Raunaq Kohli Bio

Niqui Kohli's practice focuses on energy regulatory counseling and transactional matters across a wide range of assets, including gas, coal, hydro, solar, storage, on and offshore wind, demand response, transmission and LNG. With a deep understanding of the energy sector, federal and state utility regulation, transactions and corporate governance matters, Niqui has developed a rare blend of regulatory and transactional skills that are tailor-made for the complex deals and commercial arrangements driving today's energy industry, including multi-state regulated utility M&A transactions, strategic and bespoke utility capital raising transactions, and data center infrastructure development. Utilities, generation and transmission developers, infrastructure funds and other energy investors rely on Niqui for strategic counsel early in the transaction process to evaluate whether they should pursue a deal and, if so, how best to engage. He regularly guides clients through federal and state energy regulatory implications and approvals, control determinations, affiliation analyses, risk determinations, and board composition and governance right implications of mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, financings, joint ventures, and other commercial transactions in the energy sector. With financial institutions, funds, and foreign investors playing ever-increasing roles in the regulated energy space, his ability to navigate both complex corporate and regulatory domains is invaluable in structuring transactions and investments that satisfy both business and regulatory objectives. Consecutively ranked by Chambers and Partners and described by clients as an "up-and-coming star in the energy space," Niqui continues to be at the forefront of the most pressing energy movements and transactions, including the panoply of issues surrounding data center load growth and the ever-evolving body of law on control and affiliation at FERC and state regulators across the country. Niqui is a member of the Firm’s Management Committee.