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Project Finance - April, 2015

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• IFM Acquires 2nd Debt-Ridden Toll Road Operator For $610M
• House Passes $77B Bill For Military Construction, VA
• Puerto Rico Asks 1st Circ. To Revive Restructuring Law
• Texas Senate Committee Passes Bill To Block Fracking Bans
• Bankrupt Quicksilver Gets OK On Deal To Drill New Wells
• Port Authority OKs $40M In Planning For New Airport Monorail
• DHS Deputy Rebuffs EB-5 Program Favoritism Claims
• DOI Unveils Revised Oil Royalty Regs For Tribal Lands
• Sens. Tout Bill To Resolve Mont. Tribal Water Rights
• Enterprise, Occidental To Build Texas Natural Gas Processor
• New Indonesia O&G Law May Have Investors In A Muddle
• 9th Circ. Knocks FERC's Denial Of Energy Crisis Refunds
• DOT Watchdog To Audit Oversight Of PATH Sandy Funding
• FCC Offering Nearly $2B A Year To Expand Rural Broadband
• EPA Appeals Board Rejects CO2 Sequestration Challenge
• NJ Lawmakers Eye Revamped Port Authority Reform Bill
• NJ Judge Tosses Lawmaker's Records Suit Over Izod Closing
• Africa Finance Nabs $750M In Debut Eurobond Offer
• Energy Cos. Announce $927M, 400MW Wind Projects In UK
• Vinson Guides Biomass Energy Co. Enviva In $200M IPO
• FERC Chairman Seems Quite Concerned With Competition
• Calif. Tribes Urge Judge To Pause $1B Solar Project
• Bills Call For New Safety Rules For Chemical-Carrying Trains
• 11th Circ. Says $20M Highway Fraud Suit Belongs In Mexico
• UK Contractor Boosts Highway Biz With $404M Deal
• Wyden Calls For DOE Investigation On Wash. Waste Site
• 5 Things To Watch For After Approval Of $1.7B LA Stadium
• EPA Leaning On FERC To Blunt Clean Power Plan Grid Effect
• Enviros Urge 9th Circ. To Overturn Uranium Mine Ruling
• 5 Native American Environmental Cases To Watch In 2015
• Chinese Rail Firm Inks $5.5B In African Infrastructure Deals
• Allied Nevada Floats Ch. 11 Plan For Auction Proceeds
• Manatt Nabs 3 Squire Patton Boggs Corporate Partners
• The Rising Stars Of Project Finance
• Canadian Oil Co. Pays $353M For Properties In 2 Provinces
• Calif. Builders Must Plan With Eye On Coast, Official Says
• Oil Investor Grabs Stake In Okla. Producer
• Fla. County Wants $1.75B DOT Rail Project Halted
• Waiting On Keystone, TransCanada Seeks $493M Pipeline OK
• City's Policy Doesn't Cover $11M Stadium Row, Insurer Says
• El Paso's Lessons On Related-Party Transactions
• Tall Oak Hits $850M In Financing With New EnCap Injection
• Quake Links Turn Up Legal, Regulatory Heat On Drillers
• BIA Says No Discovery Needed In Tribal Water Project Row
• BP Sells North Sea Pipeline Stake In $492M Deal
• Calif. Tribe Installs Renewable Hybrid Energy System
• Judge Won't Rule On Redacted Docs On Izod Center Closing
• Feds Pump $1B Into New Metro-North, LIRR Braking System
• Shintech Says $1.4B Ethylene Plant To Be Built In La.
