Corporate and Securities Matters

• Formation of private investment funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, venture funds, real estate funds, and oil and gas funds.
• Structure and compliance issues affecting private fund managers under the Investment Advisers Act and Investment Company Act.
• Capital raising transactions of all sizes, ranging from seed-stage convertible note rounds to underwritten public offerings.
• M&A transactions on behalf of both buyers and sellers across a number of industries, including financial services, technology, manufacturing, aviation and energy.
• Corporate governance matters, including stockholder and LLC agreements, partnership disputes, fiduciary duty issues, and books and records requests.

Recent Engagements

• Represented Bridger Logistics in sale of saltwater disposal, crude oil truck transportation, and logistics businesses to Pilot Flying J.
• Represented IOG Capital in connection with regulatory compliance, fund formation, and co-investment negotiation, including $330 million oil and gas investment partnership with funds and accounts managed by Fortress Investment Group.
• Representation of Prophet Equity in connection with the formation, fundraising, and regulatory compliance for its $345 million second fund, Prophet Equity II LP.
• Represented mortgage fund adviser with over $1 billion in assets under management in all aspects of fund formation and regulatory compliance.
• Representation of Dallas-based fund sponsor in launch of $250 million healthcare private equity fund.
• Representation of Dallas-based fund sponsor in launch of $200 million multi-family real estate fund.
• Representation of Dallas based fund sponsor in launch of $50 million venture capital fund.
• Represented Kalon Biotherapeutics LLC—a joint venture of the State of Texas, acting by and through the Office of the Governor, and The Texas A&M University—in its sale of control to FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies USA Inc.
• Represented Air Methods Corporation (NASDAQ:AIRM) in acquisition of San Antonio AirLIFE, a medical transport service owned by Baptist Health System of San Antonio/Tenet Corporation, and Bexar County Hospital District, doing business as University Health System.
• Represented PLx Pharma Inc. in negotiation of merger agreement with Dipexium Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:DPRX).

• Community First Award, Parkland Foundation, 2018
• Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, 2016, 2018
• Rising Star, Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2010, 2016-2019
• The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.)
  • Corporate Law, 2019-2020

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