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Project Finance - March, 2014

288 articles

• Davis-Bacon Wage Rules Don't Apply To CityCenterDC: Judge
• Pipeline Giants Lose Ground In Fight Over Easement Values
• Endesa Chile Pays $309M To Buy Out GasAtacama Partner
• Magellan, Trafigura Partner For $250M Pipeline Project
• Vinson & Elkins Reps TPG On $1.8B Jonah Field Deal
• Wind Project Challenges Over Bird Deaths Fail To Take Off
• Apache Unloads Canada Gas Assets In $374M Deal
• OSHA Silica Regs Herald Fracking Industry Headaches
• Green Groups' Attack On Powder River Basin Drilling Fails
• Former XStrata Head Rakes In $3.8B For New Mining Venture
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Brownstein's Ellen Schulhofer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Roetzel's Lori Heyer-Bednar
• With Methane Plan, Obama Puts Oil, Gas Cos. In Crosshairs
• AfDB Pours $205M Into Nigerian Water Sanitation Project
• Take Note, Texas, Letters Of Intent May Need A Rewrite
• Deals Rumor Mill: Wing Hang Bank, Avolon, Total
• Historic Minn. Solar Project Wins State Approval
• Disaster Plans Of 6 NY Electric Cos. Get Green Light
• White House Unveils Broad Methane Reduction Strategy
• Cardinals Buy AAA Team, Memphis Gets Stadium In PE Deal
• FAA Approves Consol Plans To Drill At Pittsburgh Airport
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Pillsbury's Susan Serota
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McDermott's Effie Silva
• A Primer On Pa. Takeover Case Law: Part 2
• As E-Discovery Goes Global, Japan And South Korea Catch Up
• NJ Lawmakers Renew Push To Rejoin GHG Reduction Pact
• Thompson Coburn Nabs RE And M&A Tax Pro In Chicago
• Investment Firm Sues Rimrock Over Pipeline Finance Deal
• NRG Eyes Home Solar Market With Rooftop Installer Buy
• Disposal Conundrum Another Hurdle For US Nuclear Projects
• 9th Circ. Backs Barrick Mine Project Over Tribal Opposition
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Revive NJ Power Plant Subsidy Program
• Legal Needs To Rethink Its Dropbox Account
• Tax Equity Market Weighs New IRS Guidelines
• Pittsburgh Pro Soccer Team Files For Ch. 11 Protection
• Bashneft Throws Down $1B For Siberian Oil Producer
• Blackstone Launches Water Investment Unit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: FordHarrison's Tiffany Downs
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gruber Hurst's Shonn Brown
• Cape Wind Raises $400M From Natixis, Rabobank
• Riverstone Pays $180M For Stake In Canadian Oil Project
• How Law Firms Can Stay Profitable While Clients Cut Costs
• Thompson & Knight Fights Patriot's Award In Gas Sale Row
• NJ Solar Contractor Vows To Fight Back In $50M Lien Row
• SD Gov. Signs Bill For $65M University Stadium
• Sens. Back Renewal Of Clean Energy Tax Credits
• Uncertainty Clouds US Energy Tubulars Market
• Latham Reps Calumet In $235M Drilling Fluid Co. Buy
• Wisconsin's Wind Turbine Rules OK, Appeals Court Says
• Stonepeak Pours $200M Into Paradigm's Crude Oil Pipeline
• Memorial Production Drops $173M For Eagle Ford Slice
• Pa., NJ Lawmakers Float Plans To Reform Del. River Authority
• Kinder Morgan Sinking $1B Into CO2 Pipeline Project
• Sunoco Seeks Zoning Exemptions For Pa. Gas Pipeline
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Farella Braun's Mary McCutcheon
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Drinker Biddle's Jill Bronson
• DOI Secretary Expects Final Fracking Rule By End Of Year
• Bankrupt Green Field Gets Nod To Sell JV Stake For $17.8M
• Senate Energy Panel Chief Eyes More Energy Exports
• Clean Energy Developers Can Strike Gold With Mine Projects
• Siemens Chips In €190M For UK Wind Turbine Parts Factory
• The Prolific Pragmatist: Judge Richard Posner
• Sidley Austin Adds Ex-GE Senior M&A Pro In New York
• CPPIB To Pour $250M Into Chinese Real Estate Venture
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Labaton's Martis Alex
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dinsmore's Joanne Schreiner
• Centrica-Led Group Nails Down €1.1B Irish Utility Buy
• Fla. Sports Stadium Bill Rides Out Of 1st Senate Committee
• DOE Allows Gas Exports From $7.5B Jordan Cove Project
• India's ONGC Plans $406M Investment In Arabian Sea Fields
• Solar Co.'s $50M Project Fund Liens Are Invalid, NJ Court Says
• CPPIB Puts Up $607M For Fatter Stake In Peru Pipeline
• EPA, Miami Agree To Higher Penalties In $1.6B Sewer Deal
• Weatherford Nets $250M In Sale Of Pipeline Business
• High Court Won't Hear Calif. Water Rights Dispute
• Samsung, Others Secure $850M For Canadian Wind Project