• Pulling Up Stakes: Paul Hastings, King & Spalding
• To Self-Report To FERC, Or Not, That Is The Question
• Sempra Picks Up 78MW Wind Project From Geronimo
• AIG Unit Can Arbitrate LAX Contractors' Claims, Judge Says
• Lawmakers Dis Obama's 'Disingenuous' Offshore Drilling Plan
• ND Can Join Wyo. Federal Fracking Rules Suit, Judge Says
• Jury Awards Enterprise $2.2M In ETP Contract Suit
• NC Hits Snag In Clash With Alcoa Over Hydro Riverbed Rights
• Japex, Mitsui Team Up To Build Fukushima Natural Gas Plant
• Miner Antofagasta To Sell Chilean Water Unit In $969M Deal
• Air Products JV Wins Contract For $2B Saudi Aramco Project
• Mayer Brown Snags Ex-K&L Energy Pro For DC Office
• Officials Say North American Partnership Helps Energy Issues
• Philly, Pa. Township Ink Deal On $6.4B Airport Expansion
• Neb. Officials OK Controversial Fracking Wastewater Well
• Schneider Electric To Build 50-MW Solar Project On East Coast
• Pa. High Court Won't Stop Emerald Coal's Extraction Plans
• Former Nuclear Power Co. Exec Pleads Guilty To Stock Fraud
• Skadden Steers Southern Copper's $2B Notes Offering
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• New Bill Would Allow FERC To Override Power Line Refusals
• Blackstone-Backed Quebec-To-Queens Pipeline Gets Final OK
• Scope Of Calif.'s Mello-Roos Now Includes Eminent Domain
• ETP Veep Defends Cutting Enterprise's Pipeline Pressure
• High Court Blurs Dividing Line Of Natural Gas Act Authority
• Paul Hastings Guides Vanguard In $539M LRR Energy Grab
• White House Says $3.5B Needed For Aging Gas Pipelines
• China's Silk Road Fund Finances $1.65B Pakistani Hydro Plant
• Pa. Regulator Floats Game Plan To Replace Philly Pipeline
• SunEdison Gets $125M Loan To Boost UK Solar Portfolio
• Low Prices Won't Shield Merging Oil Cos. From Antitrust Heat
• FERC Urged To Beef Up Pipeline Ship Rate Transparency
• DOI Fights Calif. Tribes' Bid To Block $1.13B Solar Project
• How EU Competition Regulators Assess Oil And Gas M&A
• Rising Star: King & Spalding's Mona Katigbak
• Enterprise Never Had Pipeline Pressure Rights: Ex-Employee
• EPA Moves To Sink Alaska Pebble Mine FOIA Suit
• Michael Best Adds Ex-Wis. PSC Chair To Energy Practice
• Withers Bergman Snags 5 Partners From Kelley Drye
• Green Bonds Flourish As Market Struggles To Define Standards
• Ariz. Tribe Seeks To Block Uranium Mining During Appeal
• Understanding Mozambique's New Oil And Gas Regime
• Biomass Co. Enviva Sets Terms On $210M IPO To Fuel Growth
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Law Firm Biases Continue To Thwart Women
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• The Glass Ceiling Report
• DC Circ. Paves Way For EPA To Revamp CO2 Standards
• Ontario Aims To Raise $4B For Infrastructure Improvements
• Rising Star: White & Case's Marius Griskonis
• 10th Circ. Denies Navajo Co. Mining Restart In Permit Row
• NJ Announces $96M In Sandy Beach Reconstruction Projects
• Texas House Approves Bill Blocking Local Fracking Bans
• Shared Common Facilities In LNG Projects
• Rosneft, Seadrill Unit Again Delay Reported $1B Deal
• Calif.'s Flexible New Tool For Infrastructure Development
• Virginia's 'Rocket Docket' Continues To Roar
• Deepwater Class Payments At 'Abysmal' Levels, Court Told
• ETP Says Enterprise Changing Tune On Contract Interpretation
• Texas Plan To Ax Renewables Standard Imperils Development
• Fla. Utility Regulator OKs State's Largest Solar Project
• Tribe Tells 10th Circ. Halting Mine Won't Help Environment
• Southern Co. Buys Controlling Stake In Calif. Solar Plant
• Ill. City Says OneBeacon Must Cover $11M Stadium Spat
• FERC Finalizes Plans To Boost Gas-Electric Coordination
• Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Tom Eldert
• Apple Gets Greener With Solar, Conservation Projects
• Competitive Transmission Is Good And It Is Here To Stay
• Parsons Sheds Federal FCA Claim In LA Subway Overbill Suit
• Senators Close In On New Long-Term Transportation Bill
• Virginia To Scrap Route 460 New Toll Road Contract
• Wash. Senate To Aid Schools With $3.9B Construction Bill
• Delek US To Pay $572M For Alon Israel's Stake In US Unit
• 2 Routes To Hourly Rates For Lawyers
• King & Spalding Guides Landmark Georgian Hydro Project
• Entergy, NextEra Team Up For 81-MW Ark. Solar Plant
• Rising Star: Chadbourne's Marissa Leigh Alcala
• Penn West Reaps $260M From Oil, Gas Royalty Sale
• FERC Lightens The Compliance Load On Power Traders
• State Govs. Urge Congress To Renew Ex-Im Bank
• 10th Circ. Told To Nix Navajo Co.'s Stay Bid In Mine Row
• DC Circ. Washes Hands Of FERC Transmission Ruling Fight
• NJ Court Axes Row Over $5.5M In Wetlands Project Judgments
• Renewable Energy Yieldco LightBeam Eyes $100M IPO
• 5 Tax Considerations For Doing Biz In Indian Country
• How Long Is The ESA's Arm On LNG Projects?
