CH

ICA

GO

LAW

BU

LLET

IN.C

OM

Sett

lem

ent

Ash

e cr

edit

ed

the

atto

rney

s re

pres

enti

ng B

okel

man

and

Uni

ted

Van

Lin

es f

or w

orki

ng to

avo

id t

he

adde

d ex

pens

e an

d de

lay

for

his

clie

nt

by

adm

itti

ng

liabi

lity

and

agre

eing

to

med

iate

bef

ore

a la

w-

Afr

ica

anot

her

gove

rnm

ent

initi

ativ

e he

ho

pes

to w

ork

wit

h in

his

new

role

: Po

wer

Afr

ica.

Ann

ounc

ed b

y th

e W

hite

Hou

se in

Jun

e, t

he p

rogr

am

hope

s to

do

uble

ac

cess

to

el

ec­

tric

ity

in

sub-

Sah

aran

A

fric

a,

whe

re m

ore

than

two-

thir

ds o

f the

po

pula

tion

lives

w

itho

ut

it.

The

E

xpor

t-Im

port

Ban

k ha

s pl

edge

d su

ppor

t to

that

pro

gram

. S

ub-S

ahar

an A

fric

a w

ill r

equi

re

mor

e th

an $

300

billi

on i

n in

vest

­m

ent

to

achi

eve

univ

ersa

l el

ec­

tric

ity

acce

ss b

y 20

30, a

ccor

ding

to

the

Inte

rnat

iona

l E

nerg

y A

genc

y.

Ach

ievi

ng t

hat w

ould

pro

vide

ele

c­tr

icit

y to

the

600

mill

ion

peop

le

· tha

t O

'Bri

en

said

ar

e cu

rren

tly

with

out p

ower

ther

e.

"The

se a

re p

eopl

e th

at l

ive

by

cand

lelig

ht s

till,

whi

ch i

n to

day'

s da

y an

d ti

me

you

just

sha

ke y

our

head

and

say

, 'T

hat

real

ly c

an't

be.'

" O

'Bri

en s

aid.

"B

ut it

is."

O

'Bri

en

has

been

in

volv

ed

in

thre

e re

new

able

en

ergy

tra

nsac

­tio

ns i

n S

outh

Afr

ica

that

so

far

Aw

ards

G

elpi

sai

d pr

ovid

ing

lega

l re

p­re

sent

atio

n to

peo

ple

who

can

not

affo

rd t

o hi

re c

ouns

el "

is t

he m

ost

impo

rtan

t th

ing

that

any

law

yer

can

do."

The

ben

efits

of

pro

bono

and

pu

blic

inte

rest

wor

k ex

tend

bey

ond

the

clie

nt b

eing

rep

rese

nted

, G

elpi

sa

id.

He

said

suc

h w

ork

allo

ws

youn

g la

wye

rs to

get

litig

atio

n ex

peri

ence

an

d th

eir

olde

r co

lleag

ues

to k

eep

up w

ith th

eir

skill

s.

suit

was

eve

r fil

ed.

"Rig

ht a

way

now

, she

'll b

e ab

le to

m

ake

up f

or t

hat

loss

of

inco

me

with

out

wai

ting,

'' A

she

said

. "T

his

is h

ow it

's su

ppos

ed to

wor

k.

"I'm

stil

l a

belie

ver

that

if

the

part

ies

get

toge

ther

an

d th

ey're

re

ason

able

and

logi

cal a

nd fa

ir, y

ou

can

reso

lve

case

s be

fore

or

shor

tly

afte

r fili

ng s

uit."

rank

as

som

e of

the

larg

est e

nerg

y de

als

in th

e co

ntin

ent.