• AGL Challenges Rejection Of $1.35B Macquarie Bid
• A Primer On Pa. Takeover Case Law: Part 1
• PE Firm Pumps $70M Into Africa's Largest Wind Project
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Helgi Walker
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Perkins Coie's Susan Foster
• Technology — Not Just For The Privileged Anymore
• 4 Elite New York Law Firms Keep Partner Ranks Lean
• NY, Chicago Home To Most Law360 400 Firms
• Jones Day Lands Top Spot In Law360 400
• In BigLaw, The Big Keep Getting Bigger
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Law Firms
• Enviro Groups Press Court To Halt Calif. Highway Project
• Nigerian Oil Co. Sues Over Lost $1B Chevron Lease Deal
• Exxon Decision Shows Growing Climate Clout Of Investors
• Latham Steers Financing For $10B Aussie Iron Ore Project
• Schumer Seeks $267M In Federal Funding For NYC Ferries
• TransCanada Land Seizure Appeal Dies At Texas High Court
• NZ Superannuation Fund Invests $250M In KKR Energy Funds
• Lawmakers Push Wyden, Boehner To Save Green Tax Credits
• Good News For Power Plant Developers
• FERC Approves 23-Mile Cross-Border Natural Gas Pipeline
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Munger Tolles' Kristin Myles
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Glaser Weil's Patty Glaser
• How To Reduce Risk, Make More Money In Contingency Cases
• Ivanhoe Energy Beats $95M Suit Over Ecuador Oil Field Deal
• County Freeholders Approve Bond For American Dream Mall
• Landmark Fla. Keys Bridge Set For $77M Renovation
• Barclays Looks To Nix Ex-Pillsbury Atty's Antitrust Suit
• FERC Takes Steps To Boost Gas-Electric Coordination
• Exxon Agrees To Disclose Climate Risks To Investors
• Brookfield Gets Early OK For Manhattan West Expansion
• Gigantic Scottish Wind Farm Gets Government Approval
• Samsung To Buy $100M In SunEdison Semiconductor Stock
• FERC Gives Thumbs-Up To Wash. Tidal Energy Project
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Day Pitney's Beth Sher
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson Hine's Kathie Brandt
• FERC Aids Competition By Choosing Market-Based Rate Policy
• Marubeni Cops To Indonesian Bribery Scheme, To Pay $88M
• Koch Unit Plans $300M In Minn. Refinery Upgrades
• BP Poised To Snag 1st Post-Ban Drilling Leases In Gulf
• Gas Group, Enviros Row Over Surface Rules For Pa. Fracking
• NJ BPU Rejects Atlantic City Offshore Wind Farm
• US, Canada Need $641B In Infrastructure Upgrades: Study
• Ind. Court OKs Duke Energy $3.3B Plant Funding Settlement
• Italy Gas Transporter To Buy Majority Of Trans-Austria Pipeline
• Five Point, GSO Affiliates Buy 50% Stake In Twin Eagle
• China's MMG Confirms Talks For $5B Glencore Copper Mine
• Miles & Stockbridge Taps Gov't Contracts Pro From Crowell
• Edison Mission Gets Final Approval For $2.6B Sale To NRG
• Developer Slams Okla. For Stalling $750M Resort Project
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Lindquist's Nancy Vollertsen
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dentons' Jana Cohen Barbe
• JPMorgan Hands Commodities Biz To Mercuria In $3.5B Deal
• NJ Lawmakers Want Light Rail Expansion Back On Track
• The Merry Crusader: Judge Jed Rakoff
• US DOT Says $1.25B Illiana Expressway Eligible For Loan
• Are Fracking Chemicals In Wyo. Protected Trade Secrets?
• SC Fires Off Suit Over Gov't Mothballing Nuke Waste Site
• Spectra Unit Asks FERC To Approve $971M Pipeline Project
• Pa. County Strikes $8M Deal Allowing Gas Drilling Under Park
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wolf Greenfield's Helen Lockhart
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Labaton's Christine Azar
• Kirkland Reps Cardno In $145M Deal For Oilfield Service Biz
• Fla. Case Provides Practicum On Arbitrability
• In Barnett Shale, Energy Cos. Face Pushback From Locals
• Developers' Claims Nixed In Scotiabank Road Project Feud
• Cape Wind Ruling Paves Way For Offshore Projects
• Crowell & Moring Nabs Akin Gump Solar-Energy Pro
• EIB Loans $327M For Electricity Network Upgrades In Greece
• Deals Rumor Mill: Glencore, Carlyle, Bain Capital
• Canadian Oil Cos. Plot Merger To Form $1.8B Producer
• House Dems Urge Kerry To Block Disputed Keystone Pipeline
• Calif. Bullet Train Project Gets OK To Seize Properties
• Minimum Fracking Royalty Bill Clears Pa. House Committee
• Whitecap Drops $773M On Oil And Gas Assets From Imperial
• Billionaire-Backed Firm Pays $7.1B For RWE Oil, Gas Unit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Lori Cohen
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hangley's Ashely Chan
• Continuing Uncertainty About Eminent Domain In Pa.
