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Chauncey M. Lane
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Chauncey M. Lane

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Energy & Natural Resources
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Boards and senior executives of public and private companies and private equity firms call on Chauncey for his knowledge and experience in mergers and acquisitions, capital market transactions and regulation of securities industry professionals such as broker-dealers and investment advisers. In this role, Chauncey regularly assists domestic and international clients with buy-side and sell-side mergers, divestitures, asset acquisitions, going-private transactions, debt and equity offerings, corporate governance and corporate restructurings. Chauncey also assists investment advisers in a range of issues from managing fiduciary obligations to preparing regulatory filings. Given Chauncey’s first-hand experience working in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance, he is regularly called on by clients for his guidance and counsel on SEC compliance and reporting.

A member of the firm’s Energy & Natural Resources team, Chauncey has:

  • Advised Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. on its $2.3 billion cross-border merger with a NYSE listed public utility company.
  • Advised private equity firm portfolio company on a $25 million carve-out asset sale transaction.
  • Represented a strategic seller in a private-equity sponsored $70 million share exchange and reverse merger transaction.
  • Represented Algonquin Power in multiple cross-border securities transactions, including a $200 million senior unsecured debt offering and a $150 million equity offering.
  • Advised a publicly traded exploration and production company on its reverse merger into a public shell company valued at $200 million.
  • Served as a principal legal adviser to executive officers and board members of NYSE and NASDAQ listed renewable energy companies on a range of securities compliance and corporate governance issues.
  • Guided a large international investment advisory firm through a comprehensive compliance review and preparation of regulatory filings with state and federal regulatory authorities.  

In addition to his work in the Energy and Natural Resources industry, Chauncey is often called on to assist clients in the healthcare and technology industries where he has represented domestic and international clients in transactions exceeding $250 million.

Chauncey is a member of the American Bar Association (ABA) where he participates as an active member of the Business Law Section’s Mergers and Acquisitions Committee and Federal Regulation of Securities Committee. He currently serves as Managing Editor for Mergers and Acquisitions for the ABA online publication Business Law Today. He serves on the firm’s Diversity Council.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • American Bar Association Business Law Section
  • Dallas Bar Association
  • Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals
  • State Bar of Texas

Civic Involvement

  • Make-A-Wish Foundation, Board of Trustees, 2013-2015
  • 2016 and 2017 Steering Committee Member for the State Bar of Texas Office of Minority Affairs Texas Minority Counsel Program

News & Insights

  • ‘Partnership by Ambush’ Ruled Out of Bounds by Dallas Court of Appeals
  • On the Horizon: Solar Development in Texas - Buy-In: Solar Development Finance and the Investor Tax Credit
  • Preparing for Pay Ratio Disclosure
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Experience

  • Advised Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. on forming $608 million joint venture with Abengoa, S.A., of Spain for international development and construction of clean energy and water infrastructure assets.
  • Advised a fund sponsor on the formation of a $75 million private equity fund and related SEC compliance matters.
  • Advised a private equity fund sponsor on domestic and international fund formation and co-investment transactions.
  • Advised a wireless communications company on a $200 million cross-border offering of senior unsecured notes.
  • Advised a real estate investment company on domestic and international fund formation and co-investment transactions.

News & Insights

December 4, 2017 News Releases Husch Blackwell Elects 18 to Partnership
Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services & Capital Markets Healthcare, Life Sciences & Education Real Estate, Development & Construction Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation
November 2, 2017 News Releases Husch Blackwell Represents Algonquin in Global Clean Energy Joint Venture
Energy & Natural Resources
August 8, 2017 Alert ‘Partnership by Ambush’ Ruled Out of Bounds by Dallas Court of Appeals
Energy & Natural Resources
March 29, 2017 News Releases Husch Blackwell Represents RJ Developments with Innovative Aging Initiative Partnership
Financial Services & Capital Markets Healthcare, Life Sciences & Education Real Estate, Development & Construction Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation
January 10, 2017 Webinar On the Horizon: Solar Development in Texas - Buy-In: Solar Development Finance and the Investor Tax Credit
Energy & Natural Resources
January 3, 2017 News Releases Husch Blackwell Wraps Up 2016-17 Texas Solar Industry Webinar Series
Energy & Natural Resources
January 3, 2017 News Releases Husch Blackwell Represents Algonquin in Closing $2.3 Billion Acquisition
Energy & Natural Resources
December 5, 2016 News Releases Husch Blackwell Represents Algonquin in NYSE Listing
Energy & Natural Resources
October 3, 2016 Blog Preparing for Pay Ratio Disclosure External Link
June 30, 2016 Alert SEC Seeks To Modernize Mining Disclosure Rules
Energy & Natural Resources
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  • Industry Focus
    • Energy & Natural Resources
  • Practice Areas
    • Corporate
    • Corporate Real Estate
    • Energy Marketing & Trading
    • Healthcare Transactions
    • Initial Coin Offerings
    • Investment Management
    • Investment Real Estate
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Securities & Corporate Governance
  • Admissions
    • Texas, 2009
    • U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 2010
  • Education
    • LL.M., Securities and Financial Regulation, Georgetown University Law Center, 2012
    • J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law, 2009
      • Texas Tech Law Review
    • M.B.A., Texas Tech University, 2009
    • B.S., Business Management and Marketing, Park University, 2005, magna cum laude
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