Chauncey M. Lane

Boards and senior executives of public and private companies and investment management 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:

• 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.
• Advised a publicly traded energy infrastructure company on its adoption of the end-user exception to the derivatives clearing requirement mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act and the Commodity Exchange Act.
• Advised Algonquin Power on numerous interest-rate and commodity-swap transactions with domestic and international counterparties.  
• 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 where he participates as an active member of the Business Law Section’s Mergers and Acquisitions Committee and Federal Regulation of Securities Committee. He serves on the firm’s Diversity Council and Associates Committee.