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Our agency finance lawyers focus on cross-border financing transactions, including project finance, corporate finance and bank lending, in emerging markets worldwide.

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Ann Lilienthal is a partner of Morrison Foerster in the Agency Finance and Finance Groups, based in Washington, D.C. Ann focuses on international financing transactions and represents lenders (including development finance institutions, export credit agencies, multilateral institutions, and commercial banks) in connection with the development and financing of projects in a variety of sectors, including energy and infrastructure.Ann’s practice focuses on complex international and cross-border project financing transactions in emerging markets worldwide, with a particular focus on Latin America, Central and South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.Her experience includes advising development finance institutions, multilateral agencies, regional development banks, and export credit agencies in their funding of essential infrastructure projects in developing countries.Her practice spans multiple sectors, including:<ul><li>Energy, including solar, wind, and other types of renewable energy</li><li>Financial services</li><li>Housing</li><li>Education</li><li>Hospitality</li><li>Manufacturing</li><li>Microfinance</li><li>Mining</li><li>Petrochemicals</li><li>Telecommunications</li><li>Transportation</li></ul>Ann earned her J.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where she served as a Legal Writing Instructor and also Associate Editor for the Journal of International Law. She received her B.A. in International Economics, summa cum laude, from American University of Paris.Ann speaks Spanish and French.

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Greg Smith is a partner of Morrison Foerster in the Agency Finance and Finance Groups, based in Washington, D.C. Greg represents clients in complex financing transactions with a focus on emerging markets and developing nations.His practice focuses on advising lenders, host country governments, project sponsors, and private equity funds in connection with the development and financing of projects in various industries, including:<ul><li>Energy</li><li>Financial services</li><li>Hospitality</li><li>Housing</li><li>Manufacturing</li><li>Microfinance</li><li>Mining</li><li>Petrochemicals</li><li>Telecommunications</li><li>Transportation</li></ul>Over the course of his career, Greg has advised clients on transactions in more than 100 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa, Central and South Asia, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East. He is especially well known as one of the leading lawyers in the world for representing development finance institutions, export credit agencies, regional development banks and multilateral agencies in complex, cross-border project financings.He has been repeatedly ranked by Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Legal 500, Latin Lawyer, and Best Lawyers in America for his work in project finance, in addition to receiving accolades for specific deal work globally. Recent Chambers reviews commented that Greg is “a brilliant lawyer; smart, reliable and solutions-oriented,” “easily one of the most talented lawyers of his generation and also one of the most pleasant to work with,” and “very practical, very smart and very hard working.”