• Global Partners Rips Crude Oil Moratorium In Albany
• Law Firms Of The Future Will Be The Lawyers Of The Past
• Developer Exits $1.6B Revitalization Project In Mass. City
• 5 Ways Energy Cos. Can Keep Activist Investors At Bay
• Gov. Scott Directs $27M To Central Fla. Clean Water Projects
• $2B Md. Rail Line May Lose Fed. Funding Over Holocaust Law
• Freeport LNG Enviro Issues Can Be Solved, FERC Says
• Think Before You Blog: 8 Considerations For Attorneys
• Eyeing Putin, EU Advances Fracking-Friendly Policy
• Pols Float Tax-Exempt Bond Expansion For Water Projects
• Northland Ups Credit Facility To $600M, More Than Doubling It
• Fed. Circ. Sinks Drilling Cos.' $684M Claims Against DOI
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frankfurt Kurnit's Victoria Cook
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Orrick's Denise Mingrone
• Port Authority DQs Contender For $3.6B LaGuardia Project
• Va. Moves Closer To Offshore Wind Farm Demonstration
• Sens. Push To Beef Up Access To Solar Tax Credit
• EIB Floats $160M For Italy Waste Mgmt., Hydropower Updates
• Senators Raise Health, Enviro Concerns At Keystone Hearing
• Cofiroute USA Inks $25.9M Calif. Hwy Extension Contract
• Rock Oil Secures $250M From Riverstone For Shale
• New Zealand Seeks To Sell $680M Stake In Utility Co.
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Alston Hunt's Louise Ing
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Foley's Mary Braza
• Fracking Leaseholder Protections Advance In Pa. Senate
• Wyo. High Court Nixes Ruling Protecting Fracking Secrets
• Patton Boggs Adds Tax Trail Blazer To NY Office
• Judge Won't Stop ConocoPhillips Alaska Drilling Construction
• Tribe's Enviro Suit Over Hydroelectric Dam Gets Quashed
• ConocoPhillips Can't Keep $2M Tax Refund, 10th Circ. Says
• Giants, Jets End Traffic Row With American Dream Developer
• Alaska LNG Project Bill Moving Through State Senate
• Baker Botts Reps NRG In Dominion Retail Electric Biz Buy
• The Hearsay Rule Matters In Calif. PUC Proceedings
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Katten's Shannon Broome
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Lindquist's Barbara Rummel
• Energy XXI Puts Up $2.3B To Acquire EPL Oil & Gas
• DOI's Atlantic Drilling Plan Gives Enviros A Clear Target
• An Achievement — And A Warning — For Corps Of Engineers
• Kan. Must Trim $84M Cost Of Alt Highway Plan, Officials Say
• NYC Infrastructure Repairs Could Cost $47B Over 5 Years
• Sen. Barrasso Seeks To Tie LNG Exports To Ukraine Aid
• Chevron Plans To Shed $10B In Assets By 2017
• Dyna Abandons $14M Suit Over Mexico Gold Mine
• Summit Subsidiary Pays $305M For Gas Co. In Drop Down
• Cooley Adds Biz Dept. Partners From Latham, Venture Fund
• Pa. Bill To Protect Fracking Leaseholders Stalls In Committee
• Osisko Urges Patience Over Goldcorp's $2.6B Takeover Bid
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McCarter & English's Pastor
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson Hine's Goldstein
• Exelon Can't Dodge $14M Wind Power Row With Deere
• NorthStar's Bid-Rigging Claims Against Encana To Proceed
• BLP Reorganizes With New Dept Heads Following Departures
• Akin Gump Hires Ex-Baker & McKenzie Oil & Gas Chair
• $1.6B Panama Canal Spat To Be Arbitrated In Miami
• $1.6B Miami Sewer System Settlement Gets Rejected
• GenOn Tells High Court CAA Preempts State Pollution Claims
• High Court Ruling Bars Pa. Fracking Regs, Gas Group Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nossaman's Yuliya Oryol
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Manatt's Linda Goldstein
• Supreme Court Seeks SG's View On FERC-Approved Costs
• Minerals Technologies' $1.7B Offer Wins Amcol Bidding War
• 4 Key Questions For Evaluating PPP Opportunities
• Morgan Lewis Lures Bingham Energy Quartet
• Building Owner In NYC Crane Collapse Faces $27M Suit
• Bitter Keystone Battle A New Normal For Pipeline Reviews
