Richard W. Pearse
Shareholder
T: 312-609-7650
F: 312-609-5005
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Chicago
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Richard W. Pearse, a shareholder in the firm’s Corporate Department, International Law Group and Construction Law Group, concentrates his practice in domestic and international Infrastructure Project Development and Finance. He represents international and domestic lenders; owners; manufacturers; OEMs; contractors and engineering firms in structuring; drafting; negotiating; and administering project acquisition and loan documents; complex design; engineering; procurement; and construction agreements; equipment purchase and sale agreements; supply and off-take agreements; operation and maintenance agreements; power sale/tolling agreements; interconnection agreements; steam agreements; fuel supply and transportation agreements; pipeline leases; joint venture/development/partnership agreements; equity commitments and guaranties; and related project and financing documentation.
Mr. Pearse has represented clients in development, financing and construction contracting for infrastructure projects such as airports, sea walls, roads, free-trade zones, power (gas-fired cogeneration, coal, coal gasification, waste-coal, biomass, hydroelectric, geo-thermal, wind, nuclear and municipal solid waste), ethanol, water treatment in the United States (including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Great Britain, India, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Mongolia, Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, and Venezuela.
Mr. Pearse has spoken on and written several articles on a wide range of related topics, including “International Privatization” (Chapter 22), in Construction Law, Matthew Bender, 2003; “Uncovering Hidden Costs,” Independent Energy, June 1997; “Efficient Allocation of Construction Risk in Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Validation (EPCV) Contracts,” Pharmaceutical Engineering, July/August 2000; a chapter entitled “Vendor-Led Engineering - Procure - Construct (EPC) Projects, in The Construction Business Handbook, published by Aspen Law & Business 2004; and several recent articles published in Inside Supply Management: “Optimizing Service Outsourcing Arrangements,” May 2003; “Legal Issues of Outsourcing,” April 2003; “Selecting the Right Contracting Strategy,” October 2002; and “Legal Issues of Consortium or “Group” Purchasing,” September 2003. In addition, Mr. Pearse has presented a seminar titled “Achieving Business Objectives Through Effective Contract Administration” to lawyers and contracting personnel at a number of private and public companies.
A graduate of Boston University, where he received a B.A. in 1976, Mr. Pearse was awarded an M.A. in 1980 from the University of Chicago and received a J.D. from Northwestern University in 1984.
Mr. Pearse is named in Chambers USA for Construction in Illinois, Who’s Who Legal for Illinois, Illinois Super Lawyers and is designated a Leading Lawyer by the Leading Lawyers Network (2007).
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- J.D., Northwestern University, 1984
- M.A., University of Chicago, 1980
- B.S., Boston University, 1976
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