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Thelen is an international law firm with approximately 600 attorneys and is widely known for its premier practices in the areas of Energy; Finance; Construction; Corporate; Technology, Media, and Communications; and Complex Litigation, as well as Real Estate; Labor and Employment; Intellectual Property; Bankruptcy; Domestic and International Tax; and Employee Benefits. Through offices in New York, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Shanghai, London, Silicon Valley, Hartford, and Northern New Jersey, Thelen is able to serve clients in many of the world's largest and most recognized companies in areas such as energy, investment banking, real estate, construction, technology, telecommunications, media and entertainment, consumer goods, retail, and hospitality. Many of Thelen's partners have been with the firm for 20 years or more and are recognized leaders in their practice areas. Their practical, hands-on and results-oriented approach to solving client problems and assisting clients with capitalizing on opportunities have sustained and nurtured long-term client relationships that in some cases have spanned many decades.

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Baker Botts is an international law firm recognized for our creative approach to the legal and business issues facing our clients. The work we do is often groundbreaking. With approximately 700 lawyers and a worldwide network of offices, our approach to the law practice is collaborative, with lawyers functioning as integrated teams to bring the most appropriate response to client needs.

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HSH Nordbank AG is a leading wholesale commercial bank focused on energy, real estate and transportation. The Structured Finance Energy team in New York City specializes in renewable energy (e.g., wind, solar, biomass, land-fill gas, and geothermal) and is one of the most active structured financing groups in the U.S. and Canada and has financed several thousand megawatts of renewable energy. On a global basis, HSH Nordbank has already financed 60 MW of solar projects and intends to aggressively build upon this foundation. We pride ourselves on the ability to offer clients with flexible and innovative financial and structuring solutions. The bank is headquartered in northern Germany and has offices all over the world. It has over $200 billion in assets and is rated "A" / "A1" by S&P and Moody's, respectively.

For more information, visit www.hsh-nordbank.com/.

Kaye Scholer is an international law firm with approximately 500 lawyers in eight offices around the world. Our global transaction and litigation capability covers a multitude of practices in areas including litigation, corporate, real estate, business reorganization, wills and estates and tax.

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Pace Global is a leader in today’s energy markets providing clients a range of services from advisory to implementation & management. Our service offerings include market assessments, project valuations, asset strategies, carbon & energy management, corporate strategic planning and risk management. The network of our professionals’ skills ranges from policy, engineering, and financial analysis to expert witness to ongoing management services. Pace Global clients include energy companies, electric utilities, financial institutions, energy project developers and intensive industrial companies.

For more information, visit www.paceglobal.com.

For over 40 years, CRA International has been a leading provider of economic and financial expertise and management consulting services. Working with businesses, law firms, regulators, and policymakers around the world, CRA is the preferred consulting firm for complex assignments with high-stakes outcomes. Our assignments include asset valuation, market design, auctions, litigation, environmental strategy, and advice on key strategic business decisions. We have structured multi-billion-dollar markets, offered expert testimony in critical legal cases, and played a key role in most electric utility mergers and acquisitions in North America over the past decade. Headquartered in Boston, CRA has more than 20 offices around the world. Detailed information is available at www.crai.com.

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PRTM Management Consultants, LLC draws upon deep biopharmaceutical industry experience to serve Government and Government-focused clients. PRTM uses best-in-class industry models paired with government-proven frameworks to bring new countermeasures from early technology development to commercial-scale production. PRTM's teams deliver objective, apolitical strategies to your toughest biodefense problems. We help you understand best-in-class practices from both the commercial and government sectors. During all of our client engagements, PRTM works to deliver strategic value that lasts long after our consultants have departed.

For more information, visit www.prtmgov.com.

Nixon Peabody LLP is one of the largest multi-practice law firms in the United States. Our size, diversity and state-of-the-art technical resources enable us to offer comprehensive legal services to individuals and organizations of all sizes in local, state, national and international matters. Our clients include emerging and middle-market businesses, national and multi-national corporations, financial institutions, public entities, not-for-profit institutions and individuals. We have long maintained an active energy practice, representing a broad spectrum of entities involved in all segments of the electric, natural gas and renewable technology industries. Our legal services cover the full spectrum of energy-related transactions in the areas of corporate and tax (mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, commercial contracts), energy project development and finance (project and structured), real estate, Federal and State energy regulatory matters, environmental representation, bankruptcy, and litigation and arbitrations (domestic and international).

For more information, visit www.nixonpeabody.com.

Chadbourne & Parke LLP is a prominent law firm that is a franchise name in the power business. The firm has handled the legal work on power projects in more than 60 countries. Its client list in the industry runs to four pages with double-column entries single spaced. The firm is headquartered in New York with other offices in Washington, Houston, Los Angeles, Beijing, Almaty, Tashkent, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Warsaw and London.

For more information, visit www.chadbourne.com.

Frazier Barnes & Associates Consulting (FBA) is a Technical and Marketing Consulting Services formed in 1996 to provide a broad range of services to producers and independent processors in the agricultural industry. FBA is committed to renewable fuels an has expertise in both ethanol and biodiesel. FBA is experienced in taking projects from concept to completion. As an industry innovator in value-added agricultural and biofuels project development, FBA offers four broad categories of service: technical and operations support, project development and commercialization, management and marketing support, and research and development.

