Michael Kelley

Bio

Mr. Michael Kelley is General Counsel and Managing Director at EMP Global and General Counsel at EMP Latin America. Since 2000, he has been responsible for overseeing legal matters involving EMP Global's and EMP Latin America's activities, including the AIG-GE Capital Latin American Infrastructure Fund's (LAIF) investments, compliance matters, investment committees and investor relations. Prior to 2000, Mr. Kelley was Corporate Vice-president and General Counsel for the Sural Group, one of the top five Venezuelan industrial groups, headquartered in Caracas, Venezuela, with offices throughout Europe, Latin America, Canada and the United States. Mr. Kelley's law practice has focused on all aspects of law and finance, including privatizations, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity and debt financings in Latin America and Europe. He is a certified arbitrator and mediator with the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), the American Arbitration Association and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London, England. He is a member of the legal bars of New York, the District of Columbia and Virginia. In addition, for over five years, Mr. Kelley was an Adjunct Professor of International Finance within George Mason University's Public Policy Institute, where he taught international finance, trade and international law courses to students pursuing graduate and law degrees. Mr. Kelley holds a J.D. from George Mason University, a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and a B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame.