Travis Wofford Email & Phone Number

Travis Wofford is Chair of the Corporate Department in Houston, Vice Chair of the Global M&A Practice, and member of the Securities Opinion Committee. He is a trusted advisor to several public and private companies and investors across their full life-cycle in strategic transactions, capital raising activities, and SEC disclosure matters. He regularly counsels officers, directors and investors on fiduciary duty, sustainability and corporate governance matters, including controlling stockholder, minority interest and conflicted transactions. Travis has assisted many public and private companies and investors in proxy planning, takeovers and defense, and control disputes. He has also advised issuers, underwriters and investors in novel, market-moving capital raising structures and liability management transactions. Travis’s experience is primarily focused on the technology and energy sectors, with over a decade representing energy-transition companies.Travis has frequently been recognized for the quality of his legal and strategic advice. For mergers and acquisitions, shareholder engagement and corporate advisory work, he has been recognized in, among others, Lawdragon's "500 Leading Dealmakers in America". The National Association of Corporate Directors named him to "Directorship 100: Governance Professionals and Institutions", of which he was one of only 9 lawyers for that year. He was named a "Texas Trailblazer" by Texas Lawyer Magazine/Law.com for his creative financing structures, including those for renewable energy investments. He also led the issuer’s counsel team in structuring and negotiating International Finance Review’s North America ABS Issue of the Year 2024 Award winner for the first-ever U.S. Department of Energy guarantee-supported $3.3 billion Hestia securitization program.As an avid proponent of corporate governance education, Travis sits on the board of directors of NACD's Texas Tricities chapter (covering Houston, Austin and San Antonio) and regularly leads board, individual director and general counsel training and guidance. He is also a board member of Lone Star Legal Aid, which serves over 2-million low-income individuals, children, survivors of crime and veterans across Texas and Arkansas, accounting for roughly 10% of all low-income Southerners.Travis has been sought out for his views on the market by, among others, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Politico, MergerMarket, Institutional Investor and Law360.Full practice details available at http://www.bakerbotts.com/people/w/wofford-travis-j/

Listed skills include Mergers And Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Ipo, Corporate Finance, and 3 others.