• Dorsey Adds Renowned Mining Expert To Toronto Office
• We Won't See NY Fracking Impact Statement Anytime Soon
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Edwards Wildman's Brown
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Mitchell
• UK Energy Policy Concerns Sink RES Power Station Project
• Grid Upgrades Headline PSEG's $12B Spending Plan
• Activist Spurns Cliff's Compromise In Favor Of Proxy Fight
• EIB To Loan $138.7M Toward Bosnian Highway Project
• Petronas Sells 10% Canadian LNG Stake To Indian Oil
• How To Avoid Discovery Problems While Using The Cloud
• Duke Snaps Up Pair Of 20-MW Calif. Solar Plants
• Pa. Enviros Urge State To Block Proposed Coal Mine
• Ukraine Crisis Sparks Flurry Of US LNG Export Bills
• 9th Circ. Simplifies Enviro Process For Transit Projects
• Energy Cos. Should Reveal Fracking Chemicals: DOE Panel
• House Approves Bill To Speed Permitting For Energy Projects
• Corbett Admin Slams Rep.'s Inquiry On $75M Drilling Plans
• DC Approves Resolution Against Fracking In National Forest
• Gas Groups Aim To Intervene In Pa. Fracking Rule Challenge
• Fla. To Provide $194M For Upgrades At Tampa Int'l Airport
• House Votes To Block EPA Coal Plant Carbon Capture Rule
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Foley's Jill Nicholson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Squire Sanders' Caroline Noblet
• EIB Gives Tanzania €45M To Improve Water, Sanitation
• Minerals Technologies Lifts Bid To $1.5B For Amcol
• Pillsbury Nabs Asset Finance Crew From DLA Piper
• NJ Towns Beat Suit Over Asphalt Contract's Costs
• Judge Clears $272M Rail Project Of Most Enviro Claims
• Shell, Quicksilver Reap $180M In Colo. Shale Acreage Sale
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sedgwick's Anna Shimko
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Robins Kaplan's Tara Sutton
• Imerys Raises Amcol Bid To $1.7B To Top Rival
• $5B Honolulu Rail Project Gets Another $250M In Fed Funds
• Judge Restricts EPA Actions Based On Emissions Estimates
• Seyfarth Expands RE Group With King & Spalding Atty
• Energy Cos. Eyeing Solutions To Booming Wastewater Costs
• The King Of Late Night: Judge Robert Gerber
• Global Oil Investment Opportunities Abound, Experts Say
• $319M Verdict In Dallas Pipeline Trial Stuns Industry
• KGAL Picks Up Wind Farm In North France
• Sealing the Deal: FaegreBD Pilots Ind. Airport P3 Pact
• Obama Holds Firm On Clean Energy In Budget Plan
• Enbridge Embarks On $6.3B Mainline Replacement Project
• ETP Scores $319M Verdict In Pipeline Deal Breach Case
• EIB Plugs $206M Into Tunisia's Energy Sector
• BP Plans Spinoff Of Onshore Biz In Lower 48 States
• Vivint Solar Reaps $280M In Financing For Expansion Plans
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: K&L Gates' Liz Thomas
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Paul Hastings' Palmina Fava
• International Terminal At Logan To Get $100M In Upgrades
• As Legal Profession Evolves, GCs Outpace The Norm
• Australian Watchdog Powers Down AGL's $1.3B MacGen Buy
• Chile Enviro Court Scraps $16M Fine For Barrick Mine
• EPA's Pebble Mine Delay Stokes Fears Of CWA Crackdown
• Perkins Coie RE Pro Departs Firm For Stinson Leonard Street
• Texas Power Estimate Cools Capacity Market Debate
• Eagle Rock Hit With Shareholder Suit Over $1.3B Asset Sale
• Osisko Drops Suit Blocking Goldcorp's $2.6B Hostile Bid
• Insurer Denies Owing Coverage In $3M Solar Project Row
• AfDB Floats $152M In Loans For Gabon-Congo Highway
• TAQA-Led Group Puts Up $616M For 2 India Hydro Plants
• Queensland Greenlights $82M For Infrastructure Projects
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kaye Scholer's Rhonda Trotter
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cooley's Barbara Borden
• Minerals Technologies Bumps Bid To $1.5B For Amcol
• Beijing Capital To Pay $795M For Transpacific's NZ Waste Biz
• UIL Shells Out $1.86B For Philly Gas Utility