White & Case LLP - Lawyers - Edward R. Neaher, Jr.

Practice Experience

Mr. Neaher concentrates in US infrastructure project development and finance, international project finance and other financing transactions, particularly private equity, venture capital and capital markets transactions. He has broad-based international experience, having previously been based in our Hong Kong and London offices.

Mr. Neaher regularly represents lenders and equity participants in infrastructure project development and financings. He has been involved in financings involving a wide range of sectors, including power, oil and gas, airports, toll roads, telecommunications and other industrial projects.

Mr. Neaher also represents private equity investors in connection with their investment activities in emerging markets. Mr. Neaher has represented investors such as E.M. Warburg Pincus & Co., Prudential Asia Infrastructure Investors, Ltd., the Asian Infrastructure Fund, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and others in connection with investments covering a broad range of industries and markets.

Recent financings in which Mr. Neaher has participated include:

Representation of ITR Concession Company, LLC, a special purpose company formed by Cintra and Macquarie Infrastructure Group, in connection with the $3.8 billion 75-year concession and lease of the 157 mile Indiana Toll Road and an associated $4 billion non-recourse bank financing;
Representation of Skyway Concession Company LLC, a special purpose company formed by Cintra and Macquarie Infrastructure Group, in connection with the $1.4 billion Rule 144A monoline wrapped bond refinancing of the 99-year concession for the Chicago Skyway, a 7.8 mile limited access toll bridge and highway system privatized by the City of Chicago;
Representation of Société Générale and other lenders in connection with a $300 million secured refinancing for Compania de Eletricidade do Estado da Bahia-Coelba;
Representation of Inter-American Development Bank and Ambac Assurance Corporation in connection with the Costanera Norte toll road financing in Chile involving a wrapped local currency bond offering. This financing was designated the 2003 Latin American Deal of the Year by Project Finance International;
Representation of IFC and other lenders in several independent power project financings in Mexico and Egypt;
Representation of the equity sponsors in the Rutas del Pacifico toll road financing in Chile involving a local currency bond offering and credit support from a monoline insurer and a multilateral development bank. This financing was designated the 2002 Latin American Deal of the Year by Project Finance International;
Representation of Unocal Corporation in the limited recourse financing of the West Seno oil field development in Indonesia. Mr. Neaher also represented Unocal in connection with a geothermal power project in Indonesia that involved a combined commercial bank/Rule 144A Yankee bond financing; and
Representation of IFC and other lenders in the limited recourse concession-based financing of airport projects in Costa Rica and Jamaica.

Bars and Courts
New York State Bar
District of Columbia Bar

Education
JD, Cornell University Law School, 1983
BA, Williams College, 1980

Professional Associations and Memberships
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
District of Columbia Bar Association

Awards and Recognition
Chambers Global Project Finance
Chambers USA Projects
(DC) and Transportation: Road (Infrastructure)
Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Project Finance Lawyers
IFLR 1000 Project Finance
Legal 500 USA Project Finance
The International Who's Who of Project Finance Lawyers
The Best Lawyers in America

Languages
English

Citizenship
United States