BiographyI am a Senior Associate in the Business Group, having joined the firm in October, 2006, after serving for five years as corporate and transactional counsel for a publicly traded international transportation and logistics company. My practice involves a wide variety of corporate transactions, including the acquisition, financing and disposition of business entities through asset and stock purchase transactions, entity selection and formation, sales of debt and equity securities, negotiation and drafting purchase agreements, employment agreements, licensing agreements and other contracts, and general corporate matters. My clients range in size from small, start-up businesses to large, established enterprises with international operations.
In addition to my general corporate practice, I have substantial experience in the domestic and international transportation and logistics industry, having represented freight forwarders, freight transportation brokers, carriers, logistics providers, manufacturers and shippers in connection with air, surface and maritime transportation and logistics matters. Such matters include negotiating and drafting various transportation and warehousing contracts as well as long-term 3PL, 4PL, vendor-managed inventory and "just-in-time" agreements.
Prior to joining BoyarMiller, I practiced law in Louisiana for seven years, including three years as an Assistant Attorney General representing the Office of State Police in its Gaming Division (corporate section). I firmly believe that my past experience as both corporate counsel and corporate client helps me to better understand the needs of my clients from a legal, business and personal perspective, so that I can provide efficient and practical solutions to fit their needs.
Representative Matters
- Represented a Houston-based services company in connection with a $28 million majority recapitalization with a private equity firm
- Ongoing representation of a national manufacturer of heavy equipment in connection with its day-to-day legal functions, including negotiation of a long-term outsourcing of its parts distribution functions (warehousing, inventory management and transportation management) to a national third party logistics provider
- Ongoing representation of a U.S.-based international transportation and logistics company in connection with its day-to-day legal functions, including regulatory issues
- Represented Leading Edge Turbine Technologies, Inc. and its shareholders in connection with the sale of its assets in January 2010 to Dresser-Rand Group Inc. for initial consideration of approximately $35 million. Leading Edge is headquartered in Houston, where it operates a service and repair facility for industrial gas turbines. The firm also assisted the shareholders in their employment contracts with Dresser-Rand.
Education
- JD, Louisiana State University Law Center
- BA, History, cum laude, Louisiana State University
- BA, Psychology, cum laude, Louisiana State University
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