AMIS - Key Persons
Charles Baker is an Associate at Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP. His practice focuses primarily on project development, project finance, and mergers and acquisitions in the independent power and renewable power industries.
Charles joined Amis, Patel & Brewer from an international law firm, where he was a member of the firm's Energy and Infrastructure Group. His practice focused on the representation of public utilities in both a transactional and regulatory context and tax equity investors in connection with project financings.
While in law school, Charles served as Managing Editor of the Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal.
Education
University of Virginia School of Law, JD, 2018
University of Virginia, BA, 2015, with distinction (Phi Beta Kappa)
Christa L. Maiorano is an Associate at Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP. She has represented developers and investors in financings, development-stage acquisitions and joint ventures involving renewable energy projects throughout the United States.
Christa joined Amis, Patel & Brewer from Norton Rose Fulbright in 2021, where she was a member of the firm's Projects group and primarily represented multilateral and bilateral development banks, as well as commercial lenders, in the financing of renewable energy and other infrastructure projects in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. Through the representations of lenders, she worked closely with developers, contractors and governments to facilitate successful projects in these sectors.
She received her JD with specialization in international legal affairs from Cornell Law School. While at Cornell, she was the Editor-in-Chief of the Cornell International Law Journal. She received her BA in anthropology from Wake Forest University. Prior to law school, Christa served as an education volunteer with the United States Peace Corps in Rwanda.
Education
Cornell Law School, JD, 2016
Wake Forest University, BA, 2009, magna cum laude, with departmental honors, Phi Beta Kappa
Corinne McCarthy is an Associate of Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP. Corinne's practice is focused on representing project developers, owners, sponsors and investors in the energy and sustainability sectors regarding a broad range of matters relating to project finance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and project development, ownership and operation.
Corinne has experience in drafting and negotiating various project documents including engineering, procurement, and construction agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, equipment supply agreements, and offtake agreements for a range of energy technologies, including offshore and onshore wind, solar (both utility-scale and C&I projects), battery storage and natural gas technologies. She has advised clients on complex debt and equity financing transactions, many of which have involved tax equity structures. Corinne has also assisted clients with dispositions and acquisitions and other corporate transactions, including drafting of operating agreements for development partnerships.
Corinne graduated from Emory University School of Law with honors and published a student note in the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal. While in law school, Corinne completed an externship for Southern Company within their Corporate Governance and AFT Legal Group that involved securities and corporate governance matters.
Prior to law school, Corinne worked for a national engineering firm that assisted clients in the development of renewable and conventional energy projects. She received her BA in environmental science from Franklin and Marshall College where she was named a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society and graduated magna cum laude.
Education
Emory University School of Law, JD, 2015, with honors
Franklin and Marshall College, BA in Environmental Science, 2009, magna cum laude (Phi Beta Kappa)
Demitrius M. Anthony is a Partner at Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP. Demitrius joined APB soon after the launch of the firm in early 2017. He is excited to have the opportunity to rejoin a group of former colleagues in a boutique firm setting focused on the renewable energy and sustainability sectors while emphasizing client service. Demitrius practiced corporate law for 10 years with a major Washington, DC law firm. He then served several years as Associate General Counsel with a major international satellite corporation.
Demitrius has broad experience representing public and private companies in connection with a variety of domestic and international transactional and compliance matters, including project development, acquisition and finance in the renewable energy sector; stock and asset acquisitions; joint venture arrangements; business combinations; and corporate formation and governance. His international experience includes providing primary legal support for sales teams in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan where he participated in negotiating and drafting commercial and government sales agreements, offset agreements, reseller agreements and consulting agreements. He also managed the formation of foreign subsidiaries in the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates and the dissolution of foreign subsidiaries in Europe.
In addition, Demitrius has represented companies and individuals in connection with internal investigations, compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, corporate crisis situations and enforcement actions brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission. He has represented clients in such diverse industries as solar and wind power, defense and aerospace, manufacturing, aviation support, pharmaceuticals, motor sports and e-commerce.
