Cindy Upchurch, a member of Sutherland's Energy and Environmental Practice Group, focuses her practice on transactional and corporate work, which includes representing utilities and underwriters in financings, corporate transactions and power supply matters. Her experience includes government-guaranteed financings, tax-exempt pollution control revenue bond transactions, Rule 144A securities offerings, and corporate mergers and restructurings. Cindy's work also involves general corporate representation and advising clients on Rural Utilities Service (RUS) regulatory requirements. Before joining the firm, Cindy served as a law clerk for the Honorable Frank M. Hull at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Representative Experience Cindy's recent representative experience includes: · Representing borrowers and underwriters in tax-exempt financings for pollution control equipment. · Representing borrowers and underwriters in Rule 144A securities offerings. · Representing borrowers in government-guaranteed financings for the construction and acquisition of generating facilities and improvements. · Representing electric cooperatives in merger transactions. · Representing borrowers in the adoption of Mortgage Indentures, covering all outstanding debt obligations. · Representing an electric cooperative in a restructuring transaction involving the withdrawal of a member and the assignment of power purchase agreements. Professional Honors and Awards · Featured in 2008 Atlanta Business Chronicle "Dealmakers" edition for role in $1.3 billion bond offering for an electric cooperative · Honored in 2008 for providing more than 50 hours of pro bono legal services Professional and Community Involvement · Member, American Bar Association · Member, Atlanta Bar Association · Member, Georgia Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL) · Member, Breast Cancer Legal Project Industries · Electric Power News Sutherland's New Blog Captures Cutting-Edge Developments in Coop Industry
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