In a

com

bine

d de

al w

orth

$58

6 m

illio

n,

O'B

rien

ad

vise

d th

e de

­ve

lope

r of

two

75 m

egaw

att

sola

r pa

nel

proj

ects

in

S

outh

A

fric

a,

know

n as

the

Let

sats

i an

d L

esed

i so

lar

proj

ects

. T

hat

fina

ncin

g cl

osed

in N

ovem

ber

2012

. A

nd l

ast

year

, in

a p

roje

ct t

hat

Goo

gle

inve

sted

$1

2 m

illio

n in

, O

'Brie

n ad

vise

d in

a 9

6 m

egaw

att

sola

r de

al k

now

n as

Jas

per

in S

outh

M

ica.

Goo

gle

said

the

pla

nt c

ould

po

wer

30,

000

hom

es in

the

coun

try.

All

thre

e of

thos

e de

als

invo

lved

a

U.S

.-bas

ed p

roje

ct d

evel

oper

-a

Cal

ifor

nia

com

pany

cal

led

Sola

r­R

eser

ve -

that

bri

ngs

the

tech

­no

logy

and

exp

erti

se t

o th

e po

wer

pl

ant.

Fro

m th

e pe

rspe

ctiv

e of

the

Ex­

port

-Im

port

Ban

k, w

hich

has

goa

ls

of in

crea

sing

jobs

and

exp

orts

for

U

.S. c

ompa

nies

, pro

ject

s lik

e th

ose

wou

ld m

ake

sens

e, O

'Bri

en s

aid.

T

he b

ank,

kno

wn

as E

x-1m

Ban

k,

has

man

y pr

oduc

ts.

But

O'B

rien

sa

id i

t pr

imar

ily

mak

es l

oans

to

fore

ign

com

pani

es

with

th

e re

­qu

irem

ent

they

use

the

mon

ey t

o

dley

, A

ustin

LL

P; U

.S.

Mag

istr

ate

Judg

e G

eral

dine

Soa

t Bro

wn.

•

Tim

othy

J.

Bar

ron,

Ben

jam

in

J. B

radf

ord

and

H.

Ash

ley

Chi

of

Jenn

er &

Blo

ck L

LP

and

Mic

hael

S

kope

ts,

form

erly

of

th

at f

irm

; U

.S.

Dis

tric

t Ju

dge

Edm

ond

E.

Cha

ng.

• Jo

seph

R S

chm

idt

and

Meg

an

K.

McG

rath

of

Taf

t, S

tett

iniu

s &

H

ollis

ter

LLP;

Cha

ng.

• D

avid

J.

Phili

ps o

f Ph

ilips

&

Phili

ps

Ltd

.; U

.S.

Dis

tric

t Ju

dge

Tho

mas

M. D

urki

n.

• Je

ffre

y J.

Sco

laro

of D

aley

, Mo­

han,

Gro

ble

P.C.

; Cas

tillo

. •

Phill

ip S

. Ree

d of

Pat

zik Fr~m k

Bok

elm

an

was

re

pres

ente

d at

m

edia

tion

by L

ew R

.C.

Bri

cker

, a

part

ner

at S

mith

Am

unds

en L

LC,

and

Uni

ted

Van

L

ines

w

as

rep­

rese

nted

by

John

J. L

affe

y, a

sha

re­

hold

er

at

Why

te,

Hir

schb

oeck

, D

udek

S.C

. in

Milw

auke

e.

Laf

fey

defe

rred

co

mm

ent

to

Uni

ted

Van

Lin

es' c

orpo

rate

ow

ner,

Uni

Gro

up I

nc.

purc

hase

U.S

. goo

ds a

nd s

ervi

ces.

"T

he b

ank

is v

ery

muc

h lo

okin

g fo

r co

nstr

ucto

rs o

f po

wer

pla

nts

and

deve

lope

rs

of

pow

er

plan

ts

who

will

dev

elop

pow

er p

lant

s in

A

fric

a us

ing

U.S

. go

ods

and

ser­

vice

s,"

O'B

rien

sai

d.

"One

way

in

whi

ch w

e ca

n en

­co

urag

e ex

port

s of

U.S

. goo

ds a

nd

serv

ices

is

to

have

re

lati

onsh

ips

with

U

.S.

deve

lope

rs.

