Ms. Springgate has significant legal experience in the public and private sectors, specializing in contracts, transactional finance, corporate law, policy development, and regulatory compliance. She has advised public and private entities on a wide variety of contracts and financial transactions, including asset-based and project financings, stock and asset purchases, mergers and acquisitions, and secured and unsecured credit facilities. She also served as a lead in-house counsel during the initial phases of developing a public-private partnership finance and construction model. Ms Springgate received her law degree from the UCLA School of Law in 1987 and an LL.M from the University of Cambridge in 1989.