Sotiris Pagdadis to Focus on Government Affairs and Public-Private Partnerships
November 5, 2007
November 5, 2007 - ( New York) - McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) announced today that Sotiris Pagdadis, former Vice President for Business Development and Head of the World-wide Public Sector Transportation Practice for CA, Inc., has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the New York City office. In this role with MLA, he will concentrate on the firm’s Public-Private Partnerships initiative, particularly in the area of transportation.
Pagdadis brings more than 20 years of consultative experience in public sector infrastructure management including expertise in airport and seaport privatization, public-private partnerships, transportation infrastructure assessment, project finance and project lifecycle management. He has advised numerous government agencies and private sector clients throughout North America, Mexico, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Greece, Cyprus, China and Malaysia.
“Sotiris Pagdadis possesses extensive experience in privatization and the formation of public-private partnerships which is an area of great interest to our clients,” said Jeffrey K. Haidet, Chair of McKenna Long & Aldridge. “His comprehensive knowledge of the transportation sector will greatly enhance the firm’s capabilities in the public-private partnerships space.”
“I am thrilled to have the opportunity to use my professional experience to assist with building the firm’s public-private partnerships practice and to apply my knowledge to support the initiatives of clients on a local, state, federal and international level,” said Sotiris Pagdadis.
Pagdadis’ professional experience also includes serving as an aerospace engineer prior to becoming a professor at the Polytechnic University. Additionally, he held advisory roles at Columbia University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He also served as president of the Lambousa Infrastructures Group where he ran a risk management practice in public sector infrastructure planning, international finance, and privatization.