Duane Morris LLP

Joel N. Ephross, P.C. practices in the area of corporate law with an emphasis on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate and energy. He has structured debt transactions, including project finance; real estate lending; leveraged and non-leveraged lease financings; structured finance; asset securitization; bankruptcies and reorganizations; letters of credit; and credit enhanced transactions. He has worked in all aspects of commercial real estate, including leases, acquisitions and divestitures, mortgages and easements. Mr. Ephross has substantial experience in all aspects of energy and natural resources, including transactions involving mining, upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas assets; merchant electric generation facilities; and energy commodity trading, and include acquisitions and divestitures of assets and companies, joint venture arrangements, structured finance, leveraged finance, project development and project finance. He has experience in connection with domestic and cross-border transactions, including advising buyers and sellers on CFIUS-related issues.

Duane Morris LLP - Partner, 2012-present - Special Counsel, 2005-2011 Enron Corp. - Assistant General Counsel, 2002-2005 - Senior Counsel, 2000-2002 Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. - Associate, 1993-2000 Panhandle Eastern Corporation (formerly Texas Eastern Corporation) - Senior Analyst, 1987-1992 Energy Planning, Inc. - Senior Analyst, 1986 Horne Strategies, Inc. - Analyst, 1985

Member, Texas Association of Bank Counsel

South Texas College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1993 Rice University, Jones Graduate School of Business, M.B.A., 1985