The

y m

ay

wel

l be

mor

e lik

ely

to u

se U

.S. g

oods

an

d se

rvic

es in

the

ir p

roje

cts.

" E

x-Im

B

ank

also

w

orks

w

ith

bank

s by

gua

rant

eein

g fi

nanc

ing

they

pro

vide

to

fore

ign

com

pani

es,

with

the

sam

e ca

veat

that

the

mon

­ey

be

spen

t on

U.S

. exp

orts

. E:x

:-Im

B

ank

figu

res

its

fina

ncin

g ha

s su

p­po

rted

1.2

mill

ion

U.S

. jo

bs f

rom

fis

cal

year

s 20

09 to

201

3.

In s

ub-S

ahar

an A

fric

a, O

'Bri

en

said

his

mes

sage

is ta

ilor

ed to

com

­ba

t per

cept

ions

of a

regi

on ri

fe w

ith

corr

upti

on a

nd b

ribe

ry.

· A

ccor

ding

to

Tra

nspa

renc

y In

­te

rnat

iona

l's

Cor

rupt

ion

Perc

ep­

tions

Ind

ex, w

hich

ran

ks c

ount

ries

ba

sed

on "

how

cor

rupt

thei

r pub

lic

sect

or is

per

ceiv

ed to

be,

" tw

o of

the

five

mos

t co

rrup

t na

tions

are

lo-

"We

cont

inue

to

be d

eepl

y sa

d­de

ned

by

the

loss

of

T

roop

er

Sau

ter:

' sa

id C

arl

Wal

ter,

a U

n­iG

roup

vic

e pr

esid

ent,

in a

sta

te­

men

t. "W

e ar

e pl

ease

d th

at t

he

part

ies

invo

lved

in th

e la

wsu

it w

ere

able

to

rea

ch a

set

tlem

ent."

T

he c

ase

is E

lizab

eth

Saut

er v.

Uni

ted

Van

Line

s L

LC

et a

l, N

o. 1

3 L

146

23.

mka

rlin

sky@

lbpc

.com

cate

d in

the

regi

on.

On

the

177-

coun

try in

dex,

mos

t of

the

sub-

Sah

aran

na

tions

ra

nk

lOO

th o

r be

low

. T

he b

est-

scor

ing

coun

try

in t

he r

egio

n is

Bot

swan

a at

No.

30.

The

U.S

., by

com

pari

son,

is

ran

ked

19th

. B

ut O

'Bri

en s

aid

he

disa

gree

s w

ith

that

pe

rcep

tion.

H

is

expe

­ri

ence

s in

the

regi

on h

ave

prov

ed it

to

be,

at

tim

es,

"lite

rally

no

dif­

fere

nt"

than

get

ting

a p

ower

pla

nt

built

in th

e U

.S.

The

dic

hoto

my

betw

een

publ

ic

perc

epti

on

and

O'B

rien

's ex

peri

­en

ce i

s a

detr

imen

t to

dom

estic

bu

sine

ss,

he s

aid.

Sev

en o

f th

e 10

fa

stes

t-gr

owin

g ec

onom

ies

are

lo­

cate

d in

sub

-Sah

aran

Afr

ica,

Ex-

Im

Ban

k sa

ys.

"Fra

nkly

, as

one

loo

ks a

t a

va­

riet

y of

oth

er p

arti

cipa

nts

in t

he

Afr

ican

m

arke

t -

part

icul

arly

co

mpa

nies

fr

om

Chi

na

-w

e're

w

ay b

ehin

d,"

O'B

rien

sai

d, r

efer

­ri

ng to

Am

eric

an c

ompa

nies

. "I

thi

nk p

eopl

e he

re a

re m

issi

ng

out

on

grea

t in

vest

men

t op

por­

tuni

ties

bec

ause

the

y se

e it

in

the

sam

e ol

d w

ay."

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