Sheri E. Bloomberg

Sheri E. Bloomberg

Sheri Bloomberg advises clients in connection with all aspects of merger and acquisition transactions, including takeover protections, auctions of public and privately held companies as counsel to both sellers and bidders, spin-offs, related securities offerings and ongoing disclosure filings. Ms. Bloomberg has served as general disclosure counsel for a number of SEC reporting companies and as both underwriters and company counsel with regard to offerings of debt, equity and hybrid securities.

Representative Matters

· Counsel to Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Limited in its attempted acquisition of North Western Corporation;

· Counsel to Aviva Plc in its acquisition of AmerUs Group, Inc.;

· Counsel to People's Energy Co. in its merger with WPS Resources;

· Counsel to Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation in its auction and sale of the R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant;

· Counsel to Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. in its sponsored demutualization of Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company;

· Counsel to National Grid Group in its acquisitions of New England Electric System, Eastern Utility Associates, and Niagara Mohawk Holdings, Inc.;

· Underwriter's counsel for the initial public offerings of Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., Assured Guaranty Ltd., and National Atlantic Holdings, Inc.;

· Counsel to RAM Holdings Ltd. in its initial public offering and subsequent private placement, and registered exchange offering of perpetual perferred stock;

· Counsel to Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company in private placements of surplus notes and contingent surplus notes; and

· Disclosure and securities counsel for shelf takedowns by Nationwide Financial Services, Inc., The Navigators Group, Inc., ITT Corporation, and Energy East Corporation.