Lloyd Bennack Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Tx

Primary responsibilities were in support of OIG's solar work (construction and EPC) and power distribution work (construction and maintenance), including: equipment and real estate leasing; drafting and negotiating construction services agreements, EPC agreements, and related agreements; risk assessment and management; management, negotiation, and settlement of disputes; and selection, management, and supervision of outside counsel.

Houston, Texas

Responsibilities included management of all company legal matters, providing legal advice to the executive team and other managers and directors, and overseeing and managing external counsel in a wide range of matters. Other responsibilities included leading the negotiation, memorialization, legal management of, and management and mitigation of risks and resolution of disputes related to, a wide variety of contracts and business operations, primarily related to the development, engineering, construction, operation, and maintenance of aerial and underground fiber optic networks and cellular networks.

Houston, Texas Area

Negotiated engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts for large infrastructure projects. Responsibilities included leading the negotiation, memorialization, legal management of, and management and mitigation of risks and resolution of disputes related to, a wide variety of contracts and business operations for Quanta’s many subsidiaries and operating units, primarily related to the development, engineering, construction, operation, and maintenance of large infrastructure projects in power distribution, transmission, and generation (conventional and dual-axis, focused solar PV), electrical specialty, gas transmission, and refining. Review of domestic and international bid invitations and accompanying contractual terms and conditions. Assisting with permitting, site access, and licensing.

Houston, Texas | Seattle, Washington

Responsibilities included: Management and resolution of all company legal matters, including contracts, disputes and other legal risks, human resources, regulatory compliance, establishment of corporate legal policies, board of directors relations, corporate governance, administration of employee incentive stock option plan, and selection and supervision of outside counsel. • Successfully completed Series B round of finance with 3 venture capital funds (2 returning, 1 new) and 2 other new investors, raising over $18 million.• Created form documents for ordinary course matters, including: hiring and termination; non-disclosure; licensing, publishing, and distribution; end-user license agreements and terms of use; and various service arrangements.• Successfully negotiated with a leading provider of digital entertainment services to consumers in China, granting exclusive rights to publish and distribute a video game there.

Houston, Tx

• Supported projects totaling over 2,800 MW (sole project legal counsel for over 1,200 MW) of nameplate capacity at all stages from early development to commercial operation, including drafting, negotiation, and management of balance of plant (BOP) and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts exceeding $269 million in value.• Primary project counsel in prospecting and developing over 60 renewable energy prospects, regularly supporting over 30 concurrently, providing legal counsel in risk analysis and management, vendor qualification, drafting and negotiating contracts, and supporting compliance with contractual, financial, environmental, and regulatory requirements.• Negotiating and drafting agreements for joint development, joint site ownership, interconnections, road use, economic development, payments in lieu of taxes, operating and maintenance (O&M), engineering and consulting services, and turbine supply.• Lead counsel supporting development and environmental teams from detailing of concept to closing an industry-leading three-party agreement among EDPR and major conservation organizations, establishing a program to offset the effects of an EDPR wind farm through acquisition of over 13,000 acres of permanent conservation easements and their restoration as suitable habitat for grassland birds, including the endangered greater prairie-chicken.• Provided legal support for numerous purchases, sales, and swaps of project assets, including real property rights, interconnection and transmission rights, and permits, for operating and prospective wind farms in numerous states and abroad, totaling a net value (not including swaps) of more than $15 million.• Negotiating with communities, various local and state authorities, regulatory entities, and other stakeholders to support legal, permitting, and regulatory processes.

Houston

One of 3 attorneys responsible for Tenneco Gas’s international project development and project finance in natural gas pipelines and independent power production. Laid off as part of Tenneco Gas’s restructuring in preparation for acquisition by El Paso Energy.Responsibilities included:• One of two Tenneco attorneys responsible for the Bolivia to Brazil Consortium project, a natural gas pipeline project that, at a cost of $2 billion, was then the largest private sector investment in Latin America.• Lead counsel for development of an automated natural gas marketing center offering on-line trading of hub and wheeling services.• Initiated substantial changes to process for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance and compensation of foreign business consultants.

Houston

International corporate and business/commercial transactions, concentrating in foreign investment (inbound and outbound, joint ventures, and acquisitions), sales representation and distribution arrangements, oilfield services, and international public works projects and privatizations, primarily in Latin America.

Houston, Texas

Law clerk to U.S. District Judge John V. Singleton, Jr.

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Cum Laude, Law

Activities and Societies: Houston Law Review, Order of the Barons, Order of the Coif, Phi Delta Phi

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History

Full Academic Year Immersed In Spanish Language, Culture, And History, As Well As French Language

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