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	Andrew A. Gerber Partner Business Practice Group Charlotte (704) 378-4718 Phone (704) 378-4890 Fax Download vCard Practices Energy Energy and   Infrastructure Hotel REIT Practice Mortgage REIT   Practice Real Estate Capital   Markets	News Bio Andrew A. Gerber Practice focuses on Capital Markets. Emphasis on securities law matters, including issuer and underwriter representation of initial, follow-on and secondary equity offerings; debt offerings, including shelf registration statements and take-downs, medium-term note programs, investment grade and high yield offerings with registered exchange offers; domestic and international offerings under Rule 144A, Reg. D and Reg. S; annual and special meeting proxy statements; ongoing Exchange Act reporting matters, and corporate governance. Relevant Experience Served as a Special Counsel and Staff Attorney with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC from 1993 to 1998. Substantial issuer and underwriter representations, including: REITS $125 million high yield debt and exchange offer for hotel REIT $360 million 144A/Reg. D common stock offering for start-up REIT $90 million common stock and $65 million preferred stock offer for Class A office space REIT $50 million debt and $80 million equity offer for retail space REITs Common stock offer for apartment community REIT Energy Sector Approximately $8 billion in equity, secured and unsecured debt offers for electric utilities and utility holding companies $384 million and $308 million debt and exchange offers for generation power plant projects $300 million debt shelf for natural gas utility Telecommunications $375 million high yield debt and exchange offer for regional PCS/LEC $48 million equity offer for regional ILEC/CLEC $150 million high yield debt and exchange offer for media company $1 billion debt offer and $1 billion medium term note program for Polish national telephone company Advise public companies on shareholder communications and proxy matters, particularly shareholder proposals under SEC Rule 14a-8 and proxy contests for control. Membership Member, Maryland State Bar Member, North Carolina State Bar Education J.D., University of Maryland School of Law, with honors, Order of the Coif, 1993 B.S., University of Maryland, Business Administration, double major in Finance and Economics, 1989 Andrew Gerber