Herbert Short is the Practice Group Leader of Sutherland's Energy & Environmental Group, comprised of lawyers in Washington, D.C., New York, Houston, Austin and Atlanta. He is a senior transactional and securities lawyer focusing on representing the electric utility industry in complex financings. Herbert has represented electric utility clients in numerous financing deals, including publicly issued bond offerings, leveraged leasing transactions, tax-exempt bond offerings, revolving lines of credit, government-guaranteed financings, and commercial paper transactions. In addition to his focus on the utilities industry, Herbert has substantial experience representing clients in corporate and securities transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, bond offerings and other financings. He also advises corporate boards and management on corporate governance issues, including Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and regulatory matters before the Securities and Exchange Commission. Representative Experience Herbert's experience includes the following recent transactions: · Serving as underwriter's counsel for J.P. Morgan Securities, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Banc of America Securities LLC (and other co-managers) in a $1.3 million offering. · Representing Goldman, Sachs as underwriter's counsel in the offering of $83,300,000 tax-exempt Bonds. · Representing Oglethorpe Power Corporation in taxable offerings of $750 million of SEC Registered Bonds. · Representing Oglethorpe Power Corporation in an offering of $500 million of term bonds under Rule 144A of the Securities Act. · Representing Oglethorpe Power Corporation in more than $1 billion of tax-exempt bond offerings. · Representing Goldman Sachs & Co. and Banc of America Securities LLC in the conversion of more than $71 million of auction-rate bonds to term-rate bonds in order to remove the original bonds from the auction-rate securities market. · Representing Oglethorpe Power Corporation in the conversion of more than $315 million of auction-rate bonds, via two separate offerings, to term-rate bonds in order to remove the original bonds from the auction-rate securities market. Professional Honors and Awards · Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of energy (2005-2011) · Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the area of energy law (2010-2012) · Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® (2004-2006, 2010, 2011) Professional and Community Involvement · Past Chair, Business Law Section, State Bar of Georgia · Georgia Chamber of Commerce - Member of Board of Directors (2011-2012); Executive Officer (2011-2012); Chair, Georgia Chamber of Commerce Red Carpet Tour, one of Georgia's premier marketing and economic development initiatives (2005); Atlanta Chair Red Carpet Tour (2012) · Leadership Georgia - Member (1995); Board of Trustees (1997-1999) · Member, Corporation, Banking and Business Law and Public Utility Law Sections, and the Electric Cooperative Bar Association, American Bar Association · Member, Business and Finance Section, Atlanta Bar Association Industries Electric Power News Sutherland Adds Energy, Derivatives Partners From Hunton
January 24, 2012 Sutherland Adds Two Energy/Derivatives Partners in Washington, D.C. Bringing Together Leading Advisors in Post-Dodd-Frank Commodities and Derivatives Regulation
January 23, 2012 Sutherland's New Blog Captures Cutting-Edge Developments in Coop Industry
May 23, 2011 Sutherland Represents Oglethorpe Power in $529 Million Acquisition
April 18, 2011 Sutherland Attorneys, Practices Top Chambers USA 2011 Rankings
April 14, 2011 More than 40 Sutherland Attorneys Recognized as 2011 Georgia Super Lawyers
March 24, 2011 Sutherland Earns Top Chambers USA 2010 Rankings
July 7, 2010 Sutherland Represents Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative in Acquisition of Sumpter Plant
April 5, 2010 Sutherland Attorneys Named 2010 Georgia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
March 1, 2010 "Dealmakers"
March 14-20,2008 Reprinted with permission Atlanta Business Chronicle Legal Alerts Legal Alert: Sierra Club Wins Challenge to RUS Approvals of Coop Plant Expansion
April 20, 2011 Legal Alert: Sierra Club Challenges RUS Lien Accommodation Regulation
August 26, 2010 Legal Alert: EPA Publishes Tailoring Rule Requirements for Greenhouse Gases from Stationary Sources
October 29, 2009 Legal Alert: DOE Creates Financial Institution Partnership Program in Connection with Solicitation for Renewable Energy Loan Guarantee Applications
October 12, 2009 Legal Alert: Sierra Club Challenges RUS Coal Plant Approvals
August 10, 2009 Legal Alert: Treasury Issues Guidance for Renewable Energy Grant Program
July 13, 2009 Legal Alert: Effects of the Proposed EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule on Electric Cooperatives
March 25, 2009 Legal Alert: RUS Amends Accounting Requirements; Defers Rulemaking on Accounting for Renewable Energy Credits
June 4, 2008 Legal Alert: SEC Approves Amendments Simplifying Disclosure Obligations for a Larger Number of Smaller Public Companies
January 16, 2008 Legal Alert: SEC Amends Rules 144 and 145 to Provide Increased Liquidity to Restricted Securityholders
January 14, 2008 Legal Alert: SEC Affirms Interpretation of Shareholder Proposals Rule Relating to the Election of Directors
January 2, 2008 Client Groups ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES |