Overview

Patrick advises issuers and underwriters across a range of public and private securities offerings, primarily in the power and utilities sector. His experience includes common stock offerings, convertible debt and other equity-linked offerings, preferred and hybrid securities offerings, unsecured and secured debt offerings, including first mortgage bonds, tax-exempt offerings and remarketings, 4(a)(2) private placements and liability management transactions. He also regularly advises clients on general corporate matters, including securities law and corporate governance matters.

Experience

Patrick’s recent experience includes advising:

  • Pacific Gas and Electric Company in connection with its $15 billion loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office pursuant to the Title 17 Clean Energy Financing Program
  • The initial purchasers in connection with convertible notes offerings for WEC Energy Group, Inc. and The Southern Company
  • PG&E Corporation in connection with its inaugural $2.15 billion convertible notes offering
  • Duke Energy Corporation in connection with its inaugural $1.725 billion convertible notes offering
  • PG&E Corporation and its subsidiary Pacific Gas and Electric Company in connection with various debt issuances and bank financings in connection with their exit from Chapter 11, including $22.7 billion of new debt securities and establishment of a new first mortgage bond indenture
  • The underwriters in connection with junior subordinated notes offerings for The Southern Company, Emera Incorporated and NextEra Energy, Inc.
  • PG&E Corporation in connection with multiple junior subordinated notes offerings
  • CoBank, ACB in connection with multiple perpetual preferred stock offerings
  • Pacific Gas and Electric Company in connection with multiple first mortgage bond offerings
  • The underwriters in connection with equity units offerings by The Southern Company and NextEra Energy, Inc.
  • The underwriters in connection with The Southern Company’s $9.4 billion debt and equity offerings to finance its acquisition of AGL Resources
  • Duke Energy Corporation in connection with its forward common stock offering and establishment of an at-the-market equity program (with forward)
  • The underwriters and forward counterparties in connection with multiple common stock offerings by Consolidated Edison, Inc.
  • The sales agents in connection with the establishment of at-the market equity programs for The Southern Company, WEC Energy Group, Inc. and American Electric Power Company, Inc.
  • The underwriters in connection with multiple first mortgage bond or other secured debt issuances by CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC, Florida Power & Light Company, National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC and Public Service Company of Colorado, Inc.
  • The underwriters in connection with multiple unsecured debt issuances by American Electric Power Company, Inc. (and subsidiaries), Avangrid, Inc., CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (and subsidiaries), Consolidated Edison, Inc. (and subsidiaries), National Fuel Gas Company, National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation, NextEra Energy, Inc. (and subsidiaries), NiSource Inc., The Southern Company (and subsidiaries), WEC Energy Group, Inc. (and subsidiaries) and Xcel Energy Inc.
  • The purchasers in connection with 4(a)(2) private placements for Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation, New York Transco LLC, ÖBB Group, Northern Illinois Gas Company, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. and various subsidiaries of WEC Energy Group, Inc.
  • The underwriters in connection with The Ohio State University’s establishment of a $1 billion shelf registration-style municipal bond offering program
  • The initial purchasers and underwriters in connection with the inaugural $3.25 billion debt issuance and $1.2 billion MJDS-registered subordinated notes issuance by Emera Incorporated to finance its acquisition of TECO Energy, Inc.

Accolades

Honors & Recognitions

  • Recognized as a Leader in Energy: Electricity (Finance), USA, Chambers Global, 2024-2025
  • Recognized as a Leader in Energy: Electricity (Finance), USA-Nationwide, Chambers USA, 2022-2024
  • Recommended for Energy Transactions: Electric Power, Legal 500 United States, 2024

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Education

JD, Duke University School of Law, 2014

MA, Duke University, 2014

BA, Emory University, summa cum laude, 2011

Admissions

New York

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