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Michael Graffagna

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Work Department

Finance & Projects

Position

Partner

Career

Mike has 30 years of experience representing parties in the development, construction, acquisition, divestment, and financing of infrastructure projects around the world. His work spans a broad range of projects and industries, including LNG (regasification terminals and liquefaction facilities), renewable and conventional power (solar, wind, geothermal, hydro, gas, coal, and nuclear), mining (iron ore, gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, lead, and silver), telecommunications (satellite networks, cellular networks, and fiber optic undersea cable), transportation (high–speed and light rail) and midstream/downstream oil and gas (pipelines and petrochemical facilities). He works on projects around the globe, including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, the Bahamas, Angola, Nigeria, China, India, Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, and Papua New Guinea.

Languages

English and Japanese

Education

University of Illinois, B.A. 1984

Harvard Law School, J.D. 1989

Bar Admissions: California, New York and Japan (Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi)