Representative Matters

Representation of a Texas-based 24-hour emergency medical care company in connection with a private equity investment by Austin Ventures and the development of joint ventures with non-profit hospital systems in San Antonio, Dallas Ft. Worth and Austin, Texas and Denver, Colorado for the development of 20+ micro-hospitals

Representation of the minority owner and operator of free standing emergency centers in the sale of the membership interests to a national hospital operating company.

Representation of foreign investors in the acquisition of outstanding minority interests in a proprietary pipe coating joint venture including negotiation of access rights over adjacent real property and licensing agreements for proprietary Technology.

Restructure and sale of a toll processing, cut to length and polishing business with locations in five states to a leading value-added industrial metals processor and distributor.

Represented several large corporate fiduciaries in their respective roles as trustees, executors, and administrators of estates in both contested lawsuits and administrative matters related to wills, trusts, and estates.

Represented a Houston based design and architectural millwork company in the $25,000,000 sale of its operating assets to a publicly traded company

Represented local entrepreneur in the acquisition of an online, investigative and rumor-based publication in the financial sector.

Representation of the minority owner and operator of free standing emergency centers in the sale of the membership interests to a national hospital operating company.

Ongoing representation of a Mauritius based company in connection with its international expansion strategy for distribution of specialized software for oil and gas well analysis.

Represented a Texas subsidiary of a Canadian company in seeking and securing injunctive relief against a former employee for misappropriation of trade secret claims.

Represented client in capital raise and financing related to the acquisition of a multi-tenant industrial property for $9 million.

Won an arbitration award on behalf of two senior level employees of a manufacturing facility against their former employer due to the former employer’s failure to make profit sharing and bonus payments under two separate agreements. Counterclaims were asserted against our client. After a five day arbitration, the arbitration panel ruled in favor of our clients and awarded our clients all of the damages sought and attorneys fees.

Represented of national home builder in the acquisition of an approximately acreage tract of land in Harris County for development as a residential subdivision community, and negotiation of associated conveyance documents, land bank documents, development agreements with adjacent land developer, and financing and reimbursement agreements with the Municipal Utility District.

Won a summary judgment on behalf of an oil-field services company who was sued for allegedly misappropriating trade secrets from a competitor. When the client hired away the opposing side’s salesman it sued. Summary judgment was awarded when it was shown that the opposing side did not have a valid trade secret as a matter of law.

Defended two Montgomery-area physicians against claims by their former employer. The former employer, a Conroe-area hospital, alleged the physicians breached a noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreement when they left to work for another hospital. Successfully obtained a summary judgment that the physician noncompetition agreements were not enforceable because they did not contain a clause related to the continuing care of patients with acute illnesses. The case settled soon after the court granted the physicians motion for summary judgment.

Represented Blackhawk Specialty Tools, LLC, an oilfield services company headquartered in Houma, Louisiana, in connection with a private equity investment made by Rock Hill Capital Group.