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Sean Kulkarni

Sean G. Kulkarni is a senior associate in Mayer Brown’s New York office and a member of the Banking & Finance and Latin America and Global Projects groups. His practice focuses on the representation of sponsors, owners, lenders (including commercial banks, investment funds and development finance institutions), underwriters and investors in connection with the development, construction, financing, acquisition and/or sale of high-profile, capital-intensive energy and infrastructure projects. Sean's experience includes the preparation and negotiation of financing documentation for syndicated loan and capital markets transactions, project agreements (including engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), operation and maintenance (O&M), and power purchase (PPA) and other offtake agreements), and various classes of offshore and onshore collateral agreements. His recent experience has focused on Latin America, where his fluency in Spanish enables him to draft, negotiate and review documents in that language in addition to English. Sean has represented clients in several of the most innovative and noteworthy Latin American project financings in recent years, including multiple “Deal of the Year” award winners and honorees. In addition to his global projects experience, Sean has advised clients on a wide range of corporate, structured and leveraged lending transactions in Latin America and elsewhere around the globe. · Mayer Brown

United StatesBanking & Finance, Project FinanceEnglish, Spanish

About

Senior associate in Mayer Brown's New York office and member of the Banking & Finance, Latin America, and Global Projects groups. Focuses on representing sponsors, owners, lenders, underwriters, and investors in the development, construction, financing, acquisition, and sale of energy and infrastructure projects. Experience includes negotiating financing documentation for syndicated loan and capital markets transactions, project agreements (EPC, O&M, PPA, and other offtakes), and various collateral agreements. Recent work centers on Latin America, where Spanish fluency enables drafting and negotiation in both Spanish and English. Has represented clients in multiple 'Deal of the Year' award-winning project financings and advised on corporate, structured, and leveraged lending transactions globally.

Practice areas

Banking & FinanceProject FinanceEnergy & InfrastructureLatin AmericaCorporate LendingStructured FinanceLeveraged Lending

Office

Expertise

Project FinanceSyndicated LoansCapital MarketsEnergy and Infrastructure ProjectsProject Agreements (EPC, O&M, PPA)Collateral AgreementsCorporate LendingStructured FinanceLeveraged Lending

Education

  • Georgetown University, BS, magna cum laude
  • Georgetown University Law Center, JD, cum laude
  • Georgetown University Law Center, LLM, with distinction

Languages

EnglishSpanish