While at Howard Law, Demitrius was a member of the Howard Law Journal and member of the Huver I. Brown Trial Advocacy Moot Court team. He also received the Earl H. Davis Advocacy Award from the Jack Olender Foundation in December 1999.
Education
Howard University School of Law, JD, 2000, cum laude
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, BA - History, 1994
Jack Gross is an Associate at Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP. His practice focuses primarily on project development, project finance, and mergers and acquisitions in the independent power and renewable power industries.
Jack joined Amis, Patel & Brewer from Vanderbilt University Law School. Prior to law school, he received his BA in environmental and urban studies from Vassar College and a master's degree in risk and environmental hazards from Durham University in England. Jack also worked as a project manager and a technical writer before attending law school.
Education
Vanderbilt University Law School, JD, 2021
Durham University, MSc in Risk and Environmental Hazards, 2013
Vassar College, BA in Environmental and Urban Studies, 2012, with distinction
Mauricio Posadas is a Partner of Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP. Mauricio joined his longstanding colleagues to launch APB in 2017 after working with them for most of his career in the U.S., focusing on project development, acquisition and finance in the renewable energy sector (including, drafting and negotiating offtake, construction, operation, and project acquisition agreements).
Prior to joining APB, Mauricio worked for two years with the project finance group in the Washington, DC office of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, representing multilateral lenders and other financial institutions in the financing of energy and infrastructure projects abroad, focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean. In this context, he represented development financial institutions in deals in Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica and India.
Mauricio also worked for several years as a tax and administrative law attorney in Venezuela. While in Venezuela, he drafted legal opinions on municipal tax, value added tax, income tax, and tax amnesty regimes; met with high ranking tax officials; drafted actions and discovery documents; submitted oral pleadings before tax courts; prepared oral pleadings to be presented to the Supreme Court; and coordinated the tax litigation practice of his firm.
Mauricio is a bilingual attorney and native Spanish speaker. His experience as both a U.S. and a Venezuelan attorney allows him to represent clients in Latin American financing deals in a unique way, coordinating the negotiation of local development documents, security and legal opinions efficiently while using his expertise in U.S. law project development and finance in the negotiation and closing of New York law documents. Mauricio was listed in Chambers Global for Venezuela - Energy and Natural Resources, Experts Based Abroad.
While at George Mason, Mauricio was the Symposium Editor of the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy, president of the Hispanic Law Students Association and volunteer at D.C. Law Students in Court. At Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, he was a teaching assistant in Public International Law, member of the Editorial Board of the law magazine Dictamen and vice president of Law Students' Representative Body.
Education
George Mason University School of Law, JD, 2008, cum laude
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Abogado, 2001, cum laude (first in class)
Melissa Boudreau is a Partner of Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP. She has represented developers, investors, contractors and other market participants in various project financings, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures involving renewable energy facilities and sustainability projects throughout the United States. Her practice involves all phases of project development and finance, including corporate structuring, drafting and negotiation of project documents, and management of complex acquisition, development, financing and sale transactions.
Melissa joined Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP from Norton Rose Fulbright, where her practice focused primarily on representing multilateral development banks, export-credit agencies and other financial institutions in connection with structured, project and corporate financings and equity investments in emerging markets. Through the representations of lenders, she worked closely with developers, contractors and governments to facilitate project development in the energy, transportation and infrastructure sectors.
While in law school, Melissa served as Managing Editor of the Duke Law Journal. She has been selected as a Washington D.C. "Rising Star" by Thomson Reuters since 2017.
Education
Duke University School of Law, JD, 2013
University of Maryland, BA, 2007
Nathan Bishop is an Associate at Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP. His practice focuses on the development, construction, financing, acquisition and sale of renewable energy and sustainability projects throughout the United States. Nathan works across the lifecycle of renewables projects, from power purchase agreements to tax equity capital contribution agreements, from letter of credit facilities to project purchase and sale agreements. He takes enormous pride in helping clients navigate the challenges they face in leading the transition to a clean energy economy.
