Cliff W Vrielink

Practice Areas

CLIFF VRIELINK has over 30 years of experience advising private equity, infrastructure and other financial investors, public companies and private companies actively engaging or investing in the infrastructure and energy industries. He represents clients throughout North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Cliff has deep experience in the full range of infrastructure sectors, including digital investing (towers, data centres, subsea cables and other communications assets), water and waste, transportation and logistics. He also has decades of experience spanning the energy spectrum, from the upstream oil and gas sector (onshore, offshore and internationally) to the midstream sector (natural gas, crude oil, liquids and CO2 pipelines, processing facilities and gas and liquids storage assets) to the downstream sector (refining, marketing and distribution), as well as spanning thermal and renewable power generation. Cliff provides clients with essential guidance on their approach to the energy transition and has advised traditional and new energy investors in RNG, hydrogen, ammonia, battery storage and other energy transition investments.

Cliff is a member of Sidley’s Executive Committee, serves as the co-managing partner of the Houston office, and is the global leader of the Energy, Transportation and Infrastructure practice. He is also a member of the firm’s M&A and Private Equity practices.