About Captain James Morin
James Morin practices at Hogan & Hartson's Project and International Finance group, with an emphasis on policy-driven government finance for business transactions. His experience includes negotiating, structuring, and drafting complex agreements for financing development, exports as well as renewable energy and infrastructure projects. Example transactions include the first power plant to be undertaken in post-war Liberia, water development in Ghana, an Iraqi company's claim under the Foreign Claims Act, funding a microfinance bank in Afghanistan, as well as a series of Export-Import Bank direct loans for the purchase of Sikorsky helicopters.A member of the firm's Climate Change practice group, he has served as a consultant to groups seeking to understand the connections between climate change and national security and he has published work on the financing constraints facing clean energy development and carbon credit trading.
Prior to joining Hogan & Hartson, James served as an Infantry Officer in the U.S. Army for six years. As a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, he maintains a strong interest in international development and national security. He is involved in several policy organizations and is a member of the Board of Principals of the Truman National Security Project.