Peter Hanlon Bio

Peter J. Hanlon is a corporate partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Energy Industry Group and its Power and Renewables Practice Group. He is also a member of Gibson Dunn’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets Practice Groups. Mr. Hanlon’s practice focuses upon transactions in the energy industry, particularly the power sector (including generation, transmission and distribution) and the gas pipeline and storage sectors. It encompasses mergers and acquisitions, project investments and financings, public and private securities offerings, joint ventures, investments, restructurings, going-private transactions, private equity transactions, securities regulation, corporate governance, and general corporate law. He has more than 25 years of experience in the energy industry. He also has substantial corporate transactional experience in the manufacturing, transportation, water, telecommunications, packaging, financial services, real estate, healthcare and retail industries. He has worked with clients in a large number of energy-related businesses, including electric and gas utilities, independent power companies, gas pipeline and storage companies, renewable projects (including solar, wind and geothermal power sponsors, investors and developers), electricity transmission providers, and yieldcos, as well as joint venture partners, foreign investors, private equity investors, investment funds, management teams and investment advisors.