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Boyd G. Carano
Boyd G. Carano
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Biography
Over the last 25 years, Boyd has built a law practice focused on international business transactions. Boyd has represented clients in more than 45 international engagements on deals with an aggregate value greater than $10 billion. Currently based in Palo Alto, Boyd previously was based in Houston, Mexico City, New York, and Singapore. He is a member of V&E's Energy Industry Group and worldwide Project Finance and Development Practice Group.
Boyd has acted as lead counsel to multinational companies and partnerships in a variety of energy transactions in North America, Asia, and Latin America, with particular experience in mergers and acquisitions and development projects in clean energy, renewables, power, oil and gas, and refined product sectors. Boyd also advises clients on joint ventures and acquisitions in the renewable energy, financial, manufacturing, hospitality, and real estate sectors. He also represents private equity clients in their Asian investments.
Boyd is listed in Euromoney's 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010 Guides to the World's Leading Project Finance Lawyers and in Euromoney's 2005, 2007, and 2009 Guide to the World's Leading Energy and Natural Resource Lawyers.
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Representative Experience
Clean Energy/Renewables/Power
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- Represented eSolar in connection with a transaction with NRG Energy, Inc. for the development of three solar thermal power plants totaling up to 500 MW in the U.S.
- Represented a biofuels company in connection with an algae biofuels plant in Mexico
- Represented a major power sector company in connection with the two-stage acquisition of a majority stake in an approximately 150 MW hydroelectric generation facility under construction in Brazil
Oil and Gas
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- Represented a European energy company in its $2.1 billion acquisition of offshore oil and gas properties in Brazil and the Gulf of Mexico
- Represented a U.S. energy company in its proposed development of a 375 km natural gas transportation pipeline in Mexico
- Represented a U.S. oil company in the farmout of interests in offshore oil and gas concessions in Brazil and the negotiation of related joint venture and joint operating arrangements
Other
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- Represented an international telecommunications infrastructure services company in a series of transactions for the installation of dark fiber infrastructure in South America's Southern Cone
- Represented a major Japanese industrial and financial firm in its unsuccessful bid for a water treatment infrastructure project in Peru
- Represented a private equity fund in stock and asset acquisitions of seed producers in Argentina and Chile
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Education and Professional Background
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1984
- Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, B.S.F.S. History and Diplomacy, 1981 (Rowe Citation as Outstanding Graduate in Latin American Studies)
- Admitted to practice: Texas, 1984; District of Columbia, 1999; New York, 2000;
California, 2009
- Other Language: Spanish
Professional Recognition
- Legal Media Group's (Euromoney's) Guide to the World's Leading Project Finance Lawyers, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010
- Legal Media Group's (Euromoney's) Guide to the World's Leading Energy and Natural Resource Lawyers, 2005, 2007, and 2009
Activities and Affiliations
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- Member: Board of Directors, World Affairs Council of Houston, 2006 - 2009
- Life Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation
- Co-Chair: Legal Services Committee, American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, 2002 - 2004
Publications and Presentations
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525 University Avenue
Suite 410
Palo Alto, CA 94301-1918
Tel +1.650.617.8401
Fax +1.650.618.0490
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