Herbert Short is the Practice Group Leader for Sutherland’s Energy and Environmental Practice Group. He focuses on representing the electric utility industry in complex financings and currently serves as General Counsel to the Oglethorpe Power Corporation, one of Georgia’s largest-grossing companies, with annual revenues exceeding $1 billion.

Herbert has represented electric utility clients in numerous financing deals including publicly issued bond offerings, leveraged leasing transactions, pollution-control 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 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).