Ron Coker Email & Phone Number

15115 Park Row #300, Houston, Tx 77084

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, Texas Area

➢ Responsible for the legal function in support of the Energy group, HCC’s largest vertical ($400 million); 23 offices worldwide and 1,200 employees➢ Supervised a staff of two attorneys and two contracts analysts➢ Negotiated oilfield master services agreements and vendor agreements, and teaming, reseller and distribution agreements➢ Managed anticorruption.

Houston, Texas Area

Wood Group Management Services, Inc. – Gas Turbine Services Division - Western Hemisphere➢ Senior Counsel representing seven business units➢ Negotiated and drafted engineering, procurement and construction contracts; operation and maintenance and service agreements; equipment leases; and foreign sales consultant agreements➢ Organized due diligence relating.

Houston, Texas Area

Negotiated the settlement of energy and paper commodity contracts (physical and financial) under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code; analyzed contracts and transactions for setoff, preference and fraudulent transfer issues; evaluated cases for litigation; sold assets under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code

Houston, Texas Area

➢ Commercial role➢ Led valuation and marketing of domestic and international assets under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code➢ Led Section 363 auction and sale of newsprint mill in New Jersey➢ Managed valuation and marketing of more than $1.5 billion in South American energy assets; drafted information memorandums and established on-line data rooms

Houston, Texas Area

• ➢ Commercial role➢ Evaluated acquisition and investment opportunities in the recycled materials and pulp and paper industries➢ Co-led potential acquisition of a publicly-traded European company
• Established and managed relationship with strategic partner
• Negotiated joint venture and commodity agreements
• Performed valuation of target company and researched related markets➢ Developed successful bid to purchase recycled materials from a public entity

Houston, Texas Area

➢ Commercial role➢ Developed, marketed, sold and acquired power plant projects in the Western U.S.; developed project budgets➢ Sold two power projects totaling 1,000 MW netting over $50 million in cash profits; established and led bid process and evaluation; managed due diligence process; negotiated sale agreements

Houston, Texas Area

➢Commercial role Houston-based Manager for Korean joint venture that owned nine local distribution companies, an LPG plant and a cogeneration plant; responsible for executing growth strategy in Korean gas market through acquisitions➢ Closed two major stock acquisitions of $180 million and $105 million that increased earnings more than 25% and market share.

Houston, Texas Area

➢ Lead attorney on integration team responsible for integrating the newly acquired Stewart & Stevenson Gas Turbine Division, including almost 1,000 employees, into GE➢ Negotiated numerous international and domestic agreements relating to the construction and operation of power plants including EPC, O&M and maintenance agreements

Houston, Texas Area

➢ Senior Counsel for five operating divisions of a $1.2 billion diversified manufacturing, service and distribution company➢ Evaluated acquisition opportunities and led acquisitions and divestitures; performed major role on the legal and business teams leading the $600 million sale of the company’s Gas Turbine Division to GE including managing due.

Houston, Texas Area

➢ Represented commercial real estate developers and investors

Houston, Texas Area

➢ Concentrated in real estate and financial services representing primarily financial institutions and insurance companies

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