Hunton & Williams LLP advised Barclays Capital Inc., BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as sales agents for the sale of up to 15,000,000 shares of The Southern Company's ("Southern Company") New York Stock Exchange listed common stock from time to time.

With 4.4 million customers and nearly 46,000 MW of generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Company is the premier energy company serving the Southeast through its subsidiaries. A leading U.S. producer of clean, safe, reliable and affordable electricity, Southern Company owns electric utilities in four states and a growing competitive generation company, as well as fiber optics and wireless communications.

The Hunton & Williams LLP team included Pete O'Brien and Danielle Herrick.