Senior Advisor, Legal & Climate Project Finance

Jeff Rector
◼︎ Senior Advisor, Legal & Climate Project Finance
◼︎ Biography
Jeff Rector is an attorney specializing in climate project finance and carbon markets, with a focus on deal structures, risk allocation, bankability analysis, monetization of environmental attributes, MRV frameworks, and durable agreements for projects that address the realities of the climate crisis. He has over two decades of experience on the law and policy of instruments that correct market failures affecting the planet and the poor, including work on carbon credits and other market-based mechanisms. Jeff advises on structuring and bankability for carbon mitigation and energy-transition projects, informed by experience acting for multilateral development banks, export credit agencies, and development finance institutions. Since 2009 he has advised least developed countries in UNFCCC climate negotiations through the Legal Response Initiative, and he maintains a climate-focused practice at Rector Law Office PC.
