Cases
Representative Matters: Mergers
Acquisitions: Represented Staminus Communications (leader in DDoS mitigation services) in connection with its sale to Stack Path, LLC, a private equity backed platform formed by ABRY Partners.
Represented an undisclosed international purchaser in connection with its $800 million acquisition of petroleum
refining assets from a Fortune 100 company.
NuCoastal Thail
Ltd. in connection with reverse merger with Petroworld Corp. on the London AIM
Toronto TSX-V exchanges (now Coastal Energy Co.).
Sonterra Resources Inc. (now Velocity Energy Inc.) in connection with a leveraged recapitalization with the Longview Marquis Master Fund L.P.
Represented Carlton Global Resources in its $26 million leveraged refinancing with Main Street Capital
D.E. Shaw.
Preferred Unlimited in its structuring
arranging of Golden Gate Capital's $350 million acquisition of U.S. Silica.
Finance: Representing Health Professional Advocates in connection with development
implementation of financing
investment structures for hundreds of physician
dental practices.
Represented an investor group in connection with the development of a $41 million water park in Corpus Christi, Texas, which is part of a $552 million master plan for hotels, condos, a marina
an extended canal system.
Represented Canaccord/Genuity in connection with a $100 million financing for Endeavor International Corp.
Represented two mining-related companies in connection with a $105 million leveraged recapitalization transaction in which proceeds of the loan were used to pay off an existing credit agreement
to recapitalize existing
new operating segments.
Represented Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. as issuer in connection with two $250 million capital markets senior debt offerings
related securities filings.
Represented Quanta Services, Inc. as borrower in connection with a $300 million senior secured credit facility.
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. as borrower in connection with a $285 million revolving credit agreement.
Insolvency: Bank of Montreal in connection with two loan syndicates in the TXCO Resources bankruptcy case.
Enron Corp. in connection with numerous Section 363 asset sales in its bankruptcy case.
Cross-Border: Represented SBC Communications Inc. (now AT&T Inc.) in the restructuring of its joint-venture partnership in Mexico with Alestra, S.A. de C.V.
Coastal Energy Co. in numerous cross-border financings
in connection with a financing secured by a Panamanian ship mortgage.
KS Energy Services Ltd. in its $52 million restructuring
subsequent divestiture of its assets in the United States.
Represented Alestra, S.A. de C.V. in connection with its $850 million project financing from a multilender syndicate.
Corporate Governance: Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Quest Software in its stock-option-backdating investigation
the related derivative
class-action litigation
government investigations.
Represented the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of The Meridian Resource Corp. in restructuring the compensation of executive management.
Tinep, S.A. de C.V. in restructuring its joint-venture licensing relationship with Newpark Resources, Inc.
Other Experience: Representing Brinks, Inc. in connection with development
deployment of new software technologies.
Representing Energy Technology in connection with development
deployment of 10X plus hydrocarbon drilling
recovery technologies
assistance with negotiation of production structures.
Representations in connection with implementation of credit card
private label credit card programs.
Regularly advise publicly traded companies regarding corporate governance
compliance issues, including matters relating to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, stock options, compensation
insider trading.
Regularly advise technology companies on matters involving corporate law, commercial transactions
liquidity events.
Regularly assist publicly traded companies with capital market transactions (including 144A, ADRs
cross-border financings), disclosure issues, compensation matters
SEC filings.
Obtained on behalf of Keppel Shipyard Limited a dismissal based on lack of personal jurisdiction in an adversary proceeding in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas where the Trustee of the MPF Litigation Trust sought to obtain a judgment of more than $4.5 million.
Assistance with Angel
Venture Capital for a range of companies, including: Brain Check LLC
BrixBits Inc.
PentaSafe Technologies
Gazzang, Inc.
Liquid Frameworks, Inc.
Idera, Inc.
IDS Global Inc.
VrStudios, Inc.
DivX Technologies
DiCentral
Onit, Inc.
