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Jonathan Gottlieb is an internationally recognized attorney who represents energy and utility companies in transactional and regulatory matters throughout the United States and around the world. He represents a diverse range of energy companies including electric and natural gas utilities, utility subsidiaries, independent power producers and developers, independent transmission companies, industrial, mining, and paper companies, renewable and bio-energy companies, engineering/construction companies and equipment vendors.
Jonathan has represented clients in connection with the development, construction, financing, acquisition, or divestiture of numerous energy facilities in the United States and 17 foreign countries, including over 35,000 MW of electric generating plants and over two billion gallons of ethanol and bio-diesel plant capacity currently in operation or under construction.
He also is an experienced corporate counsel, having previously served as the General Counsel of Power Markets Development Company, an international power developer and marketer, and as the Acting General Counsel of Packard Bell NEC Inc., the fifth-largest personal computer manufacturer and vendor during his tenure.
Jonathan is well known internationally for his numerous published articles on financing and developing energy projects, innovative project structures and project acquisition strategies. He is frequently quoted as an industry expert in The New York Times, Commerce and Finance, USA Today, Business Week, The Examiner and the Chicago Tribune.
He is also a frequent speaker on issues relating to financing and developing energy projects, strategic planning for energy companies and utilities, and emerging opportunities in alternative energy markets.
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES
Named one of the world’s leading energy and natural resources lawyers,
Euromoney, 1997, 1999, 2001
Named to Who’s Who in American Law; Who’s Who in America; Who’s Who
in the World; Who’s Who of Project Finance Lawyers; and Who’s Who in
International Business Law
Editor, Competitive Utility
Contributing editor, Project Finance Monthly
Columnist, Energy Business & Technology and Power magazines
Recipient, Burton Foundation’s Award for Legal Achievement, 2003
Member, Energy Bar Association
Member, State of Pennsylvania and District of Columbia Bar Associations
EDUCATION
J.D., New York Law School
B.A., with honors, Economics, DePaul University
ADMISSIONS
District of Columbia
State of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals (District of Columbia; Fourth Circuit; and
Ninth Circuit) | 