Peter D. Clarke
Partner
Chicago
Tel: 1.312.269.1519
Fax: 1.312.782.8585
Email:
pdclarke@jonesday.com
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Peter Clarke oversees the Firm's energy delivery & power practice. His practice is concentrated in the areas of corporate, securities, and public utility law. Peter has represented clients in hundreds of corporate finance transactions, ranging from public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, exchange offers, tender offers, leverage leases, bank credit facilities, reorganizations, adoption of poison pills, acquisitions, dispositions, and mergers. Peter has more than 25 years of experience in advising and assisting clients on their disclosure obligations under the federal securities laws and, more recently, has spent considerable time advising clients on corporate governance and compliance issues under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In addition, Peter provides advice to registered holding companies under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. Representative clients include Xcel Energy, LG&E Energy, OGE Energy Corp., and their respective utility and non-utility clients.
Peter also has served since 1997 as general counsel of OGE Energy. In such capacity he provides advice to the senior management and board of directors of OGE Energy and oversees all significant legal and regulatory matters affecting OGE Energy or its subsidiaries, including Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company, the wholly owned subsidiary of OGE Energy and the largest electric utility in Oklahoma.
Peter is a member of the ABA.
Admitted
Illinois and District of Columbia
Education
University of Michigan (B.B.A. with highest distinction 1972); Indiana University (J.D. magna cum laude 1975)