About Christopher J. Doyle
Christopher J. Doyle has a broad corporate and finance practice, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) as well as private securities offerings and debt financings. He also handles venture capital and private capital work for startups. In the commodities and energy sectors, he has extensive experience negotiating structured transactions and financings involving commodities and energy, including transactions relating to renewable and conventional energy, infrastructure, and related asset classes. He has advised on some of the most complex and market-leading commodities and energy financings and transactions in the space.
Experience
- A cloud-based human capital management and payroll software company on its $11 billion sale to a consortium of private equity firms.
- An investor group on its acquisition of a leading U.S. equipment rental company, and subsequent $1.1 billion sale of that company.
- A leading children’s clothing retailer ’on its acquisition of an international chain of specialty stores selling only items related to a well-known mass media and entertainment conglomerate.
- A British defence technology company on the sale of its indirect U.S. subsidiary a portfolio.
- An international investment and management consulting firm., on the acquisition of the remaining 36 percent interest of steel coating mill held by an American steel manufacturer.
- A leading global commodities merchant in connection with its $3.2 billion dollar committed borrowing base revolver, which finances the physical merchant activities in ’its global commodities businesses.
- A subsidiary of a leading global commodities merchant in connection with the financing to acquire natural gas producing wells from a subsidiary of a Vancouver-based oil and gas exploration company.
- A leading global energy and commodities company in connection with various multi-billion-dollar credit facilities, which finance its trading and merchanting activities as well as various energy infrastructure assets.
- A leading global energy commodities merchant and infrastructure asset company, in various multi-billion-dollar revolving credit facilities, bi-lateral credit facilities and structured trade finance agreements.
- A Chicago-based commercial property and casualty insurance holding company on an unsolicited takeover bid from a property and casualty insurer and subsequent proxy contest, and its merger with a wholly owned subsidiary of a leading provider of diversified niche-oriented property and casualty insurance products and services.
- The stockholders of a company that provides access control, subscription management, and ecommerce solutions for media, entertainment and software companies on the sale of the business to a rights management and copy protection technology company.
- The principals of one of the real estate industry’s leading investment banking firms on the sale of a controlling stake in the company to one of the world’s largest commercial real estate services firms.
- One of the world’s fastest-growing design, engineering, and management consulting organizations, on its acquisition of an engineering and design firm that serves clients throughout the United States.
News & Views
News / Press Release
Blank Rome Welcomes Market-Leading Commodities Trading and Finance Team in New YorkOctober 20, 2026
Professional Activities
Chris serves as board president of Voice Charter School in New York.
Bar Admissions
- New York
Education
- Fordham University School of Law, JD
- Trinity College, BA