For more information, visit www.frazierbarnes.com.

Mayer Brown LLP is at the cutting edge of providing the sophisticated and multi-disciplinary legal services required for careful analysis and successful implementation of privatization transactions. The firm has been and is counsel for the major infrastructure privatizations that have been completed or are now underway in the United States, including the Chicago Skyway, the Indiana Toll Road, the Northwest Parkway, Chicago Midway International Airport and the Chicago Downtown Parking System. Our work in the privatization area is built upon the firm's knowledge and expertise as one of the world's largest law firms in the handling of large-scale transactions and in environmental, regulatory and government matters, including specific expertise in the development of large transportation infrastructure projects, mergers and acquisitions, tax, securitization, public and private securities offerings, municipal finance and project finance. With more than 1,500 lawyers in key business centers across North America, Europe and Asia, we bring a global perspective to the rapidly growing field of infrastructure privatization.

For more information, visit www.mayerbrown.com.

Stoel Rives' Biofuels Group has counseled developers and investors 30-120 mgy ethanol and biodiesel production facilities throughout the nation. We recently represented VeraSun Energy Corporation in its $420 million initial public offering. Additionally, our Technology Ventures Group assists promising new ventures, advising the best new technology companies with a unique combination of legal knowledge and business, entrepreneurial and financial experience. Our Western U.S. practice has been strengthened by the addition of a new office in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

For more information, visit www.stoel.com.

Holland & Hart is the largest law firm based in the Rocky Mountain Region, with over 350 lawyers located in 13 offices throughout Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and the District of Columbia. In addition to our strengths in complex litigation and sophisticated business transactions, the firm maintains a strong focus on natural resources. Holland & Hart has one of the largest groups of resources and environmental attorneys in the country. Our 60 years of experience has given us an extensive knowledge of the transactions, regulatory compliance, legislation, litigation, and other aspects related to natural resources and energy concerns.

For more information, visit www.hollandhart.com.

Torys LLP is an international business law firm with offices in New York and Toronto, and is the only Canadian-based law firm with a full-service U.S. practice. Our cross-border transactional work, including our leading tax structuring practice, is a specialty, and we are privileged to act for large and mid-sized businesses, financial institutions and private equity investors on their most challenging matters. In the North American power industry, we are active in representing a broad range of regulated and non-regulated companies in Canada and the U.S. in all aspects of their businesses, from project development, project finance, capital markets and public offerings, to renewable energy, ethanol and other alternative fuels, to large construction projects at Niagara Falls and nuclear generating stations, to regulatory compliance and dispute resolution. With a reputation for quality and creativity, our New York and Toronto lawyers work together to provide seamless talent, experience and service to clients on both sides of the U.S-Canada border and around the world.

For more information, visit www.torys.com.

Black & Veatch's management consulting capabilities now include the Natural Gas and Fuels expertise of the Lukens Energy Group. If your business is buying, selling, transporting or storing fuels, B&V's sophisticated analysis tools and wealth of experience can help you maximize your profitability and minimize your risk.

For more information, visit www.bv.com.

Baker & McKenzie's market leading global climate change and emissions trading practice has the most experienced team of lawyers from multiple disciplines focused on optimizing the carbon markets and managing the risks of climate change law for its clients, which include major financial institutions, multinational companies, project developers, multilateral institutions and governments. We have advised on many of the market-defining transactions to date under the CDM and continue to help shape the global carbon markets focusing on the emerging U.S. policy and monetization potentials for U.S. investments. With more than 3,200 lawyers in 70 offices in 38 countries, we are able to offer unparalleled service to our clients in this new global market.

For more information, visit www.bakernet.com.

Foley & Lardner LLP is a highly regarded, national law firm providing client-focused, interdisciplinary services that result in high-value legal counsel for our clients. Our practice areas encompass the full range of corporate legal services, including corporate governance and compliance, securities, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, labor and employment, intellectual property and IP litigation, outsourcing and information technology, and tax. Our attorneys are recognized as insightful thought leaders on these and many other of today's most complex business issues. Through our innovative industry team approach, we strategically blend relevant services with first-hand industry experience. Our unique approach enables us to provide comprehensive, tailored solutions to our clients based upon the needs of their respective industry. Foley is dedicated to the interests of our clients, our people, and our communities. We strive to address their needs and meet their expectations efficiently and effectively - and we do so with integrity, insight, and innovation.

For more information, visit www.foley.com.

As the global leader in project financing, Milbank is a leading law firm in the representation of the renewable energy community. We deliver world-class, cost-effective legal services to our renewable energy clients. We have represented new developers as well as some of the largest sponsors in the industry and have been involved in some of largest construction and project financings of renewable energy projects to date. Our lawyers have extensive experience in all aspects of the development, financing and sale of renewable energy projects. We have assisted clients in regulatory and permitting matters; negotiated commercial project documents such as power purchase agreements, construction contracts, operations and maintenance agreements, and equipment supply and warranty agreements; provided counsel relating to real estate matters, structuring debt and equity financings and arranged tax advantaged sales of wind energy projects. Our firm-wide team of renewable energy attorneys draws on the experience of lawyers within the firm in the areas of energy regulation, tax, real estate, bankruptcy, litigation, anti-trust and licensing to provide tailored legal solutions to match the needs of our clients.

For more information, visit www.milbank.com.