- Represented the company sponsor/issuer in the structuring, issuance and sale of senior secured nuclear asset-recovery bonds by Duke Energy Florida Project Finance, LLC (a special purpose entity, wholly owned by Duke Energy Florida, LLC), issued pursuant to a Florida securitization statute.
- Represented the structuring advisor in the structuring of, and the underwriters in the issuance and sale of, senior secured securitization bonds by Consumers 2014 Securitization Funding LLC (a special purpose entity, wholly owned by Consumers Energy Company), issued pursuant to a Michigan securitization statute.
- Represented the underwriters in the structuring, issuance and sale of senior secured consumer rate relief bonds by Appalachian Consumer Rate Relief Funding LLC (a special purpose entity, wholly owned by Appalachian Power Company), issued pursuant to a West Virginia securitization statute.
- Represented the structuring advisor in the structuring of, and the underwriters in the issuance and sale of, senior secured phase-in recovery bonds by Ohio Phase-In-Recovery Funding LLC (a special purpose entity, wholly owned by Ohio Power Company), issued pursuant to an Ohio securitization statute.
- Advised the joint book-running managers in the structuring, issuance and sale of senior secured transition bonds by AEP Texas Central Transition Funding III LLC (a special purpose entity, wholly owned by AEP Texas Central Company), issued pursuant to a Texas securitization statute.
- Represented the underwriters in the structuring, issuance and sale of billions of dollars of senior secured system restoration bonds, stranded cost bonds and transition bonds in multiple transactions by various special purpose entities, each wholly owned subsidiaries of Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC. The securitization bonds were issued pursuant to several Texas securitization statutes.
- Represented the underwriters in the structuring, issuance and sale of senior secured investment recovery bonds by Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding I, L.L.C. (a special purpose entity, wholly owned by Entergy Louisiana, LLC), issued pursuant to a Louisiana securitization statute.
- Represented the structuring advisors in the structuring of, and the underwriters in the issuance and sale of, billions of dollars of storm cost system restoration bonds in multiple conduit transactions for Louisiana Utilities Restoration Corporation. The conduit offerings were conducted pursuant to a Louisiana securitization statute. The net proceeds were used to make non-shareholder capital contributions to Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC (utility subsidiaries of Entergy Corporation). The structure used to issue over $1.6 billion of storm cost system restoration bonds was recognized in 2008 by International Financing Review as “America’s Securitization Transaction of the Year.”