Vera A. Rechsteiner
Partner
verarechsteiner@andrewskurth.com

1350 I Street, NW
Suite 1100
Washington D.C. 20005
P: 202.662.2758
F: 202.662.2739

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Vera's practice concentrates on the development and financing of energy and infrastructure facilities and tax structuring for energy acquisitions and international project development. She has worked on energy, infrastructure and related projects in the U.S. and various countries in Latin America and Asia. She has also advised commercial and multilateral lenders on a variety of structured and corporate finance transactions.

Her work in the area of international energy transactions has included advising U.S. energy companies in connection with cross-border acquisitions, joint venture tax-planning, equipment sale and leasing transactions and the development and financing of power projects and acquisitions. In addition, Vera has assisted governments in a number of Latin American countries with the privatization of their energy industries and the restructuring of their energy regulatory frameworks.

Vera has also represented private developers, manufacturers and suppliers in a variety of international commercial transactions, including acting as counsel in connection with major hotel acquisitions and management agreements in the Caribbean, and representing suppliers in the establishment of distribution and licensing arrangements under foreign investment laws in various Latin American countries.

Professional / Civic Affiliations

Member

• District of Columbia Bar Association
• Maryland State Bar Association
• Inter/American Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• American Society for International Law

Industries

• Banking/Finance
• Energy Regulation
• Energy Transactions
• LNG

Practice Areas

• Banking/Finance
• Energy
• International
• Project Finance
• Securitization
• Tax

Education

• JD, 1985, George Washington University National Law Center
• BSFS, 1979, Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service

Admitted

• District of Columbia
• Maryland

Languages

• Spanish
  German
  French