David Quinby is a member of the firm practicing in the Energy and Telecommunications group, and the office managing partner of the firm's Minneapolis office. He concentrates his practice on corporate, securities, finance and merger & acquisition matters, with a particular focus on renewable energy clients and their project development efforts. He also provides corporate governance advice to senior management and boards of directors.

David has extensive experience representing public and private companies as both in-house and outside counsel, and has led numerous negotiations on complex transactions. His industry experience includes energy, renewable energy, agribusiness, direct marketing, manufacturing, gaming, hospitality, communications, and food distribution. David is also a CPA with four years of public accounting experience.

Previously, David served as assistant general counsel at NRG Energy, Inc., a NYSE company, and as general counsel for NRG's $1.5 billion North American operating unit. Before joining NRG, David served as vice president, general counsel, and secretary of ValueVision International, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed direct marketing and home shopping company.

Representative Work

Represented enXco in a $900 million wind power build-transfer transaction with Xcel Energy Inc. involving two projects aggregating 351 MW in Minnesota and North Dakota. The proposal included a 201-MW project in southwest Minnesota's Nobles County, the second largest wind project in Minnesota.

Represented VBV LLC and its subsidiaries in its merger with Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc.. The merger created one of the nation's largest publicly traded ethanol production companies, with complementary grain, agronomy, feed, fuel, and ethanol marketing and distribution operations.

Represented Bioverda US Holdings LLC in its Investment in Blendstar, LLC, an operator of ethanol splash blending facilities in Knoxville, Tennessee and Louisville, Kentucky with more facilities under construction in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Memphis, Tennessee, Little Rock, Arkansas and Columbus, Ohio.

Presentations

Speaker, "Ethanol Today & Tomorrow: Growing & Selling Considerations 'Doing the Deal'," ACE Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, August 13, 2008

Speaker, "Renewable Energy: Trends and Challenges," Bowne SEC Update Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 22, 2008

Panel Chair, "Restructuring Existing Ethanol Plants as Businesses," Optimizing Ethanol Plants Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 14-16, 2008

Moderator, "Working with Project Lenders and Investors to Secure Capital to Increase Project Competitiveness," Optimizing Ethanol Plants Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 14-16, 2008

Speaker, "Federal Incentives & Resources for Renewable Energy Projects," Harvesting Clean Energy Projects Conference, Portland, Oregon, January 28, 2008

Co-chair, 2008 Infocast Biomass Finance Conference, Miami, Florida, January 23-25, 2008

Speaker, "Considerations for Wind Development in Indiana," Clinton County, Indiana, January 8, 2008

Speaker, "Opportunities for Offshore Wind Development in the Great Lakes," Manufacturing and Developing Wind Systems in Michigan, Michigan State University, Michigan, September 10-11, 2007

Education

University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 1990, magna cum laude

Order of the Coif

Law Review

Luther College, B.A., 1983, magna cum laude

Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

Minnesota