Attorneys
 Cindy A. Upchurch Partner, Head of Electric Cooperative Team | Cindy, a member of the US Finance Group, assists electric cooperatives and other energy clients with wide array of financing transactions, including traditional corporate finance transactions to financing of renewable energy projects. Cindy also advises clients with respect to Rural Utilities Service (RUS) regulatory and loan program requirements and provides general finance and corporate representation. |
 Peter Fozzard Partner | Working with both borrowers and lenders across the country, Peter Fozzard helps clients finance utility, telecommunications, agribusiness, transportation, infrastructure, and other corporate operating and liquidity needs. Peter also currently leads the Finance Practice Group in the US. |
 Dan Frank Partner | Dan Frank guides electric industry clients in compliance matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and state public service commissions. Dan also advises clients on cybersecurity and data protection matters. His clients include electric cooperatives and other electric utilities, transmission companies, energy trading companies, generators and end users. |
 James Orr Partner | James Orr provides strategic responses for his clients in energy litigation matters across the country. James has a long history of representing independent power producers, electric utilities, oil and gas producers, liquefied natural gas (LNG) companies and other energy-related companies. |
 Will Pickens Partner | Will Pickens advises clients on a variety of transactional matters, with a focus on energy- and infrastructure-related lending and capital markets transactions. Will regularly represents clients in economic development incentives transactions for energy and industrial facilities, real estate developments and other major capital projects and has experience advising energy-industry clients on acquisitions, project development and various commercial transactions. |
 Wes Sheumaker Partner | Wes serves clients in federal income tax matters, including domestic and international tax planning and transactional matters involving partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations and REITs. He regularly represents clients in mergers and acquisitions, in joint venture formations, investments and restructurings, and in transactions involving tax equity and tax credits. In addition, Wes represents clients in federal tax controversies, defending them in IRS audits and matters before the IRS Office of Appeals and the U.S. Tax Court. |
 Herbert J. Short, Jr. Partner | With more than three decades of experience, Herbert Short has developed a deep and broad practice representing energy and financial services companies in connection with a myriad of capital markets, securities regulatory, corporate governance and transactional matters. He also has a lead role implementing and overseeing the firm’s initiatives for its various global sector groups, including serving as Global Co-Lead of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). |
 Todd Silliman Partner | As Head of the US Environmental Practice, Todd Silliman has 30 years of experience in the practice of environmental law. Todd represents clients in environmental litigation and regulatory compliance matters under a wide array of federal, state and local environmental laws. He also advises clients on environmental liability and risk management in corporate and real estate transactions throughout the US. |
 Darryl F. Smith Partner | Darryl Smith brings more than 13 years of experience representing a broad range of clients in connection with capital markets transactions and compliance with federal securities laws. Within these areas, Darryl has a strong background advising electric utilities—particularly electric cooperatives—and investment banks. |
 Thomas H. Warren Partner | Tom helps his clients manage risk and strategically negotiate complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, energy commodity transactions and project development and financing. Tom’s clients are strategic investors, renewable energy project developers and other independent power producers, electric cooperatives, private equity funds and other institutional investors, commodity trading firms, investor-owned utilities and energy consumers. |
 Scott Wright Partner | In Georgia and throughout the country, Scott helps clients minimize tax liability and protect their interests in regards to state and local tax issues. He has an extensive knowledge of sales and use taxes, income taxes, and property taxes; Scott also handles cases involving utility taxes, employment taxes, transfer taxes and gross receipts taxes. |
 Reginald Clark Of Counsel | Reggie Clark is an experienced tax advisor to a wide range of business clients. He counsels a variety of corporate clients on the complex tax issues that affect corporate acquisitions, restructurings, spinoffs and other transactions. Reggie also advises clients in tax disputes, often serving as their representative before the National Office of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in connection with ruling or technical advice requests. In addition to corporate clients, he represents university endowment fund managers on the taxation and legal issues associated with private equity and other investments. |
