Robert Hager is Managing Partner of Patton Boggs’ office in Doha, Qatar. He represents clients in a wide range of infrastructure and technology matters, including telecommunication ventures, transportation infrastructure development, real estate development, privatizations and public-private partnerships in the Middle East, West Africa, Europe, the Pacific Islands and the United States. Mr. Hager has served as counsel to governments, private companies, developers, lenders, borrowers, suppliers, engineering and construction firms in projects and transactions finance supported by the World Bank, International Finance Corporation, the Export-Import Bank of the United States and other international lending institutions. Mr. Hager has prepared and negotiated joint venture agreements, financing documents, sponsor guarantees, engineering and procurement contracts, construction and consulting agreements, technical services agreements, supply agreements, operations and maintenance agreements, and host country enabling decrees regularly as part of his responsibilities.
In addition to his international experience, Mr. Hager has worked on a wide range of U.S. transactions including the private placement of equity and debt securities, mergers, acquisitions, formation of new companies and complex transactions involving the sales of good and services, technology transfer and the protection of intellectual property.
