Christina Kwon

S. Christina Kwon’s practice focuses on capital markets transactions for power and utility issuers. Christina Kwon concentrates on capital markets transactions for power and utility issuers in connection with all aspects of public and private securities offerings, such as registered debt offerings, common stock offerings (including establishment of “at-the-market” equity programs), first mortgage bond offerings, Rule 144A/Reg S debt offerings, debt equity hybrid securities offerings, tax-exempt offerings of multimodal debt, and municipal debt offerings.

She also advises clients on general corporate and securities law matters, including disclosure and reporting obligations, corporate governance issues and general corporate matters.

Christina has served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Jeanne E. Scott, United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, 2005-2007.

Experience:

• Issuer counsel to Duke Energy Corporation’s forward equity issuance in connection with the financing of its acquisition of Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc.
• Issuer counsel to Duke Energy Corporation in connection with the establishment of its at-the-market program (forward).
• Underwriters’ counsel for Emera Incorporated’s MJDS-registered fixed-to floating  subordinated notes issuance in connection with the financing of its acquisition of TECO Energy Inc.
• Issuer counsel to Great Plains Energy Incorporated’s concurrent offerings of mandatory convertible preferred stock and common stock in connection with the financing of its proposed acquisition of Westar Energy, Inc.
• Underwriters’ counsel for Consolidated Edison, Inc.’s common stock issuance in connection  with the financing of its purchase of a 50 percent equity interest in a joint venture with Crestwood Equity Partners LP.
• Underwriter’s counsel for Consolidated Edison, Inc.’s bought equity issuance.
• Underwriters’ counsel for Westar Energy, Inc.’s forward equity issuance.
• Underwriters’ counsel for NorthWestern Corporation’s bought equity issuance.
  Issuer counsel to Great Plains Energy Incorporated’s concurrent equity units and common stock issuances.
• Sales agents’ counsel in connection with the establishment of at-the-market programs for The Southern Company, Xcel Energy Inc., NorthWestern Corporation,  Westar Energy, Inc. (forward), Piedmont Natural Gas Company Inc. (forward), NiSource Inc. (forward), and WGL Holdings, Inc.
• Issuer counsel to Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Duke Energy Progress, LLC, Duke Energy Florida, LLC, Duke Energy Indiana, LLC and Duke Energy Ohio, Inc. in connection with multiple first mortgage bond offerings.
• Underwriters’ counsel for Consolidated Edison, Inc.’s debt issuance in connection with the financing of its purchase of a 50 percent equity interest in a joint venture  with Crestwood Equity Partners LP.
• Underwriters’ counsel for Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. in connection with multiple debenture offerings.
• Initial Purchasers’ counsel for Columbia Pipeline Group Inc.’s inaugural debt issuance relating to spin-off from NiSource Inc.
• Issuer counsel to Duke Energy Corp.’s multi-tranche debt issuances in connection with the financing of its acquisition of Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc.
• Initial Purchasers’ counsel for Emera Incorporated’s inaugural US debt issuance in connection with the financing of its acquisition of TECO Energy Inc.
• Issuer counsel to Great Plains Energy Incorporated’s multi-tranche debt issuances in connection with the financing of its proposed acquisition of Westar Energy, Inc.
• Underwriters’ counsel in connection with the establishment of “shelf” style capital markets program for a public university.
• Underwriters’ counsel for California-based water utility’s debt issuance.
• Underwriters’ and remarketing agents’ counsel for utility issuers in connection with multiple tax-exempt bond offerings and related remarketings of such securities.
• Underwriters’ counsel for a public university’s issuances of Build America bonds, tax-exempt bonds and century bonds.

EDUCATION:

• JD, University of Virginia School of Law, 2005
• BS, Foreign Service, Georgetown University, cum laude, 2000

BAR ADMISSIONS:

• New York