With a corporate and regulatory practice focused on the energy and infrastructure industry, Brian Chisling advises infrastructure investors, including electric and gas utilities, independent power producers, pipeline companies, fiber-optic and other telecommunications tower companies, private equity funds and financing parties with respect to mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures, securities issuances, financings and related federal and state regulatory issues. In the power industry, Brian has regularly advised American Electric Power, NextEra Energy, Ohio Valley Electric Corp., and various private equity clients. He has represented utility and private equity clients in numerous high-profile mergers, including ITC Holdings’ sale to Fortis, JPMorgan's sale of its physical commodities trading businesses, American Electric Power’s acquisition of Central and South West Corp., and the acquisition of TXU by a group of private equity firms. Brian is recognized as a leading regulatory lawyer in the energy and infrastructure sectors by Chambers and Legal 500 and as a "Notable Practitioner" by IFLR1000.
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Work Highlights
- EQT Infrastructure VI fund in its agreement to acquire Madison Energy Investments, a leading developer, owner, and operator of distributed solar and energy storage projects
- KKR in connection with its $2.2 billion acquisition of ContourGlobal
- Stonepeak in its $2.4 billion acquisition of Intrado Corporation’s Safety business, a market-leading provider of critical public emergency telecommunications services
- LS Power in connection with its acquisition of Rolling Hills Power Plant
- Stonepeak in its $6.2 billion take private acquisition of Teekay LNG (now Seapeak), with an enterprise value of $6.2 billion
- EQT Infrastructure V fund in its acquisition of Cypress Creek Renewables
- Global Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of Eolian (f/k/a MAP® RE/ES), the renewable energy business of MAP® Energy
- Blackrock’s Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund in the sale of its interest in the Fort Detrick Energy Production Facility
- Aqua America in its acquisition of Peoples, with an enterprise value of $4.275 billion
- Global Infrastructure Partners in its $1.375 billion acquisition of NRG Energy’s U.S. renewable energy platform, Clearway Energy
- Vistra Energy Corp., in its merger with Dynegy Inc., with an enterprise value of $20 billion
- American Electric Power in the $2.17 billion sale of four power plants (approx. 5.2 GW) to a newly formed joint venture of funds affiliated with Blackstone
Education
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Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, 1994 J.D.
Order of the Coif; Law Review, Journal on Dispute Resolution, 1993–1994
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Indiana University, 1991 B.S. in Finance
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Indiana University, 1991 B.A. in Sociology
Associations
- American Bar Association
- New York Bar Association
- Ohio State Bar Association
- Energy Bar Association
Admissions
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New York 2002
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U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio 1995
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Ohio 1994
With a corporate and regulatory practice focused on the energy and infrastructure industry, Brian Chisling advises infrastructure investors, including electric and gas utilities, independent power producers, pipeline companies, fiber-optic and other telecommunications tower companies, private equity funds and financing parties with respect to mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures, securities issuances, financings and related federal and state regulatory issues.
In the power industry, Brian has regularly advised American Electric Power, NextEra Energy, Ohio Valley Electric Corp., and various private equity clients. He has represented utility and private equity clients in numerous high-profile mergers, including ITC Holdings’ sale to Fortis, JPMorgan's sale of its physical commodities trading businesses, American Electric Power’s acquisition of Central and South West Corp., and the acquisition of TXU by a group of private equity firms.
Brian is recognized as a leading regulatory lawyer in the energy and infrastructure sectors by Chambers and Legal 500. He is also recognized as a "Notable Practitioner" by IFLR1000.
Recent transactions included representing:
- EQT Infrastructure VI fund in its agreement to acquire Madison Energy Investments, a leading developer, owner, and operator of distributed solar and energy storage projects
- KKR in connection with its $2.2 billion acquisition of ContourGlobal
- Stonepeak in its $2.4 billion acquisition of Intrado Corporation’s Safety business, a market-leading provider of critical public emergency telecommunications services
- LS Power in connection with its acquisition of Rolling Hills Power Plant
- Stonepeak in its $6.2 billion take private acquisition of Teekay LNG (now Seapeak), with an enterprise value of $6.2 billion
- EQT Infrastructure V fund in its acquisition of Cypress Creek Renewables
- Global Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of Eolian (f/k/a MAP® RE/ES), the renewable energy business of MAP® Energy
- Blackrock’s Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund in the sale of its interest in the Fort Detrick Energy Production Facility
- Aqua America in its acquisition of Peoples, with an enterprise value of $4.275 billion
- Global Infrastructure Partners in its $1.375 billion acquisition of NRG Energy’s U.S. renewable energy platform, Clearway Energy
- Vistra Energy Corp., in its merger with Dynegy Inc., with an enterprise value of $20 billion
- American Electric Power in the $2.17 billion sale of four power plants (approx. 5.2 GW) to a newly formed joint venture of funds affiliated with Blackstone
Brian joined the Firm in 1994, was named Counsel in 2002, was named Senior Counsel in 2004 and named Partner in 2012. He received his J.D. with honors from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 1994. He received a B.S. in Finance and a B.A. in Sociology from Indiana University in 1991. Brian is a member of the American, New York, Ohio and Energy Bar Associations.