Representative Matters

Represented client in the acquisition of 46 acres in Katy for $13.8 million.

Preparation of condominium declaration and related governance documents for mixed-use condominium project in the City of Houston, Texas.

Represented a Houston-based restaurant business in its reorganization and restructuring.

Represented a start-up hydrocarbon remediation company in connection with its formation, capitalization and international legal structuring for the purpose of international commercialization of new remediation Technology.

Represented a refinery service contractor in a multi-million dollar lawsuit involving claims arising out of the refinery’s refusal to pay for services and counterclaims by the refinery relating to alleged breaches of safety procedures. Within five months of filing lawsuit and shortly after the filing of a pre-discovery, summary judgment motion asserting immediate right to payment, the matter was successfully resolved.

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.

Served as lead merger and acquisition counsel for Disa Global Solutions, Inc., a third-party administrator providing safety and compliance solutions for all industries, from 2016 through 2022, at which time it was sold to a major private equity company out of Boston, Massachusetts.  Represented Disa in the closing of between 10-15 acquisition transactions a year.

Represented developer/purchaser in acquisition of 300+ acres in Harris County ($6MM) and negotiation of water and sewer service contracts.

Represented several Insurance Agencies in connection with their sale to both strategic and private equity buyers.

Representation of the minority owners and operators of a multi-location fast casual food franchise in the transfer of majority ownership from one private equity owner to another private equity owner and the restructure of operating lines of credit.

Represented private equity backed company in the workforce third-party administrator and toxicology lab business as lead merger and acquisition counsel in multiple acquisitions in furtherance of their growth by acquisition strategy.

Represented Managed Pressure Operations, a developer of next generation technology for offshore managed pressure drilling systems for the oil and gas industry with subsidiaries in Houston, Singapore, Jakarta and Dubai, in the reorganization of its capital structure, including a $15 million capital infusion by a private equity group and its later acquisition by an affiliate of Aker Solutions.

Pursuing claims on behalf of a Texas-geoscience company against a crime insurance policy carrier. A former employee defrauded the company by stealing more than $2 million worth of iPhones and Blackberries. The carrier denied coverage under a commercial crime policy.

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 a private equity partner and asset manager in the formation of various private equity funds and creation of a novel online investor portal designed to bring private equity investments into the mainstream.

Representation of the developer of a multi-phase, mixed-use, urban infill development in the negotiation of the underlying development services agreement and the negotiation of a long-term lease agreement with a regional grocer as the key tenant for the first phase.