Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. 8/2014-6/2015 Professor of Law, Adjunct, International Business Transactions

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1 DON SCOTT De AMICIS Executive Director, National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade Professor of Practice, James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona 440 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson, AZ (520) , Academic Experience University of Arizona Law School, Professor of Practice, Comparative Commercial Law Executive Director, National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade, Tucson, Arizona 9/2015-present Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. 8/2014-6/2015 Professor of Law, Adjunct, International Business Transactions Leiden University Law School, Leiden, The Netherlands 10/ Senior Lecturer, U.S. Financial Law International Law Institute, Washington, D.C. 8/2014-9/2015 Faculty member providing training to emerging market government officials on project finance, project monitoring and evaluation, private equity, public-private partnerships, and international procurement. Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Wassenaar, The Netherlands 3/2014-7/2014 Woolf/P.R.I.M.E. Finance Fellowship Fellow at research institution/think tank; research and writing on international development and international dispute resolution. Research extended to consultations with regulators, academics, and development finance institutions. Education Harvard Law School, J.D. 1979, magna cum laude Harvard College, A.B. (social studies) 1976, magna cum laude Government; Multilateral Institution Experience Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C Member, Sanctions Committee (Second Instance Tribunal) Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), Washington, D.C Vice President and General Counsel OPIC, the international development finance institution of the United States, finances and insures private sector projects in over 100 emerging markets in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, energy/power, transportation, telecommunications, hotels, microfinance, agriculture, and financial services. Member of OPIC s senior management team advising executives and board of directors (including audit committee) on legal, compliance, governance, and risk management matters, and with management responsibility for the operations of the legal department, the provision of legal counsel in the structuring and execution of transactions, and the 1

2 implementation and management of compliance systems and controls. Experienced with legal issues involved the administration of an investment portfolio (including participation on investment and credit committees), underwriting policies, financial statement issues, covenant defaults and waivers, and regulatory compliance matters. Duties included assessment of legal risk from litigation and other disputes, investigation and assessment of corruption complaints, and oversight over workouts, bankruptcy, litigation and arbitration proceedings. Extensive engagement with other USG agencies (Treasury, State, Commerce, USTR, USAID, MCC, Labor, NSS), Congress, multilateral financial institutions, foreign governments, think tanks, and other stakeholders on development policy and implementation matters. Commercial Rule of Law Experience American Bar Association Cambodia Law and Democracy Project, Central and Eastern European Law Initiative; Latin American and Caribbean Law Initiative; Iraq Law Initiative Steering Committee, International Legal Resource Center (collaborative rule of law program of the ABA and the United Nations Development Programme) U.S. Commerce Department, Commercial Law Development Program Supporting SME Development: Insolvency and International Commercial Arbitration, Singapore, 2015 Getting To Business: Commercial Law in Entrepreneurship and SME Development, Bahrain, 2015 Adjudicating Disputes Arising from international Sales Contracts, Istanbul, 2015 Insolvency Reform, United Arab Emirates, 2014 Insolvency and Commercial Law Reform, Bahrain, 2014 Law Practice Experience Ropes & Gray, LLP, Washington, D.C., and Boston Partner in international law firm with experience in four principal practice groups: finance, corporate/securities, restructuring/bankruptcy, and international. Clifford & Warnke, Washington, D.C United States District Court, Cleveland, Ohio: Law Clerk International Consultancies Nexant, Inc., Tanzania 2015 Short-term International Transaction Adviser to TANESCO, the state electric utility company, on the procurement of a 50 MW wind power project. Adam Smith International, PLC, Nigeria 2015 Short-term International Consultant to the Nigerian Infrastructure Advisory Facility, International Power Projects: Legal and Financial Considerations. Transnational Strategy Group, LLC, Washington, D.C Senior Adviser, International investments and Development Finance 2

3 Professional Affiliations and Activities American Bar Association Board of Governors; House of Delegates Chair of the Section of International Law; Council Member; Executive Committee of the Center for Human Rights; Liaison, Secretary of State s Advisory Committee on Private International Law; Section of Business Law International Bar Association International Insolvency Institute American Society of International Law Member of the Bars of New York, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia; admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court and other United States courts Board Activities MFX Solutions, Inc. Board of Directors, Chair of Pricing Committee and member of Audit Committee, 2014-present American Bar Association, Board of Governors, Finance Committee, External Advisory Board, The International Lawyer, Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University, 2004 present Advisory Board, Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame, Board of Directors, The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Board of Trustees, International Bar Association Foundation, Honors/Awards Lifetime Achievement Award, Section of International Law, ABA (2014); Best Lawyers in America; Chambers and Partners, US Languages Native language-english High Proficiency in Spanish Working knowledge of French Lectures and Presentations - Speaker, Implementing Private International Law Instruments, State Department Advisory Committee on Private International Law, Washington, D.C., Lecturer, International Commercial Arbitration and Insolvency, US Commercial Law Development Program, Singapore, Lecturer, Adjudicating Disputes Arising from International Sales Contracts, US Commercial Law Development Program, Istanbul, Moderator, Holding an Umbrella in a Hurricane: Hot Topics for General Counsel, American Bar Association, Washington, DC, Speaker, Issues Roundtable Panel, PRIME Finance Annual Conference, The Hague,

