James Rafferty Email and Phone Number

Jim Rafferty... is a Washington DC-based corporate and business lawyer. He represents and consults with international energy companies and other participants in the worldwide energy sector. He leverages 25+ years’ experience in private practice with national law firms and in major corporations to provide practical, business-goal oriented service with a focus on maximizing value for the client. Accomplishments include:• Renewable energy and utility project construction and joint ventures• Multinational corporate structuring and operations• Mergers and acquisitions among energy companies• IP licensing• Tax incentives and tax policy for renewable energy• Structuring and drafting commercial agreements of all kinds• Tax legislative counsel/lobbyist for high tech trade association• Domestic and international arbitration and litigation• Chief Ethics Officer for MNC operating in Asia• Leader of internationally-based corporate legal staff; law firm administrative partner —Former Chair -- ABA Tax Section Committee on Affiliated and Related Corporations —Government experience -- legislative assistant to the Chairman, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Rules—Admitted in Maryland and the District of Columbia— Speaker and writer on legal and energy policy developments—Congressional testimony as expert on tax incentives for bioterrorism researchRafferty is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia Bars and the Energy Bar Association, and former chairman of the ABA Tax Section Committee on Affiliated and Related Corporations. He served as legislative assistant to the Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Rules.Rafferty is a graduate of Brown University, and holds a Master’s degree from Princeton University and a J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University. The father of two, he resides with his wife in Maryland and Northwest Montana.E-Mail: jamesgrafferty@gmail.com