Representative Matters

Represented an enhanced oil recovery technology company in connection with private equity investments and capital formation.

Represented a regional industrial tunneling company in sale of that business to a financial purchaser.

Represent private school in connection with the acquisition of office building for and land parcels and negotiation of AIA construction contracts for expansion of school facilities and address related land use issues regarding same.

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.

Won a unanimous jury verdict for one of Houston’s oldest title Insurance Agencies in a dispute with its landlord for breaching an exclusive use clause in the client’s lease. After a week in trial, the jury awarded the client a judgment for its damages, including attorney’s fees.

Won a summary judgment on behalf of an independent geologist in a case brought by a working interest owner concerning acquisition and development of oil and gas leases. Claims included breach of contract, tortious interference with contractual relations and conspiracy. Plaintiff failed to consent to additional acreage under the Joint Operating Agreement and sued fellow working interest owners for almost $10 million in damages.

Won a unanimous jury verdict for an owner of a hotel against a large group customer who canceled a series of contracts claiming the hotel’s service has diminished. The customer preemptively sued the client. Counter-claims were filed on behalf of the client and, at trial, the customer’s claims were dismissed via directed verdict. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the client finding that the customer breached the contracts.

Represented a client that provides offshore mooring systems for the energy industry in the acquisition of the equity of a provider of anchoring and mooring solutions and its subsidiaries. The complex cross-border transaction involved the acquisition of assets located on and entities domiciled in at least twelve different countries and negotiations of definitive agreements with legal counsel in Norway.

Lead counsel in connection with the sale of the company’s refined products brokerage business to BCG 

Represented a national fiberglass products manufacturer in a variety of transactions, including the strategic acquisition of a Montana-based fiberglass products manufacturer and related acquisition financing and the later corporate reorganization and capital infusion by a private equity group.

Sale of a controlling interest in a utility construction and maintenance business to a public company in exchange for cash, notes and stock, negotiation of multiple post-closing amendments relating to purchase price adjustments and extension of payment terms, and resolution of post-closing disputes relating to payment of notes and restrictions on and value of stock issued in the transaction.

Represented several individuals in the negotiation of fractional ownership and “jet-card” agreements

Represented several large corporations and individuals in matters involving various contractual and business tort disputes, including fraud, misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract claims through trial, summary judgment, and mediation.

Represented Midway in the financing and development of office, retail and multifamly projects related to the revitalization of Levy Park in the Upper Kirby area of Houston.

Represented industrial developer in the acquisition and development of land for build-to-suit and spec industrial and distribution facilities, and related leasing.

Represented the developer of master-planned communities in the sale of retail parcels to a national retail developer.