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GOLD SPONSORS
 Chadbourne & Parke LLP is a large law firm headquartered in New York with other offices in Washington, Houston, Los Angeles, Beijing, Almaty, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Warsaw and London. The firm is a franchise name in the energy business. Chadbourne is currently representing developers, lenders and private equity groups in connection with the development of more than 200 million gallons per year of biodiesel production capacity.  Lindquist & Vennum is a business oriented law firm of more than 180 attorneys, with its principal office in Minneapolis. The firm’s Agribusiness and Energy Group is a national leader in the representation of renewable fuels. Our group has developed significant transactional experience in forming, developing and financing ethanol and biodiesel production facilities. The Group has assisted clients close approximately $1.3 billion of equity and debt financing to construct or expand renewable fuels (biodiesel and ethanol) projects totaling more than 1 billion gallons of production capacity. We continue to work with ethanol and biodiesel projects around the country on formation, development and financing matters. We are active members of the Renewable Fuels Associations, American Coalition for Ethanol and the National Biodiesel Board. For more information, please visit our website at www.lindquist.com SILVER SPONSORS
 The lawyers in Andrews Kurth's Renewable Energy Practice possess broad experience in the areas of clean and renewable power; clean and renewable fuels, green revenue streams; and clean energy technologies. With more than 400 lawyers and offices in Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, The Woodlands and Washington, DC, Andrews Kurth represents a wide array of clients in all areas of business law. For more information, see www.andrewskurth.com.  Marathon Capital, LLC is an investment bank and financial advisor focused on delivering financial services to the power production, energy conservation, renewable energy and biofuel markets. Marathon specializes in the sale and financing of small and medium electrical generation and energy efficiency projects.
Our team of senior professionals has a combination of investment banking, commercial banking, commercial finance and project development expertise, each with a significant background in providing client-driven service.
BRONZE SPONSORS
 FBA Consulting (FBA) is a leading Technical and Marketing Consulting Services firm formed in 1996 to provide a broad range of services to the renewable fuels industry. The firm's project expertise ranges from feasibility analysis and business plans to project development and construction oversight.  Goldsmith Agio Helms (www.agio.com) is a preeminent U.S.-based private investment banking firm that provides sophisticated corporate finance advisory services to middle market businesses. The firm's advisory services include mergers and acquisitions, private placements of debt and equity, distressed advisory and restructuring, and financial advisory and fairness opinions. The firm operates internationally from its offices in Minneapolis, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and London and through Agio International, a unique partnership of investment banks located around the world.  Stoel Rives LLP is a leading law firm representing the renewable energy industry in the United States, Canada and abroad. The firm's Biofuels Team represents project developers and investors in the siting, financing, construction and operations of ethanol, biodiesel and syngas plants. |