Prior to Fidelis II, LP, Mr. Shapiro served as the co-founder, Managing Partner, Investment Committee Chairman and Chief Compliance Officer of First Infrastructure Capital Advisors, LLC and as President of the General Partner of First Infrastructure Capital, LP (First Infrastructure). Prior to his role as head of First Infrastructure, Shapiro served as President of Quanta Capital Solutions, Inc. (QCS), the project investment arm of Quanta Services, Inc. a NYSE publicly traded Fortune 500 construction firm. Before being recruited to launch QCS by the CEO of Quanta Services, Inc., Shapiro served in several executive roles at The Shaw Group Inc., also a NYSE publicly traded Fortune 500 company (acquired by CB&I in 2013), including, President of Shaw Capital, Inc., Shaw Infrastructure Investments, Inc. and Global Head of Infrastructure Investments, EVP of Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc., Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, SVP of Mergers and Acquisitions, President, Shaw International, Inc. (Dubai, UAE), and President of Stone & Webster Consultants. Throughout his career, Shapiro was involved in, evaluated and led infrastructure investments across the telecommunications, energy, and renewable energy infrastructure sectors.
Prior to joining The Shaw Group Inc., Shapiro also served as Chief Legal Officer and EVP of Government and Regulatory Relations at Actel Integrated Communications, and while an attorney at Gordon, Arata, McCollum, Duplantis & Eagan represented Cox Communications during the post-Telecommunications Act of 1996 deregulation of the United States telecommunications markets. Prior to practicing law, Shapiro served as Law Clerk for The Honorable Frank J. Polozola, United States District Court Judge, Middle District of Louisiana. Shapiro also served in the military as a member of the Army Military Intelligence Corps, Army Judge Advocate General Corps, 415h Military Intelligence Battalion and 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (“Louisiana Brigade”), a modular infantry brigade combat team (IBCT) of the Louisiana Army National Guard, where he attained the rank of Major and specialized in combat operational law.
Shapiro graduated with honors from the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review, was a member of the Order of the Coif, and returned to teach as Adjunct Professor of Ethics and Professionalism. His additional honors and additional service include: member of the editorial board of the Louisiana Bar Journal, Distinguished Military Graduate, Fellow of the Louisiana Bar Foundation, Recipient of the Michelle Pitard Wynne Professionalism and Ethics Award of the Louisiana State Bar Association, Member of the Board of Directors of the Istrouma Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and Senior Warden of the Vestry of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Houston Texas.
