Chapman was honored with PACENation’s PACESetter Award for Partner of the Year, recognizing the firm’s leadership and sustained contributions to the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) market. This award builds on Chapman’s PACENation-recognized transactions, including PACESetter Innovative Deal of the Year awards in 2024 and 2025, and underscores the firm’s role at the forefront of complex and precedent-setting PACE transactions.
In 2024, Chapman served as counsel in the $172 million C-PACE financing of PG&E’s corporate headquarters in Oakland, California—the largest C-PACE office and construction financing at the time. In 2025, the firm advised North Bridge ESG LLC on a $108 million C-PACE financing for the expansion of AREA15, a landmark immersive entertainment district in Las Vegas—one of the largest C-PACE financings in Nevada to date. Chapman’s work also includes serving as special counsel to an Illinois county on the state’s first transaction under a C-PACE financing program—helping establish a foundation for future projects and investment statewide.
Presented annually at the PACENation Summit, the PACESetter Awards recognize organizations whose collaboration, legal insight, and market leadership have strengthened PACE as a critical financing tool for economic development, energy efficiency, and resilience across the United States. We thank partners David Sykes, who serves on the board of PACENation, Larry White, and Hillary Phelps for attending the summit and accepting the award on Chapman’s behalf.
