Arthur A. Cohen is co-chair of the firm's Projects Practice Group and splits his time between the firm's Washington, D.C. and Houston offices. He has more than 25 years of experience doing complex corporate transactions, focusing on project financing, project development and mergers and acquisitions. He is a recognized leader in these fields and currently serves as Chair of the Project Finance Committee of the ABA's Business Law Section. From 2001-2007 he served on the Steering Committee (and in 2004/6 as Chair) of the District of Columbia Bar's Corporation, Finance and Securities Law Section. Mr. Cohen is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law Center, where he teaches a course on Project Finance.

Mr. Cohen's industry focus includes energy, electric power, sports facilities and other infrastructure. He has worked on all facets of project development, including shareholder and partnership agreements; construction contracts; power and steam sales contracts; operation and maintenance agreements; equity commitments and guarantees; and state support agreements. He has represented lenders, borrowers, purchasers and sellers in a wide variety of transactions, including acquisitions and divestitures, public offerings and other financings, and joint ventures and other strategic alliances. He has also represented both developers and lenders in restructuring troubled projects. Geographically, Mr. Cohen has structured and closed transactions throughout the U.S. and in Latin and South America, Asia and Europe.

Prior to joining Haynes and Boone, Mr. Cohen practiced law with Skadden Arps and was a Managing Director at GE Capital.

Selected Client Representations

• InterOil Corporation as lead developer of an LNG liquefaction facility to be co-located with an oil refinery in Papua New Guinea, including establishment of a joint venture and related financing matters
• A developer in connection with the project financing and development of a new oil refinery in Senegal
• An environmental company in connection with the development and project financing of a chemical facility in Georgia
• ConocoPhillips in connection with the auction-sale disposition of a chemical facility
• ZVUE Corporation in connection with its acquisition of eBaum's World, a popular video website
• KBC Bank in the restructuring and sale of the Wolf Hollow project in Texas
• PPL Global in connection with the development and construction of its Shoreham and Edgewood power plants in Long Island, NY, and the sale of the output of such plants to the Long Island Power Authority
• Bank of America in providing a $90 million credit facility to the San Antonio Spurs NBA basketball team, part of which was used to finance a new arena
• Owners of the Minnesota Vikings NFL franchise in connection with the project-financed acquisition of the team
• General Electric Company in connection with its participation in the Dabhol Power Project, a US$3.1 billion project financing of a power plant in the state of Maharashtra, India
• Sellers and acquirers in various auction sale transactions
• Nabors Industries Ltd. in many matters, including its reorganization into a Bermuda company
• Bidders in an acquisition bid of almost $1 billion for three New York City power plants aggregating over 2,000 megawatts

Recent Speeches and Publications

Mr. Cohen is a frequent speaker and writer on project finance and other corporate topics.

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Memberships

• The District of Columbia Bar
• American Bar Association, Chair of Project Finance and Development Committee of the Section on Business Law
  

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