Brian E. Chisling

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, Ohio Valley Electric Corp., PPL, Talen Energy 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 The Legal 500. 

Recent transactions included representing:

• Vistra Energy Corp., the parent company for TXU Energy and Luminant, in its completed merger with Dynegy Inc., a transaction with an enterprise value of $20 billion
• Global Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of NRG Energy, Inc.’s integrated U.S. renewable energy platform
• Tiger Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of the Danskammer Generation Station from Mercuria Energy Group
• First Reserve in its acquisition of Gas Natural Inc.
• 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
• NextEra Energy Resources in the $760 million sale of its ownership interest in the Marcus Hook generating assets
• ITC Holdings in its $11 billion sale to Fortis
• Entergy Corporation in the sale of its Rhode Island gas-fired generating facility to Carlyle Power Partners
• Talen Energy in the $860 million sale of its Holtwood and Wallenpaupack hydroelectric generating facilities to Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners
• PPL Corporation in various acquisitions and dispositions of electric generation, transmission and distributions companies and its gas utilities business, as well as in its Reverse Morris Trust transaction with Riverstone to create Talen Energy
• Global Tower (and its owners) in its $3.3 billion sale to American Tower Corp.
• RBS in its $3.3 billion energy commodities joint venture with Sempra Energy, including its sale to JPMorgan

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.