Representative Matters

Won a unanimous decision from the Texas Supreme Court on behalf of a major water bottling company in a dispute against land owners concerning the alleged drainage of an aquifer. The trial court granted a summary judgment at the lower court level, rejecting plaintiff’s attempt to obtain an injunction to halt the production of spring water from client’s largest water source.

Successfully briefed and defended against dispositive motion in age discrimination claim in federal court

Represented a Houston-based industrial tank cleaning business in connection with a $13 million refinance transaction with a senior commercial lender. Represented same company in a later $60 million majority recapitalization transaction with a St. Louis based private equity firm.

Represented a $25 million private equity fund, having as its primary investment focus investments in low budget film productions, in connection with the fund’s formation, capitalization and investments.

Successfully defended both a no-evidence and a traditional motion for summary judgment moving to dismiss all claims filed by a mixed-use real estate developer against its former joint-venture partner.

Won a multi-million dollar arbitration award on behalf of the owners of a software company against an oilfield services company who purchased their company. The claims and recovery related to misrepresentations made during negotiations and execution of a stock purchase agreement. After 15 days of evidence, the three-member panel ruled unanimously in favor of our client.

Represented the owner of two retail stores in a dispute with an international textile distributor. The textile distributor has claimed a partnership interest in the retail stores and has sued for damages for alleged breach of contract and various business-related torts.

Represented the seller of a pair of Class A office buildings with approximately 200,000 total square feet to a national real estate investment fund.

Represented a $250 million private equity fund, having a primary investment focus of mezzanine debt investments, in connection with the fund’s formation, capitalization and investments

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

Represented a national home builder in the acquisition of an approximately 80-acre 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.

Ongoing representation of a computer network management and consulting and telecommunications company in connection with strategy to build a shared telecommunications superstructure for smaller rural telecommunications companies to compete with the majors in delivering 4G wireless telecommunications services to customers.

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

Represented a Texas-based trucking business in its sale to a national private equity firm as part of their initial platform acquisition.

Represented a Houston-based real estate development company in formation and capitalization of three investment funds having raised in excess of $25 million though private offerings under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933.

Won a unanimous jury verdict of $1.3 million on behalf of two former partners of an accounting firm based on the accounting firm’s failure to pay amounts owed to the partners following their separation from the firm, including amounts owed to them for the repurchase of their shares of stock in the accounting firm.   The jury also unanimously rejected a counterclaim filed by the accounting firm in which the firm sought more than $750,000 in damages based on alleged breaches of non-compete provisions, confidentiality provisions, and buy-sell provisions of the partner’s employment agreements which would have required the former partners to pay the firm for any clients that left with the former partners.