Jay Fortin is an esteemed legal professional with extensive corporate, finance, and compliance experience in developed and emerging markets worldwide. He is a strategic thinker, adept at building trustworthy relationships with clients, and overcoming obstacles to achieve their goals. Jay has a degree in Marketing with Honors from the University of Rhode Island's College of Business Administration and earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of North Carolina School of Law. He has also been recognized for his exceptional legal skills, receiving an AV-Preeminent rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory Peer Review. Jay has a wealth of experience in cross-border transactions, M&A/corporate law, corporate governance, compliance, risk management, and due diligence. He has worked on a variety of projects, including aircraft leasing and finance, infrastructure development and financing, public-private partnerships (PPPs), investment fund structuring, and documentation, and investment and asset management. Jay has worked with several leading organizations in various leadership positions, such as Senior Vice President and General Counsel at GA Telesis and Managing Director, General Counsel & Head of Compliance at Arcapita Group Holdings Limited, among others.