• Let Smaller Banks Finance Rural Broadband, FCC Told
• K&L Gates Says Oil Co. Investors' Bankruptcy Row Lacks Legs
• Latham Leads Energy Capital's $500M Investment In Next Wave
• Minn. Judge Favors $2.6B Enbridge Crude Oil Pipeline
• What We Do And Don't Know About Iran Sanctions Relief
• Low Pipe Pressure Not Covered In ETP Contract: Enterprise
• EPA Can Regulate GHGs At Some Power Plants, DC Circ. Says
• Nolin RECC To Pay $7.6M For Energy-Saving Program Bills
• Deals Rumor Mill: ConocoPhillips, Affina, Cemig
• Clifford Chance Steers $274M Peru Fiber Optic Project Bond
• Allied Nevada Shareholders Emerge As Ch. 11 Players
• Natural Gas Industry Backs Rate-Based Clean Power Plan
• Abraaj Raises Nearly $1B In Latest Sub-Saharan Africa Fund
• Canada's Alamos Gold, AuRico Gold To Combine In $1.5B Deal
• SEC Accuses Energy Co. Of $4.4M Drilling Scheme
• China Blocks Taiwan's Membership In Infrastructure Bank
• NRG Yieldco Sinks $150M Into Home Solar Push
• Judge Kicks Greenpeace Activists Off Shell Vessel
• Title Due Diligence Tips For The Oil Patch
• How To Weather Media Inquiries In High-Profile Cases
• Mont. Board Says DOI Irrigation Project Row Needs Discovery
• Feds Urge 9th Circ. Not To Unplug $2.2B Calif. Solar Plant
• Court Asked To Weigh In On St. Louis NFL Stadium Plan
• Pa. Ripe For P3s In Wake Of $1.1B Bridge Deal
• Pa. Court Nixes Enviros' Request For Drilling, Radiation Data
• EPA To Advance Renewable Fuel Standards In Industry Deal
• Riverstone Injects $300M In New Meritage Canadian Venture
• Taking Legal Analytics To The Next Level
• DHS Inspector Releases Emails Behind Visa Investigation
• EU Reopens Probe Into $7.6B Siemens-Dresser-Rand Merger
• FERC Gives Preliminary Approval To La. LNG Project
• Navajo Co. Appeals Decision Nixing Mine Expansion Permit
• Grupo Vidanta To Invest $1.3B In Mexico Tourism Projects
• China Eases Bond Rules For Clean Energy, Other Key Sectors
• What The Iran Accord Means For US Companies
• Shell Says Opponents Negligent, Injunction Unwarranted
• Costly Burdens Await Drillers Under New Pa. Frack Site Rules
• Pittsburgh Riverhounds Finance Row Sent To State Court
• Ruling Bodes Well For Disputed Energy Stimulus Grants
• 7 Tips For Energy Companies Working In Indian Country
• Canadian Tribe Signs On To $1.6B Energy Project
• Calif. Tribe Seeks To Drop Claims Against Utility In Tax Fight
• Alcoa Unit Secures $500M Gas Deal After Apache Energy Sale
• SunEdison Plans 262 MW In Utah Solar Plants
• EPA, DOE Team Up On 1st-Ever Joint Solar Procurement
• Riverstone Sinks $500M Into Latest Edition Of Oil Startup
• Looking Under Fracking's Surface: Part 3
• ETP Took Bad Approach On Pipeline Cracks, Enterprise Says
• Shell Looks To Cash In On LNG With $70B BG Group Deal
• Maine Biorefinery Assets Tied To Lynn Tilton Up for Sale
• Reed Smith Nabs Ex-Stoel Rives Partner With Banking Chops
• World Bank Chief Gives Blessing To Chinese-Led Rival
• Bucks Eye Milwaukee Boom With New $1B Arena Plans
• Judge Nixes Navajo Mine Expansion Permit
• Denmark's Dong Energy Nabs Mass. Offshore Wind Lease
• Shell Buys BG Group In $70B Megamerger
• Using A State-Issued Professional License In Indian Country
• Looking Under Fracking's Surface: Part 2
• EB-5 Program: An Alternative Financing Source
