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The First Wind Team

Evelyn Lim
Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Executive Summary
Evelyn is responsible for strategizing, managing, and directing the company’s legal affairs and providing legal expertise to company personnel.

Career Highlights
Ms. Lim joined First Wind after serving as a partner in the finance group of McDermott, Will & Emery LLP in Los Angeles.

Prior to that, she was an associate with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, where she represented the underwriters in a cross-border, dual tranche senior secured bond financing of the Autopista Central toll road in Santiago, Chile. Due in part to her efforts, the project was named “Best Project Finance Deal” for 2003 by Euromoney.


In addition, Ms. Lim was involved in the bond financing of the Monterrey-Cadereyta toll road in Mexico, representing the issuer in a transaction that Project Finance Magazine named “Infrastructure Deal of the Year—Americas, 2004.”


Ms. Lim’s experience also encompasses the representation of underwriters in private and public offerings of debt and equity securities, including Rule 144A/Regulation S; high-yield and structured debt offerings; monetizations of energy contracts; and other structured products.

Education and Credentials

  • Law Degree, Fordham University

  • Bachelor of Science, Applied Economics and Business Management, Cornell University

  • Member of the Bar of New York and California