Mark T. Reeves has advised clients involved in project development not only in the United States, but also throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. He has represented clients in developing renewable energy facilities and infrastructure projects, as well as hotel/casino projects, industrial facilities, university projects, sports facilities, and mixed-use projects.
In recent years, Mark worked with a large international law firm, primarily preparing and negotiating complex engineering, procurement and construction contracts, operations and maintenance contracts, and supply contracts for renewable energy facilities in the United States and Latin America, as well as providing claims management for such projects. Before that, Mark served as a partner in a major Florida law firm with offices in Florida, England, the Caribbean, and Latin America, where he headed the construction law practice group. He has also served as general counsel to a university. In addition to being admitted to the Florida Bar, Mark is a licensed architect in the State of Florida and has taught project development and construction law to architecture students at the University of Miami School of Architecture. Mark is also a canon lawyer, and has provided canon law advice to institutions affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church in relation to corporate structure and governance, financing, and acquisition and disposition of real and personal property.
Given the varied skills which he has developed, Mark is ideally suited to carry a project from its infancy, through development, to completion, with the skills to guide a client through the sometimes inevitable processes of claims management and dispute resolution. Mark has represented clients before municipal and county boards in Florida and has worked with governmental and administrative staff, in zoning, planning and environmental matters.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- He represented a global supplier of people mover systems in the preparation, negotiation, and claims management of a supply and installation contract for the construction of an automatic people mover system at Miami International Airport’s Terminal E.
- He represented an innovative aviation company in the leasehold acquisition and development of a fixed base operation, consisting of a state-of-the-art terminal, offices, and related facilities, including taxi-way improvements, at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport.
- He prepared and negotiated engineering, procurement and construction contracts, and provided extensive claims management advice, to a major power company bringing hydroelectric power from Canada through Maine to Massachusetts.
- He represented a private start-up company involved in the construction and installation of microgrids for solar energy generation projects at franchise restaurant establishments, as well as energy demand services for such establishments.
- He represented a Miami-based news media company in connection with the construction of a new printing press facility and the development of corporate offices.
- He represented two MLB teams in the development and construction of a publicly financed Spring training facility in Florida.
- He provided advice to a US-based power company in the build-own-transfer of three solar-powered, electric generation projects, including a 435 MW AC photovoltaic facility with a battery energy storage system and a 200 MW AC photovoltaic facility, including all related interconnection facilities.
- He prepared and negotiated engineering, procurement and construction contracts and operations and maintenance contracts for an independent power producer in the development of four hydro-electric power facilities in Central America. His representation included extensive claims management services.
- He prepared and negotiated engineering, procurement and construction management contracts and operations and maintenance contracts for a US-based power company a 250 MW photovoltaic power plant and a 300 MW photovoltaic power plant and interconnection related interconnection facilities
- He prepared and negotiated an engineering, procurement and construction contract for a 185 MW solar energy generation project, including a stand-alone battery energy storage system and related interconnection facilities.
- He prepared engineering, procurement and construction contracts for developers of several liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities throughout the Americas.
- He advised an Italy-based construction company in the development of extensions to the elevated people mover system within the central business district of downtown Miami. This representation including public bidding, including a contentious bid protest, negotiation of construction contracts, including subcontracts, and claims management.
- He has advised numerous clients on zoning, planning and related matters for various projects, including the professional football stadium in Miami-Dade County, Florida, a major residential project on a former US Navy base in Key West, Florida, and a hospital office building in Hialeah, Florida.