Michael Reed Bio

Mike Reed is a partner and member of Chapman's Corporate and Securities Department. Mike maintains a broad transactional practice, with significant focus on energy and infrastructure projects and related financing transactions. His transactional work also extends to the firm’s Investment Management practice and includes venture capital funding and a variety of transactions representing registered investment advisers, funds and broker-dealers. Mike’s energy-focused transactional practice includes large-scale generation facility construction, retrofit and decommissioning projects, the purchase and sale of generation assets and both gas and electric distribution and transmission assets. In addition to traditional utility transactional and financing work, he represents a variety of clients in the renewable energy industry, including development and financing of solar, wind, and hydroelectric facilities. Working alongside the firm’s Investment Management team, Mike routinely handles early stage debt and equity funding transactions, advisor and fund reorganizations and purchase and sale transactions. Prior to rejoining Chapman in 2018, Mike spent several years practicing in the major projects group of a large global law firm. Before entering private practice, he served as in-house counsel for a large utility holding company, where he focused on corporate transactions, real estate, and general corporate matters.