Representative Matters

Represented several individuals in the negotiation and financing of aircraft acquisitions.

Lead counsel in connection with the entity formation, capital formation and organization of multiple private equity fund-to-funds

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.

Represented the City in acquisition of two properties in fee simple: (i) an approximately 7.62 acres tract and (ii) an approximately 195 acre tract, and in the acquisition of two conservation easements: (a) a 6.05 acre tract and (b) a 490 acre tract. The firm is currently representing the City in negotiating two additional conservation easements for a 90 acre property and a 201 acre property.

Sale of substantially all of the assets of a company engaged in the business of placing and servicing insurance products and related services

Represented Better Bags, Inc. (a distributor of plastic bags used in the supermarket industry) in the sale of substantially all of its assets to Hercules Poly, Inc.

Represented various landlords and real estate developers in the negotiation of office and retail leases with national chains and local tenants.

Representation of management in connection with the sale of an integrated manufacturer of oil field equipment, compressors and other engine driven equipment and distributor of diesel engines and spare parts to a strategic purchaser.

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 insurance agency in breach of fiduciary duty and misappropriation of trust funds state court lawsuit and related one-week arbitration proceeding before the American Arbitration Association in which over $10,000,000 in damages was in controversy.

Serves as outside general counsel for a privately held pool and water maintenance service provider serving the gulf coast

Represented foreign corporations in connection with their global expansion into the United States and start-up of US based subsidiaries.

Represented the purchaser of waterfront property adjacent to the Port of Texas City from a subsidiary of Dow Corning.

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

Purchase of a 430,000 barrel storage facility and terminal and approximately 220 acres of undeveloped real property for future development, including negotiation of a pollution indemnity, joint services agreement and agreement to provide transitional services.

Represented the existing entity in an equity investment and reorganization in conjunction with a $20,000,000 loan commitment from a private equity investor into a business specializing in the purchase, sale and rent-to-own of residential storage buildings, carports, gazebos and other manufactured structures.