John Works :: JurisPro Expert Witness Directory

Introduction

Deep Experience: Utility scale energy sector finance expert with more than 40 years of experience in project and structured finance, competitive auctions, and enabling environment / legal framework development
Global Project Development: Significant experience originating, financing, and managing large-scale oil & gas and power sector projects, with a notable 15 years focused on renewable energy in developing countries, including solar, wind, hydro, and biomass
Financial Acumen: A seasoned background in investment banking, project finance, and law, enabling comprehensive analysis and structuring of energy projects
Innovative Financing & Structuring Approaches: Demonstrated expertise in end to end innovative financing and structuring approaches across the capital stack employing project finance principles based on contracted cash flows, through deep understanding of full cycle financing requirements for energy projects via JV, licensing, public-private partnership (PPP), and other structures
Strategic Evaluation: Strong ability to assess project feasibility, analyze complex financial models, and understand risks and opportunities
Technical & Commercial Expertise: Extensive practical knowledge and experience in designing, implementing, and evaluating winners in competitive auction processes for renewable energy and oil & gas projects across multiple jurisdictions
Successful Fundraising: Proven track record in securing funding and managing multi-million dollar energy projects, including ability to manage multiple transactions simultaneously
Policy & Regulatory Expertise: Extensive experience designing and implementing energy sector policies, regulations, enabling environments and legal frameworks governing power sector projects to facilitate competitive energy markets and attract private sector investment based on international best practices
Legal Testimony: Proven ability to provide expert testimony in legal proceedings, clearly communicating technical and commercial energy sector information
Communication Skills: Adept at articulating complex legal and financial energy sector concepts into effective training materials for seminars and workshops

Areas of Expertise

Banking
Business Interruption
Finance
International Banking
International Business
Investment Banking
Lost Profits
Oil & Gas
Pipelines
Utilities

Expert Background

Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:: A: JD, International Law, University of Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado (1982)
Certificate d’Etudes Politiques, International Economics, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, Paris, France (1979)
Certificat de Langue Française, Université de Paris-IV (Sorbonne), Paris, France (1977)
BA, Political Science, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (1977)
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:: A: Regular speaker at energy conferences
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain): A: No
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?: A: Twice
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?: A: renewable energy
solar
biomass
energy finance
financial close
business interruption
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?: A: 100%
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?: A: twice
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?: A: 14
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.): A: consulting
financial modeling diagnostics
financial close assessments
suitability of project sites
fuel and resource supply assessments
tariff analysis
risk assessments

References

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