Nathan joined Amis, Patel & Brewer from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, a global law firm, where he worked on renewable energy project finance and development in the solar, onshore and offshore wind and green hydrogen sectors. As a law student, Nathan was a legal intern for the Environmental Defense Fund, where he researched emissions credit trading policies among EEA and EFTA states, and at the Natural Resources Defense Council, where he analyzed a variety of energy policy issues. Nathan also served as a research assistant at the United Nations International Law Commission, where he helped prepare guidelines concerning state responsibility for protection of the atmosphere under international law.
Nathan graduated from New York University School of Law as an International Law and Human Rights Fellow, where he was also the Submissions Editor of the Environmental Law Journal. He received his BA in International Relations from Brown University, where he was a Head Writing Fellow.
Education
New York University School of Law, JD, 2018
Brown University, BA in International Relations, 2013
Nicholas Hawks is an Associate at Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP. His practice focuses on the development, construction, financing, acquisition and sale of renewable energy and controlled environment agriculture facilities throughout the United States.
Nicholas joined Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP from Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP, where he advised public sector clients on the procurement and implementation of infrastructure projects in the water transmission pipeline, water and wastewater treatment, desalination, renewable energy, public buildings, solid waste and transportation sectors.
He received his JD from the Georgetown University Law Center, and his BA in sociology from Colorado College.
Nik Patel is one of the founding partners of Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP. Together with several longstanding colleagues, Nik founded APB in the belief that a boutique firm, focused on the renewable energy and sustainability sectors with an emphasis on client service by senior practitioners, could offer the superior value proposition in this sector.
Nik has spent the past 25-plus years counseling clients on the acquisition, development and financing of infrastructure projects. For the past 20 years, his practice has been focused on domestic and international clean energy and sustainability projects, including the acquisition, development and financing of several of the largest clean energy projects in the United States. Advising primarily developers and equity investors, Nik's practice has covered all phases of the acquisition, development, construction and financing of sustainability projects, as well as repowering of existing projects. Representative technologies include solar, wind, battery energy storage, biomass, small and utility scale combined cycle gas generation, waste to energy, clean waste disposal and hydropower.
While primarily focusing on domestic projects, Nik has assisted clients in projects around the globe, including Southeast Asia, Western and Southern Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. He has consistently received a top ranking from Chambers Global for his renewable energy and sustainability work and led the transactions that have earned top national project awards.
Education
The Georgetown University Law Center, JD, 1996, cum laude
Florida State University, BS in Accounting/BS in Finance, 1993, magna cum laude
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Partner
- Adjunct Professor of Project Finance
Tom Amis is Chairman of Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP, a law firm focused on the renewable energy and sustainability sectors. Tom, together with several longstanding colleagues, founded APB in 2017 after a 30-year career at several major international law firms in New York and Washington. The firm was founded in the belief that a boutique firm, focused on the renewable energy and sustainability sectors with an emphasis on client service by senior practitioners, could offer a superior value proposition to clients.
Tom's practice has focused on domestic and international infrastructure development and finance since the mid-1980's. For the last 20 years, his work has been exclusively concentrated in the renewable energy and sustainability sectors. He has represented developers, contractors and financing parties in all aspects of the development, financing and construction of sustainable energy projects. Representative technologies include solar, wind (onshore and offshore), biomass, waste to energy and energy storage. He is also experienced in the design and implementation of distributed production business models for energy generation and energy efficiency deployment. Together with colleagues at APB, he has pioneered the application of project development and financing structures in the controlled environment agriculture sector. He has consistently received a top ranking from Chambers Global for his renewable energy and sustainability work.
