Rod, Jonathan R.

Jonathan R. Rod

Of Counsel

jonathan.rod@lw.com
    Rod, Jonathan R.

    Jonathan R. Rod

    Of Counsel

    jonathan.rod@lw.com
    Band 1 – Projects

    Chambers USA 2023

    "Jonathan is a guru in the industry. There is nothing he hasn't seen or dealt with."

    Chambers USA 2023

    “Jonathan is an icon of the space.”

    Chambers USA 2022

    “He is fantastic — a very seasoned lawyer.”

    Chambers USA 2022

    “Knows the market, has a strong commercial mentality and has the ability to think strategically through transactions and structures.”

    Chambers USA 2021

    Hall of Fame – Finance: Project Finance

    The Legal 500 US 2023

    “Very good at getting to the bottom of things very quickly and finding solutions.”

    Chambers USA 2021

    Profile

    Jonathan Rod is of counsel in the New York office of Latham & Watkins, where he is a member of the Finance Department. He is the former Co-Chair of the Project Development & Finance Practice, as well as the former Global Co-Chair of the Power Industry Group.

    Mr. Rod handles a wide variety of securities and finance matters, with a principal focus on the energy, oil, gas, and infrastructure sectors. He has extensive experience in securities work, including innovative project bond financings in US capital markets.

    Mr. Rod is ranked Band 1 by Chambers Global and Chambers USA for US Projects, and is recognized as one of the leading attorneys in the US in the project finance area.

    He is named a Leading Lawyer for Project Finance, Energy Transactions, and Energy by The Legal 500 US, and recognized in Who's Who Legal - The International Who's Who of Project Finance Lawyers and Thought Leaders. Mr. Rod is also continually listed in The Best Lawyers in America as a recommended attorney in project finance law.

    Experience

    Mr. Rod's power project experience includes representing:

    • The sponsor in connection with multiple bond offerings for the financing and refinancing of the Sabine Pass Liquefaction Facility
    • The sponsors in connection with the construction financing of the Midship natural gas pipeline
    • The institutional investors in connection with the partial refinancing of the APLNG Liquefaction facility
    • The borrower/issuer in connection with multiple bank and bond financings for Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.
    • The lenders in connection with the acquisition financing by Brookfield Infrastructure of certain pipeline assets in Canada
    • The mezzanine lender in connection with the financing of solar projects in Chile
    • The sponsors in connection with the construction financing and bond refinancing of an oil pipeline in the United States
    • The lenders in connection with a term loan B refinancing of six LNG carriers
    • The company in connection with an intermediation facility for its 300,000 barrel a day refinery in Philadelphia
    • The sponsor in connection with the acquisition and financing of an interest in the ELBA Island Liquefaction facility
    • The sponsors in the construction financing of an 800MW gas fired electric generation facility in California
    • The sponsors in the construction financing of a transmission line in Texas
    • The initial purchasers in the Rule 144A/Regulation S construction bond financing of a 550MW solar project in California
    • The initial purchasers in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S refinancing of a 1500MW cogeneration facility in Michigan
    • The initial purchasers in connection with the Rule 144A/Regulation S financing of a portfolio of wind electric generation projects in the United States
    • The joint lead arrangers in connection with the financing of a portfolio of wind electric generation projects in the United States, Canada, and Europe
    • The joint lead arrangers in the refinancing of the coal and gas fired generation assets of a large independent power producer

    Mr. Rod's selected oil and gas financing experience includes representing:

    • The lenders and initial purchasers in various financings and refinancings for a large US regasification facility
    • The lenders in the refinancing of an oil terminal in the United Kingdom
    • The lenders in connection with the construction financing of a diluent pipeline from Illinois to Alberta, Canada
    • The institutional investors in the project financing of a natural gas pipeline in New York State

    Mr. Rod also regularly represents underwriters in debt and equity offerings for companies engaged in the mid-stream oil and gas and electric utility industries.

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • Connecticut
    • New York

    Education

    • JD, Boston University School of Law, 1985
    • BA/BS, University of Pennsylvania, 1982

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