 Paulette Hurteau Special Counsel | Paulette, a member of Eversheds Sutherland (US)’s Finance and Energy practice groups, assists electric cooperative clients with an array of financing transactions. Her work includes mortgage indentures, secured credit facilities, unsecured bilateral and syndicated credit facilities, direct and agented private placements, government-guaranteed financings, tax-exempt bond transactions and taxable capital market transactions. Paulette also advises clients with respect to Rural Utilities Service (RUS) regulatory and loan program requirements and provides general finance and corporate representation. |
 Meredith Lawrence Special Counsel | Meredith Lawrence focuses her practice on assisting electric cooperative clients with financings and other corporate transactions. Meredith’s work includes mortgage indentures, secured credit facilities, unsecured bilateral and syndicated credit facilities, direct and agented private placements, government-guaranteed financings, tax-exempt bond transactions and taxable market transactions. Meredith also advises clients with respect to Rural Utilities Service regulatory and loan program requirements and provides general finance and corporate representation. |
 Frank Comparetto III Counsel | Frank advises multinational clients on domestic and international tax planning and transactional matters. These matters include corporate and partnership restructurings, taxable and nontaxable mergers and acquisitions, and related financing. He also assists clients with complex tax laws and regulations, defending and negotiating for taxpayers in disputes with the Internal Revenue Service and other tax agencies and boards. |
 Allison Salvia Counsel | Allison Salvia advises clients on energy regulatory, enforcement and compliance matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and state commissions. She also counsels electric cooperatives and other electric utilities, transmission companies, energy trading companies, generators and end users on a wide range of energy-related transactional matters involving natural gas, oil and electric utility issues, and securing necessary regulatory approval for energy-related transactions. |
 Alyssa N. Walker Counsel | Alyssa Walker advises clients in various transactional matters particularly focused in the electric power, natural gas and renewable energy sectors including energy-related project development, financings and mergers and acquisitions. Her recent work includes engineering, procurement and construction agreements, operations and maintenance agreements, power purchase agreements, energy storage services agreements, energy trading agreements and merger and acquisitions agreements. |
 Michael M. Petrov Senior Associate | Michael Petrov advises clients in the energy sector on a wide range of transactional matters, with a focus on finance-related matters. Michael’s practice includes working on mortgage indentures, secured credit facilities, unsecured bilateral and syndicated credit facilities, direct and agented private placements and government-guaranteed financings. Michael also advises clients with respect to Rural Utilities Service (RUS) regulatory and loan program requirements and provides general finance and corporate representation. |
 Jeremy E. A. Andreades Associate | Jeremy Andreades advises clients in various matters related to renewable energy, including project development, financings and commodities trading. He represents energy providers, project developers, public companies, retail electric providers, electric and gas utilities, cooperatives and other energy industry participants in a wide range of transactions. |
 Kathyrn V. Wymer Clarke Associate | Katie Clarke counsels a broad array of clients in the energy sector in all aspects of transactional matters. She regularly represents energy providers, project developers, public companies, retail electric providers, electric and gas utilities, cooperatives and other energy industry participants in a wide range of transactions. |
 Rachel N. Feldman Associate | Rachel advises clients in secured and unsecured commercial lending, structured finance, and project finance transactions. This includes domestic and international acquisition finance, investment-grade finance, asset-based finance and transportation finance. |
 Alexandra Franklin Associate | Alex Franklin advises clients in various matters related to renewable energy, including energy-related project development and financings. She represents energy providers, project developers, public companies, retail electric providers, electric and gas utilities, cooperatives and other energy industry participants in a wide range of transactions. |
 J. Logan Lineberry Associate | Logan Lineberry advises manufacturers, developers, financial institutions, and local government clients in environmental litigation, transactional due diligence, and regulatory compliance. |
 Justin Stephens Associate | Justin’s work includes a wide range of financial transactions, including mortgage indentures, secured and unsecured credit facilities, private placements, tax-exempt bond transactions, and government-guaranteed financings. He also advises clients on Rural Utilities Service (RUS) regulatory requirements and provides general finance and corporate representation. |
