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Mr Christopher A. Treanor

Work Department
Partner; Public Law & Policy
Position
Chris is a leading lobbying and public policy lawyer with nearly 20 years of experience specializing in energy, climate change, and energy transition issues. His practice centers on advising a broad range of clients, including the largest natural gas producers and infrastructure developers, technology firms, clean energy innovators, and conventional power companies—on complex domestic and international policy matters. Chris represents clients before federal agencies and the U.S. Congress, providing strategic counsel on regulatory, legislative, and advocacy initiatives. His work spans sectors such as energy and sustainability, data centers, transportation, and international trade, and includes advising on cutting-edge issues like artificial intelligence, supply chains, and competition policy.
To learn more about Mr. Treanor, please visit his profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/christopher-a-treanor
Career
Chris served as a professional staff member for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, working for then-Chairman John D. Dingell where he contributed to the passage of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Additionally, he served as a law clerk for a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Languages
English
Memberships
- Board Member (past President), Bryce Harlow Foundation Alumni Board
- Staff member, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Member, Virginia State Bar Association, November 2012–Present
- Associate trustee, Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
Education
- J.D., The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, cum laude, 2012
- B.A., Duke University, 2005
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Industry focus > Sport
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)