Latham & Watkins

Washington, D.C., March 16, 2009…Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Ken Simon has joined the firm as a partner in the Energy Regulatory and Markets Practice Group in the Washington, D.C. office. Simon brings broad-based energy regulatory and transactional experience, with a concentrated practice representing electric utilities, gas utilities and generation owners on energy regulatory and markets issues before state and federal regulatory agencies and related transactions. Simon also has extensive experience in the acquisition and sale of energy assets. He has practiced at the partner level in the energy regulatory and markets field for more than 20 years, developing a reputation as one of the leading lawyers in this field in the United States.

“Ken is a first-rate lawyer with an outstanding reputation for advising on large, complex energy matters,” said Eric Bernthal, Office Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins in Washington, D.C. “Ken’s joining the team allows us to expand our existing leadership position in representing owners of and lenders to electric generation projects.”

Dave Schwartz, Global Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Energy Regulatory and Markets Practice Group, said: “Energy regulatory and transactional work continues to be a strong and growing practice area, and Ken will further help develop our client base representing owners of and lenders to electric generation projects, as well as more traditional electric and gas utilities. We are thrilled to have him join our expanding team.”

Simon joins Latham & Watkins from Dickstein Shapiro LLP in Washington, D.C. He received a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1977, and graduated with high honors from the University of Pittsburgh in 1974.

“I am excited about joining a firm with Latham & Watkins’ global reach and its extensive transactional and corporate finance capabilities, including the firm’s highly regarded project finance and energy regulatory capabilities,” Simon said. “These are highly complementary, and the firm’s international practice and depth of talent in the energy space are very attractive qualities to me. Latham’s spirit of teamwork and its ambitions for continued growth make this an exciting time for me.”