Julia A Czarniak

Practice Areas

Julia Czarniak represents financial institutions, investors, underwriters and sponsors in all aspects of project development and project finance, particularly in the energy sector, including oil and gas, petrochemicals, liquefied natural gas (LNG), power generation and renewable energy-related matters, as well as in other infrastructure and industrial projects.

Career

Ms. Czarniak has extensive experience structuring and negotiating joint ventures, project contracts and financing documents. She has handled complex project financings in the U.S., Asia and the Middle East. Ms. Czarniak also works on general financing matters, including specialized structured financings, acquisition facilities, Rule 144A bond financings, secured and unsecured letters of credit and loan facilities, tax equity transactions and ESG-related issues.

JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 1997; MA, Yale University Graduate School, 1993; BA, Moscow State University, 1990.

Work Highlights

Ms. Czarniak has repeatedly been selected for inclusion in Chambers Global and Chambers USA, where she is regarded as “an expert in her field,” and commended by clients for her ability to “think outside the box when it comes to structuring bespoke debt instruments.” Ms. Czarniak also is recognized in Chambers Global for Expertise Based Abroad in Qatar, for her regular involvement in Qatari project finance work. In 2022, she was named a Project Finance MVP by Law360. She also has been included in the Expert Guides edition of Women in Business Law for Project Finance in the United States, The Legal 500, IFLR1000, Best Lawyers in America and Who’s Who Legal. Ms. Czarniak is a respected thought leader in the energy sector. She was named as a Rockefeller Fellow in 2017. She also has served as an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School, where she has taught classes on international project finance, and served on the editorial board of the International Energy Law Review.