Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to welcome Prashanth Murali, a highly regarded equity investment and corporate finance attorney who recently served as senior counsel for the International Finance Corporation. Murali joins Hunton as a counsel and will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.*

Drawing on his background advising development finance institutions (DFIs) in direct equity investments and complex cross-border transactions, Murali’s practice includes structuring and negotiating equity, mezzanine, venture capital, project finance, and debt transactions in emerging markets.

“Demand for capital intensive projects in emerging markets across the world, spanning the energy, minerals, infrastructure and technology sectors remains strong,” said Jamie Head, leader of Hunton’s agency finance practice. “Prashanth brings nearly 16 years of experience advising DFIs on complex equity investments and investment funds, making him an ideal addition to our agency finance team. We are thrilled to welcome him to the firm.”

At the IFC, Murali served as senior counsel and global legal lead for IFC’s Asset Management Company (AMC), where he advised on a range of direct equity and funds investments as well as AMC fund formations, including:

• a Series D preferred stock equity investment in a California-based food science and technology company;
• a Series C preferred stock equity investment in a Silicon Valley-based satellite company (exited via SPAC transaction)
• an equity private placement and debt investment in an NYSE listed global solar power company;
• an equity investment in a Sierra Leone rutile mining company;
• an equity investment in a Moroccan equity fund focused on the venture ecosystem in the region;
• an equity investment in a global infrastructure fund for a Danish shipping entity, as the fund manager; and
• formation of an AMC-managed fund of funds tracking IFC’s global private equity fund portfolio.

Prior to his work at IFC, Murali practiced at leading international law firms in New York and London, representing DFIs, fund managers, and corporate clients in equity, project, and corporate finance transactions. He is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, teaching International Business Transactions.

Murali earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, summa cum laude, and his law degree from New York University School of Law.

About Hunton’s Agency Finance Practice

Hunton’s agency finance team comprises a highly integrated group of lawyers in strategically important locations around the globe with over 30 years of experience working with multilateral, regional, and bilateral development banks, and export credit agencies. Our attorneys are dedicated to supporting the firm’s agency clients with their project finance, direct equity, and private investment needs as well as representing development finance institutions across multiple industries, including solar, wind, hydro, waste-to-energy, nuclear, agriculture, telecommunications, media, technology, pharmaceuticals, medical labs, hospitals, roads, ports, sustainable tourism, among others.

*Not admitted in D.C. Admitted only in New York. Work supervised by James W. Head, a member of the District of Columbia Bar.