• Shell Sues Greenpeace Over Boarding Of Arctic Drilling Rig
• Emissions Projections Ruling Hobbles EPA, 6th Circ. Told
• Fla. City Defends FHWA's Bridge Approval In Enviro Suit
• Veterans Hospital In New York To Get $309M Makeover
• EPA Settles Enviros' Suit Over Xcel Unit's Power Plant
• Pattern Energy Pays $372M For 3 Wind Farms
• K&L Gates Can't Exit Oil Co. Bankruptcy Suit, Investors Say
• Patriot Coal's Massive Mine Ruins W.Va. Water, Suit Says
• Native American Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2015
• Pemex, First Reserve Ink $1B Energy Infrastructure Deal
• Law Firm Leader Linked To 'Bridgegate' To Step Down
• State Dept. Secretly Greenlighted 2 Pipelines, Tribe Says
• LAX Contractors Call AIG Unit's Arbitration Clause Illegal
• Chinese Co. Raises $404M For 379MW Solar Projects
• Sempra, ConEd's 250-MW Solar Project Nears Finish Line
• Tesoro Gobbles Up Rest Of QEP Midstream MLP
• Looking Under Fracking's Surface: Part 1
• ETP Cut Pipeline Pressure To Run Off Enterprise, Jury Told
• 6th Circ. Asked To Halt TVA's Coal-To-Gas Switch At Ky. Plant
• Facing Criticism, Pa. DEP Extends Gas Rulemaking Deadline
• Matador Resources Announces $350M Private Debt Offering
• USFS Looks To Clear Way For Nixed Coal Exploration Plan
• Mont. Tribe, DOI Team Up For Bighorn River Hydro Project
• Gazprom Grabs Vietnam Refinery Stake In Upstream Deal
• FWS Says It Can't Enforce Enviro Laws In Wind Farm Spat
• Williams Pays $575M To Up Stake In Utica Shale Gas Project
• CFIUS Report Reveals Rise Of Chinese Investments In US Cos.
• This Week in Congress: The Calm Before The Budget Debate
• Contractor Seeks Win In Insurance Spat Over $140M Project
• As Iran Deal Looms, EU Sanctions Relief Could Outpace US
• DHS Offers $55M To Local Agencies For Border Security
• Mont. Board Slams DOI For Irrigation Project Takeover
• Calif. Imposes Emergency Rules For Injection Wells
• Ex-Im Bank Flouted ESA By Funding LNG Project, Enviros Say
• Citgo Dodges Conoco Depo Over Alleged Secret PDVSA Sale
• Energy Co. Fights Pa. Verdict On Underpaid Gas Royalties
• Mineral Owners Drop Fight Over Texas City Fracking Ban
• ND Joins Wyo. Suit Against Federal Fracking Rules
• Is The Future Of Oil Storage Here?
• TransCanada Scraps Port On $12B Pipeline To Avoid Belugas
• Canadian Miner Begins Restructuring As Iron Ore Prices Fall
• Oneok, Fermaca Plan $500M Texas-Mexico Gas Pipeline
• Kirkland Reps KKR-Backed Firm In Anadarko Oil Fields Buy
• Barrick Can't Ditch Investor Suit Over Gold Mine Compliance
• Barclays Can't Escape Ex-Pillsbury Atty's Antitrust Suit
• Industry Win On Bat Listing Shows Glimpse Of FWS' Future
• Murkowski Demands More Alaska Drilling Options
• PE Firms See Potential Boom Amid Oil Price Bust
• Matex International To Pay $350M For Chinese Coal Mines
• Petrobras Inks $3.5B Deal With China Development Bank
• Mass. Labor Group Backs $5B Kinder Morgan Pipeline
• The Significance Of The Nexus For Wetlands Jurisdiction
• Southern Co. Arm Snaps Up $397M Okla. Wind Farm
• Pa. Enviros Challenge DEP Permits For Sunoco Pipeline
• Fla. County Sues DOT Over Improper Rail Project Review
• Japan Sticks By US As 50 Countries Apply To Join China Bank
• TerraForm Pays $350M For Atlantic Power Wind Farms
• Ethics In The Tech Age: What Every Lawyer Should Consider