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Loana MartÃn
Senior Attorney
Loana Martín is a senior attorney in our Washington DC office specializing in the construction and development of energy and infrastructure projects.
Loana provides clients with comprehensive advice in connection with the development of large-scale energy and infrastructure projects, mergers, acquisitions and myriad corporate transactions. An integral part of Loana’s practice consists of drafting and negotiating agreements relating to the engineering, procurement, construction, operation and maintenance of projects, as well as the structuring and formation of strategic partnerships, consortia and project development vehicles for public and private entities, investors, developers, owner/sponsors, equipment manufacturers, contractors and other interested parties for global infrastructure projects throughout the world.
- Representing a US energy storage company focused on developing a new class of multi-day energy storage systems to enable a reliable, clean and affordable year-round electric grid, including work on battery energy supply agreements, engineering, procurement and construction agreements, as well as a long-term service agreement for a battery energy storage system.
- Representing a Dominican energy company in connection with the development of a new approximately 420 MW natural gas fired combined cycle power generation facility and associated 345kV switchyard, interconnection line, 300 meter natural gas pipeline and ancillary facilities.
- Representing a leading Europe-based train manufacturer competing for light rail vehicles supply and long-term operation, as well as maintenance contracts in several major US metropolitan transportation authorities, including in connection with the Maryland Purple Line Light Rail Public Private Partnership (PPP) Project.
- Representing a European-based manufacturer of low- and zero-emission city and intercity vehicles, including electric and hydrogen buses and trolleybuses, on corporate matters and in negotiations with several major US metropolitan transit authorities for the supply, operation and long-term maintenance of electric buses.
- Representing various affiliates of Pemex in the corporate structure and management, development, construction, operation, ownership and financing of the Los Ramones Phase 2 natural gas transportation pipeline's North and South segments.
- Representing a US design build consortium on a public private partnership bidding process for a 21-mile tollway project.
- Representing a Denver-based telecom company in a public-private partnership expanding fiber optic connectivity county-wide, with the drafting and negotiation of engineering and equipment supply, construction and operation agreements.
- Representing a large US-based solar power company in connection with the development, acquisition, operation and maintenance of various solar power projects throughout the US and Latin America.
- Representing a leading Mexican energy infrastructure company in connection with the engineering, procurement, construction and service and maintenance of adjacent wind power projects in Baja California, Mexico, at the US-Mexico border, with an international electrical grid crossing for the export and sale of power into the state of California.
- Advising an international infrastructure group on the finance, development, construction, maintenance and operation of complex and critical infrastructure, including the drafting and negotiation of power purchase agreements and enforcement of service agreements for military housing.
- Representing a consortium of US companies collectively pursuing the development of various rail and logistics projects in Africa, designed to build sustainable economic corridors that link various sub-Saharan African nations and provide safe and reliable supply chains to bring agricultural and mineral resources from interior sources to Atlantic ports.
Education
- American University, Washington College of Law, J.D., 2006
- Universidad Alfonso X, Licenciatura en Derecho, 2006
- University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 2001
Admissions
- District of Columbia, 2015
- New York, 2007
- Spain, 2007
Memberships & Affiliations
- Member, New York State Bar
- Member, Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia
- Member, Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid
Languages
- English
- Spanish
- Development counsel on the Los Ramones Sur Project – Project Finance International’s 2015 Americas Oil & Gas Deal of the Year
- Development counsel on the Los Ramones Sur Project – IJGlobal’s Latin America Midstream Oil and Gas Deal of the Year, 2014