Ram C. Sunkara. P: E:

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1 ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHY Ram C. Sunkara Partner Houston P: E: Education J.D., Emory University School of Law B.A., Emory University Bar Admissions Georgia Background Ram Sunkara serves on the Eversheds Sutherland (US) Executive Committee and focuses his practice on negotiating and finalizing acquisition and disposition agreements, structuring transactions and auction processes, and managing all aspects of a deal. He leads the Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) and Petrochemical teams and the Distributed Generation and Renewable Corporate Procurement team. Ram also co-leads the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) team. Ram represents a broad spectrum of energy sector clients in commercial and transactional matters, including: Domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions Energy trading arrangements Joint ventures Full-scale project development (greenfield and brownfield projects) Renewable energy projects Project and structured financings Develop-build-own-operate-maintain (DBOOM) and design-build-transfer (DBT) arrangements He regularly represents Fortune 100 and 500 companies and smaller entities in the energy space including: Private equity and hedge funds Electric and gas utilities Independent power producers Project developers Cooperatives Commodity trading firms Diversified public companies Chemical and petrochemical producers Industrials Other energy industry participants Ram s experience spans the entire energy spectrum. He represents clients in both conventional and unconventional upstream oil and gas matters. He has also worked on midstream projects and deals

2 PAGE 2 involving natural gas (including LNG and compressed natural gas (CNG)), crude oil and natural gas liquids pipelines and gathering systems, processing facilities, and gas and liquids storage assets. His downstream practice includes refining, marketing and distributing refined products and related structured commodity transactions. Ram has extensive experience with the full array of power generation, both traditional baseload generation and renewables/energy storage technologies, including: Merger and Acquisition Transactions Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contracts Operation and Maintenance (O&M) and Balance of Plant Agreements Purchase and Sale Agreements for Steam Chilled Water and other Offtake Contracts Purchases and sales of environmental attributes (renewable energy certificates (RECs), renewable identification numbers (RINs), etc.) Trading agreements involving both physical and financially settled purchases (including secured and unsecured hedges) and sales of electric power and related products Ram has considerable experience representing gas companies and chemical and petrochemical companies with regard to EPC and project development of NGL fractionation facilities and crackers for the production of ethylene and propylene. He has also advised clients in negotiating and procuring NGL feedstock and NGL and gas storage agreements for export to foreign cracker facilities. Recent representative matters in which Ram has advised clients include: Representing Magnolia LNG in several aspects of developing an LNG export terminal, including negotiating its multi-billion dollar EPC and O&M agreements, and a wide range of other project development and financing-related matters. Represented Vitol Inc. in connection with the U.S. Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority s LPG receiving terminal project which included navigating the utility s RFP process; preparing, negotiating and finalizing a master DBOOM agreement for the development of the LPG receiving terminals and related infrastructure, LPG pipelines and vaporizer units, and the long-term supply of LPG and on-site inventory storage facilities. In addition, Ram led the negotiations with GE International on behalf of a Vitol subsidiary regarding the fuel switching and repowering of several combustion turbines owned by the utility on both St. Croix and St. Thomas. Represented Energy Power Partners in the purchase of the renewable energy unit of Talen Energy Corp., which included a portfolio of 25 renewable energy projects (solar, landfill gas, wind and cogeneration plants) in four states within PJM. Represented The Carlyle Group in the acquisition of 75.05% of the outstanding interests of Southeast PowerGen, LLC, a 2,815-megawatt portfolio of six natural -gas-fired power plants in Georgia, from a consortium of ArcLight Capital Partners, the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC, and GE Energy Financial Services. As the leader of Eversheds Sutherland (US)'s nationally recognized Distributed Generation practice, Ram has become a go to lawyer for some of the largest Fortune companies in the world seeking to implement their corporate sustainability and energy efficiency initiatives. For example, he represented:

3 PAGE 3 Microsoft in its first wind energy secured hedge transaction opposite RES Americas for a utilityscale wind project in ERCOT Target Inc. in structuring and implementing its nationwide photovoltaic (PV) solar rooftop initiative opposite Greenskies Renewable Energy, LLC Solvay USA Inc. in negotiating and implementing a DBOOM for a utility scale, on-site CHP facility with DTE Energy to service its flagship U.S. chemical polymer facility in Ohio Dozens of other Fortune and technology companies in similar transactions Ram has been recognized as a leading lawyer by multiple independent evaluators, including Chambers in 2014 (Energy), and was named in The Legal 500 United States in 2015 in the area of Energy Renewable/Alternative. Experience Represented Colonial Pipeline Company in the acquisition of marine terminal operations and assets at the Port of Port Arthur, Texas. Represents a leading global financial institution in drafting and negotiating energy trading agreements for a five-year strip of 100 MW of capacity products in MISO Zone Four. Represented Shell Oil Company in the $217 million acquisition of a minority interest in Silicon Ranch Corporation, a Nashville-based solar power producer, from existing shareholder Partners Group. Served as local counsel to an independent power producer in its acquisition of a portfolio of approximately 2,800 MW of generating assets in Georgia. Advised an Australian-based LNG developer on the acquisition of a development-stage LNG export project in Nova Scotia, Canada. Provides pro bono contractual advice to a Georgia-based charity focused on providing memorable trips for chronically and terminally ill children. Awards Recognized by Law360 as a Rising Star in the area of energy (2016) Recognized by the National Law Journal as an Energy and Environmental Trailblazer (2016) Named to the Rainmakers list by Minority Corporate Counsel Association s Diversity & the Bar (2015) Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of energy: renewable/alternative (2015, ) energy transactions: conventional power ( ); and energy: oil and gas ( ) Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Stars ( , 2018) Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of energy (2014, )

4 PAGE 4 Professional Activities Board Member, South Asian Bar Association of Georgia (SABA-GA) Member, Georgia Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (GIACC) Member, Board of Directors, Georgia Asylum & Immigration Network (GAIN) Articles Green Tariffs: Attracting New Loads with Sustainable Options (June 14, 2017) Renewable Energy World Navigating Corporate Green Energy Procurements Wholesale PPAs and Green Tariffs (October 28, 2016) Power Finance & Risk M&A Outlook for Oil and Gas Deals (October 2, 2015) Oil & Gas Monitor Microgrid Momentum Raises Legal and Regulatory Uncertainty (December 17, 2014) Power Engineering Challenges Facing Fuel Switching in Latin America Remain (July 17, 2014) Law360 Cow Power: Beneficiary of the Natural Gas Boom? (March 6, 2013) Avoiding the Pitfalls in Combined Heat and Power (January 2, 2013) Presentations Preparing for M&A Transactions: Key Issues in Pre-Transaction Planning (May 21, 2015) Association of Corporate Counsel - Houston Chapter National Asian Pacific American Bar Association s (NAPABA) 26th Annual Convention (November 6-9, 2014) AWEA WINDPOWER 2012 Conference and Exhibition (June 3, 2012) AWEA WINDPOWER Considerations in Renewable Energy (October 25, 2011) Outbound Transfers of Intangibles (June 6, 2011) Young IFA Network Seminar Electric Cooperative Mergers & Combinations (May 24, 2011)

5 PAGE 5 Acquisitions of Landfill Gas to Energy (LFGTE) Projects: Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Keys to Negotiation (March 23, 2011) SWANA 34th Annual Landfill Gas Symposium Acquisitions of LFGTE Projects: Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Keys to Negotiation (March 23, 2011) SWANA 34th Annual Landfill Gas Symposium Power Asset M&A (February 22, 2011) Keys to Negotiations (July 19, July 20, 2010) EUCI s Mergers and Acquisitions in the Renewable Energy Industry Conference