4 - Lecturer, Workshop of Insolvency and Commercial Laws for Shura and Private Sector, U.S Commercial Law Development Program, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Bahrain, Speaker, Insolvency Workshop, U.S. Commercial Law Development Program, Institute of Training and Judicial Studies, Sharjah, UAE, Guest Lecturer, Hazelhoff Lecture on Financial Law and International Development Finance, Leiden University, Lecturer, Project Finance and Political Risk Insurance, Boston University Law School, Speaker, International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, General Counsels Business Roundtable, Charleston, SC, Speaker, World Bank s International Financial Institution General Counsels Roundtable, World Bank, Washington, D.C., Speaker, Doing Business in Africa Forum, Greenberg Traurig, Washington DC, Moderator, Independent Power Producers in Africa, American Bar Association, London, Speaker, Africa: Now Open for Business Weighing Risks and Opportunities, Dentons, New York, Speaker, Attraction and Pitfalls for International Players Looking to Participate in African Markets, Hogan Lovells Global Energy Summit, New York, Moderator, When the Client Invests in Risky Places: Protection of Foreign Direct Investment, American Bar Association, Webinar, Co-Chair, Building Sustainable and Innovative Infrastructure to Spur Economic Development, AGOA Forum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Speaker, Fostering Intra-African Trade Possibilities for Agriculture and Beyond, AGOA Forum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Speaker, Social Impact Investing, Doing Business in Asia Forum 2013, The White House - Speaker, Exploring Tunisia s Economic Climate, Partners for a New Beginning, Aspen Institute, Speaker, Project Finance, American Bar Association Business Law, Washington, D.C., Speaker, The Arab Spring: Doing Business and the Rule of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law, Dallas, Speaker, FDI Libya International Development Conference, Libya-U.S. Business Council, Washington, D.C., Speaker, World Bank s International Financial Institution General Counsels Roundtable, World Bank, Washington, D.C., Speaker, Economic Statecraft: Developing Partnerships with the Private Sector, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C., Speaker, International Arbitration, American Bar Association, Miami, Speaker, Public Private Partnerships in Infrastructure, State Department and Commerce Department, Nairobi, Kenya, World Bank s IFI General Counsels Roundtable, World Bank, Washington, D.C., Moderator, Perilous Journey: Migrant Women s Rights in a Changing Climate, American Bar Association, Washington, D.C., Moderator, Legal Empowerment of the Poor: the United Nation s Newest Call to Action, American Bar Association, New York, Program Chair and Moderator, Upholding the Rule of Law for the World s Poor: Who is Responsible? American Bar Association, Washington, D.C., Speaker, Securitization: Legal Problems and Opportunities, International Bar Association, Buenos Aires, Speaker, CLOs, CDOs and Credit Default Swaps, Boston Bar Association, Boston,

5 - Program Chair, Justice and Rule of Law: Pakistan, American Bar Association, New York, Speaker, Cross-Border Bankruptcy: Choice of Forum Considerations; U.S. Litigation Risks, International Bar Association, Prague, Speaker, New Chapter 15 of U.S. Bankruptcy Code, American Bar Association, Washington, D.C., Moderator, International Organizations View of the Rule of Law in the Next 10 Years, Washington, D.C., Moderator, Debt Restructurings in the Americas, American Bar Association, New York, Speaker, 2003 Insolvency Symposium, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Moderator, The Changing World of Bondholders, Exchange Offers and Pre- Negotiated Deals, 10th Annual Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, American Bankruptcy Institute, Moderator, Program on Issues in Sovereign Debt Restructuring, American Bar Association, New York, Moderator, Symposium on Terrorism s Burdens on Globalization, Southern Methodist University School of Law, Speaker, Program on Mastering Strategic Alliances in the International Telecommunications Sector, American Bar Association, New York, Speaker, Annual Review of Developments in International Law, American Bar Association, Bermuda and Atlanta, Speaker, Annual Review of Developments in International Law, American Bar Association, Montreal, Speaker, Program on Cross Border Insolvency, American Bar Association, Mexico City, Speaker, Program on Protecting and Enforcing Legal Rights and Remedies in North America, American Bar Association, Mexico City, Speaker, National Institute on Multinational Commercial Insolvency, American Bar Association, Toronto, Moderator, Program on Transnational Bankruptcies: Cooperation and Conflict among Nations, American Bar Association, Washington, D.C., 1993 Articles and Publications - Rule of Law and the 2015 UN Sustainable Development Goals, 21(2) Sw. J. Int'l L. 335 (2015) - Bondholder Workouts in and Outside of Bankruptcy, 12 Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice 37 (2003) - Creditors Rights and Bankruptcy, chapter in The International Lawyer s Deskbook (2d ed., 2003) - Foreword: The Limits of Globalization? 36 The International Lawyer 1 (2002) - International Year in Review, paper submitted in connection with program on Annual Review of Developments in International Law, Bermuda and Atlanta, Annual Review of Developments in International Law: 1997, paper submitted in connection with program on Annual Review of Developments in International Law, Montreal, Creditors Rights and Bankruptcy, chapter in The International Lawyer s Deskbook,