Chauncey M. Lane

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.