Sutherland has a diverse energy finance practice, representing lenders, borrowers, underwriters and issuers in a broad array of secured and unsecured, private and public, commercial and governmental, and system or project-specific financings. Our energy finance experience includes:
- Public, 144A private and A/B exchange offerings of various types of debt securities;
- Leveraged lease transactions;
- Project financings;
- Government-sponsored financings;
- Working capital financings, including commercial paper programs and lines of credit;
- Tax-exempt pollution control and IDB financings;
- Credit derivatives, including long-term interest rate swaps;
- Structured commodities financings, including specialized inventory securitizations;
- Construction financings;
- All forms of indenture financings, secured and unsecured;
- Debt settlements, workouts and restructurings; and
- Creditors' rights.
In connection with negotiating and documenting such financings, we also provide advice on the critical tax, regulatory and other issues that frequently arise, including relevant industry diligence and disclosure issues, and the approvals required from state utility commissions, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Securities Exchange Commission and the Rural Utilities Service.
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