Tabitha Bailey Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Led and set strategy for legal team of 6 employees and 3 contractors, counseling the Board of Directors, Board committees, leadership teams, and employees with respect to M&A and commercial transactions, securities.
• Led and set strategy for compliance team of 70 employees, overseeing compliance with laws, regulatory requirements, and related policies and procedures for one broker-dealer, three registered investment advisors, and.
• Drove significantly improved financial performance and shareholder value creation via strong execution, disciplined capital allocation, and sales of businesses o Successfully completed $1.2B take-private merger with.
• Oversaw defense of legal proceedings relating to TaxAct’s use of pixels, including four consumer class action lawsuits and hundreds of arbitrations, and advised TaxAct in connection with four related state attorney.
• Addressed culture challenges with the legal and compliance teams, translating to an increase in culture-liking from employees and contributing to Avantax’s certification as a “Great Place to Work”

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Advised Board of Directors, Board committees, leadership team, and employees with respect to M&A and commercial transactions, securities matters, corporate governance matters, equity plans, commercial contracts.
• Served as lead securities counsel responsible for all public company reporting and related compliance matters including all SEC filings, NASDAQ reporting, annual meetings, proxy statements, proxy solicitations, equity.
• Executed carve out of 50% of the company with the sale of TaxAct for $720M to an international private equity firm at the end of 2022 following TaxAct’s performance turnaround
• Successfully defended against three activist proxy fights in three consecutive years
• Worked alongside the CHRO and Compensation Committee to overhaul Avantax’s executive compensation program, increasing stockholder support for Avantax’s say-on-pay vote from 20.4% of votes cast at the 2021 Annual.

Addison, Texas, United States

• Led and set strategy for legal team, counseling the Board of Directors, Board committees, leadership teams, and employees with respect to M&A and commercial transactions, securities matters, regulatory compliance.
• Advised Special Committee of the Board of Directors in connection with a take-private merger by an affiliate of TransAtlantic’s preferred shareholders, which included the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors and.
• Directed public company reporting and managed related compliance matters including all SEC and Canadian securities commission filings, NYSE American and TSX reporting, annual meetings, proxy statements, proxy.
• Advised Board of Directors with respect to numerous related party transactions with TransAtlantic’s CEO and Chairman, including oil and gas service agreements, aircraft reimbursements, notes and pledge agreements.
• Successfully divested TransAtlantic’s oil and gas properties in Albania

Addison, Texas, United States

Launched Riata’s first oil and gas fund, drafting limited partnership agreements, offering memoranda, and subscription documents, negotiating side letter agreements with institutional and high net worth investors, and developing and implementing a compliance program

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Represented public companies listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ or traded over the counter in connection with the preparation of securities filings and related compliance matters
• Served as lead counsel on numerous securities offerings, including representation of: o a video surveillance monitoring provider in a $115M offering of senior notes and a $67M offering of senior notes; o an oil and gas.
• Served as lead counsel on numerous mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions, including representation of: o a global renewable energy company in its acquisition of a portfolio of wind and solar power plants in Central.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Represented registered investment advisers in connection with the formation and operation of hedge funds, private equity funds, real estate funds, and oil and gas funds
• Represented issuers and investors in various industries in connection with public reporting and public and private securities offerings

J.D., Order Of The Coif

B.A., International Studies And Economics, Summa Cum Laude