TIM CHANDLER’s practice principally involves representing funds, management teams, and strategics in their investments in “hard hat” industries throughout the world, including energy transition, oil & gas, power generation and transmission, energy storage, digital infrastructure, telecommunications, transportation, other infrastructure, minerals, manufacturing, and emerging technologies. He assists clients in a range of private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, project development, and financings. Tim has worked on transactions involving six continents and more than 40 countries. Tim is fluent in Portuguese and has lived and worked in Brazil. He can also read and write in Spanish.
Tim has most recently been featured in Infrastructure Investor, Texas Lawyer, Hart Energy, Oil & Gas Financial Journal, and others for his notable achievements and market insight.
“Incredibly bright and a great negotiator, he’s fantastic all around.”
Chambers USA 2021
Tim is ranked in Chambers USA for Texas Private Equity: Buyouts (2024), Nationwide Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) (2021–2024), and in Chambers Global for Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) (USA, 2022–2024). Clients praise his legal prowess, saying “Tim’s best strength is that he can give his advice in the commercial context, which helps with complex issues. He makes sure we understand the risks and rewards of our decisions” (2024). Clients also note that he is “very client-focused and has a sharp skill set in the area” (2023). He also was recommended by The Legal 500 Latin America for City Leaders: Houston (2025), Projects and Energy (2025) and City Focus: Houston (2024). Tim was recognized by Oil & Gas Investor as one of the 2019 “Forty under 40” in the Oil and Gas Industry and by Law360 as one of five 2019 “Rising Stars” in Energy. Tim has also been recognized in the 2019 Latin Lawyer 250 as a commended lawyer in the Energy practice area, in the 2014–2015 and 2017–2022 editions of Texas Super Lawyers magazine as a “Rising Star,” and in the 2014–2023 edition of IFLR1000 as a “Notable Practitioner” in the United States.