Steven C. Friend

Equity:

• Acted as underwriters’ counsel for common stock offering by Ohio-based utility holding company
• Acted as company counsel to Farm Credit financial institution in offerings of perpetual preferred stock
• Acted as underwriters’ counsel for Minnesota-based electric utility holding company in forward-equity issuance
• Acted as agents’ counsel in establishment of periodic equity programs for utility holding company

Debt:

• Acted as underwriters’ counsel in numerous private activity bond offerings and remarketings
• Acted as underwriters’ counsel in debt offering by California-based water utility
• Acted as company counsel and purchasers’ counsel in 4(2) private placements of debt to financial institutions

Liability Management:

• Acted as company counsel to restaurant holding company in waterfall tender offer
• Acted as company counsel to Farm Credit financial institution in Dutch auction tender for subordinated debt
• Acted as initial purchasers’/dealer-managers’ counsel in 144A offering by Texas-based natural gas distribution company and the subsequent private exchange offer for a series of the company's outstanding debt
• Acted as dealer manager counsel in first-ever corporate Dutch auction debt-for-debt exchange