His international work includes service as Senior Commercial Counsel at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. At OPIC and afterwards, Tom worked on financing transactions throughout Europe, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
Tom has served as adjunct professor of project finance and renewable energy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. He currently is a senior advisor to Spark Fund LLC, a provider of innovative financing solutions for efficiency retrofits for commercial and industrial buildings. His non-profit activities include service as a Trustee of the Yale Sustainable Food Program and service as a Trustee of The Nature Conservancy Mid-Atlantic chapter.
Renu K. Gupta is a Partner of Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP, who joined the firm at its inception together with several longstanding colleagues. She is an environmental attorney whose practice focuses on regulatory issues affecting renewable energy and sustainability infrastructure. Her experience extends to the solar photovoltaic, energy storage, onshore and offshore wind, electrical interconnection and controlled environment agriculture sectors. Renu also has assisted clients with development of liquefied natural gas terminals, fuel processing and chemical manufacturing facilities, conventional power plants and linear infrastructure, such as natural gas pipelines, transmission lines, communication facilities and roads.
Renu has expertise in managing environmental review, land grant, certification and permitting processes under several federal and state programs. She represents clients in matters before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Interior (Bureaus of Land Management, Ocean Energy Management and Reclamation; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; and U.S. Forest Service) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, among other agencies. She routinely advises clients on issues pertaining to Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, Endangered Species Act, National Historic Preservation Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act and Federal Aviation Administration regulations, among others.
Renu negotiates environmental and regulatory compliance aspects of renewable energy credit, energy offtake, membership interest and asset acquisition, financing, equipment procurement and construction, development services, electrical interconnection and related agreements. She manages environmental due diligence reviews for mergers, acquisitions and financing transactions, and she works closely with clients to address development and operating risks.
While attending law school, Renu served as a Research Editor for the Houston Journal of International Law, interned with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Judge Harold R. DeMoss, Jr., and the United States Federal District Court, Southern District of Texas, Judge Lee H. Rosenthal, and was awarded a Dean's scholarship. Prior to practicing law, she worked with environmental firms in northern Virginia and Texas.
Education
University of Houston School of Law, JD, 1994, magna cum laude
Rice University, Houston, Texas, BA, 1990
Rusty Brewer is a Partner and founder of Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP, a law firm focused on the renewable energy and sustainability sectors.
Rusty's career and practice have focused exclusively on the renewable energy and sustainability sectors. He has represented developers, contractors and financing parties in the acquisition, sale, development and financing of renewable energy facilities throughout the United States. He primarily represents companies who develop, finance and construct solar, wind, energy storage and controlled environment agricultural production facilities. His practice encompasses all aspects of project development and finance, including project, corporate and joint venture structuring, equipment procurement and construction, offtake agreements, operations agreements and financing documents. He has consistently received a top ranking from Chambers Global for his renewable energy and sustainability work.
Prior to founding Amis, Patel & Brewer, Rusty practiced at Baker Botts LLP and Cooley LLP. Mr. Brewer received his JD, in 2004 from the Georgetown University Law Center where he was a member of The Tax Lawyer. He received his BS in economics from The University of Texas at Austin in 1999 where he graduated with honors. Mr. Brewer previously served as adjunct professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University where he taught courses on applied project finance.
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, JD, 2004
University of Texas at Austin, BS, 1999
Will McConnell is an Associate of Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP. His practice focuses primarily on project development, project finance, and mergers and acquisitions in the independent power and renewable power industries.
Will joined Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP upon graduation from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Environmental Law Review and worked on issues of electoral reform and climate change mitigation. Prior to law school, Will worked as a Consultant at Deloitte Consulting LLP, where he focused on power and utilities, as well as public health and environmental, projects. He has also worked as a researcher on the death penalty and on the fentanyl epidemic, subjects on which he produced reports and testimonies for state legislatures and other public bodies. He has co-written with former Deputy Attorney General Philip Heymann a manuscript on democracy and the rule of law in institutional design, and he has held positions with both the United States Department of State and the United States House of Representatives.