energy Co.
• Owners Snag $120M For Baltimore Mixed-Use Redevelopment
• Arnold & Porter Lures Back Energy, Project Finance Ace
• Hungarian Gov't OKs $13.5B Nuclear Plant Deal With Russia
• BlackRock Buys 4th Ontario Solar Plant From Canadian Solar
• DC Councilmember Dodges $100M Bid-Rigging Suit
• Australia Fears AGL's MacGen Buy Could Hinder Competition
• Bombardier Wins £1B London Crossrail Contract
• Crosstex Energy Plans $70M Permian Gas Pipeline Expansion
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wendel Rosen's Pamela Mintzer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hodgson Russ' Yalamanchili
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, KKR, Carlyle
• Planned Ore. Floating Offshore Wind Farm Gets DOI Backing
• ETP Says Partnership On Pipeline Wasn't Just On Paper
• New Trial Ordered Over San Antonio Stormwater Project
• Spectra Energy To Expand Pipeline Systems In New England
• Midwestern Power Co. Plans $500M Transmission Upgrades
• Sierra Club Says Gov't Withholding Keystone Pipeline Docs
• Deals Rumor Mill: America Movil, Mercuria, Deutsche Telekom
• Altus, RGS Energy Form $150M Solar Project JV
• Investment Banks Lend $128M for Honduras Wind Farm
• Harrisburg Says It's Ready To End Receivership
• Goldcorp Extends $2.5B Osisko Bid For Quebec Court Date
• Considerations Before Your Next Equity Offering
• Talks Over $1.6B In Panama Canal Financing Hit Impasse
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Taft's Margaret Lawson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frankfurt's Barbara Shiers
• Fla. Gov. Includes $325M For Aviation Improvements In Budget
• NY, NJ Port Authority Unveils $27.6B Spending Plan
• Pa. Budget Would Expand Drilling Under State Forests
• Deals Rumor Mill: Liberty, Novartis, Blackstone
• McDonald Hopkins Merges With Welin O'Shaughnessy
• EPA Rule Set To Cap Growth Of Power Plant Emissions
• Markey Wants Troubled US Coal Leasing Program Halted
• Goldcorp, Barrick To Reap $275M In Sale Of Nev. Gold Mine
• FERC Approves $900M Financing Push By Ore. Utility
• Total Gains $750M From Sale Of Angola Offshore Oil Stake
• Doubts About State-Mandated Power Contracts
• Singapore Refining Invests In $500M Gasoline Upgrades
• Texas Court Blocks Water District Bid Over Lack Of Demand
• Baker & McKenzie Lands Project Finance Partner In Australia
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Michelman's Mona Hanna
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Donelson's Linda Klein
• ETP Exec Tells Jurors Pipeline Partner Betrayed Co.
• $180M Idaho Solar Project Halted In Energy Credit Row
• In-House Counsel Name Client-Friendly Litigators
• Texas Court Backs TransCanada Win Over Land Seizure
• GCs Name Best-Of-The-Best Attys
• Euro Development Bank Lends $100M For Ukraine Energy
• NJ Gov. Announces Plan For $1.46B Superstorm Sandy Aid
• Boeing, Honeywell Sponsor Biofuel Project In Abu Dhabi
• Future Of Water Project Financing In Texas
• Husky Energy To Put $300M Toward Ohio Refinery Upgrades
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holwell Shuster's Dorit Black
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibbons' Christine Amalfe
• Ex-Chesapeake CEO Ups Utica Assets Amid Deal-Making Blitz