Experience

ENCYCLIS
• United Kingdom
• Waste Treatment and Disposal
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Executive Director, Head of Corporate Development

  • Jan 2023 - Present

Rookery South Ltd
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Chairman and Non-Executive Director

  • Mar 2019 - Present

EARLS GATE ENERGY CENTRE LIMITED
• Business Supplies & Equipment
• Non-Executive Director

  • Nov 2018 - Present


Covanta

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Director, Head of Corporate Development

  • 2015 - Jan 2023

  Selected to assume accountability for Europe corporate development activities [UK and Ireland] for this internationally recognized owner and operator of large-scale, EfW, and renewable energy projects. Identified investment partners, sites for development, and lead site planning, approvals, and permitting. Drove multiple project financings across a wide range of the capital stack. of. Recruited and managed leadership team for newly created business region which has grown into £2B portfolio.

• VP & Deputy General Counsel [2008-2015]; VP & Associate General Counsel [2006-2008]

  • 2006 - 2015

  Advised CEO and board on executive level business and legal matters. Presented on commercial aspects of M&A deals and general risk management. Trained staff in business practices, project, and budget management. Established repeatable, consistent processes for deal management; negotiated fixed fee with outside counsel to handle M&A and corporate finance transactions. Managed lawyers and paralegals in US and Europe. Member, senior management team and trusted legal adviser to the board.


Dublin Waste to Energy - (Covanta Plant)
• Ireland
• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Chairman and Non-Executive Director

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2023


Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Associate – General Corporate

  • 2002 - 2005

  Drafted and negotiated public and private company asset purchase and stock purchase agreements, term sheets, partnership agreements, underwriting agreements, public and private placement memoranda, fairness opinions, and general corporate formality documents. Counseled public companies on public disclosure issues related to Exchange Act, Regulation FD, and Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Specialized in M&A, private equity, and corporate finance. Drafted and negotiated public and private company asset purchase and stock purchase agreements, term sheets, partnership agreements, underwriting agreements, public and private placement memoranda, fairness opinions, and general corporate formality documents. Counseled public companies on public disclosure issues related to Exchange Act, Regulation FD, and Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Specialized in M&A, private equity, and corporate finance.



Sphera Optical Network

• United States
• Telecommunications

• Assistant General Counsel / Director of Business Development

  • 2000 - 2002

  Recruited by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett client to serve in dual legal and business roles negotiating sales, licensing, and marketing agreements with vendors, customers, and strategic sales partners for one of first providers of “all-optical” metropolitan gateway networks that supplied high capacity bandwidth to carriers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Application Service Providers (ASPs) and worldwide service providers. Negotiated multiple series of private equity raises totaling $73M+. Recruited by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett client to serve in dual legal and business roles negotiating sales, licensing, and marketing agreements with vendors, customers, and strategic sales partners for one of first providers of “all-optical” metropolitan gateway networks that supplied high capacity bandwidth to carriers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Application Service Providers (ASPs) and worldwide service providers. Negotiated multiple series of private equity raises totaling $73M+.



Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate – General Corporate

  • 1997 - 2000

  Rotated through firm’s sub-groups to engage in M&A and private equity transactions, securities and structured finance, banking, and project finance. Rotated through firm’s sub-groups to engage in M&A and private equity transactions, securities and structured finance, banking, and project finance.