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Two new Akin Gump partners in L.A.

By Richard Binder

 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has announced that Dino E. Barajas and Elliot Hinds have joined the firm as partners in Los Angeles. Their practices encompass project finance, M&A, private equity transactions, joint ventures and debt finance.

Mr. Barajas? practice is centered on domestic and international project finance, with a focus on renewable energy projects and Latin American infrastructure development. His clients include commercial lenders, institutional investors, investment funds, project sponsors, and public and private companies in domestic and international project financings in the energy, power, infrastructure and commercial sectors.

Mr. Barajas received his B.A. summa cum laude from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1990 and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1993. He joins the firm from Morgan Lewis, where he was a partner and co-chair of the Latin American Practice Group.

In addition to his practice in the electric power and renewables industries, Mr. Hinds represents businesses in debt financing, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic corporate and commercial transactions. His clients include owners, developers and lenders as well as private equity firms, hedge funds and other investors.

Mr. Hinds received his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1992 and his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1996. He joins the firm from Goodwin Procter, where he was a partner.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on July 16, 2010 (boomark / email).