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The Woodlands, Texas

In-house corporate counsel for publicly-owned hospitality and catering company.

Houston, Texas Area

In-house corporate counsel for publicly-owned oilfield services company.Provide legal support for finance and treasury department.

Served as in-house counsel for publicly-owned independent electric power generator and retail electricity provider. Provided legal support for finance and treasury department, with additional responsibilities supporting supply chain, business services, and information technology groups. Represented company on high-value financing projects as well as day-to-day treasury functions. Managed outside counsel for finance and treasury matters. Supervised corporate legal department's legal specialist and senior paralegal. Provided routine treasury support, including covenant and policy compliance, interpretation and administration of credit documents, review and approval of treasury's quarterly compliance survey, and review of annual and quarterly credit compliance certificates issued to bank lenders and indenture trustees. Updated and revised company’s interest rate risk, investment, and delegation of authority policies.Negotiated and drafted vendor agreements and advised internal clients on the legal implications of contracting matters. Prepared organizational charter documents for establishing a political action committee. Secured trademark protection for logos and names of retail energy product offerings. Prepared documentation and resolutions for intercompany and subsidiary transactions, dividends, and distributions. Collaborated on transaction teams, providing advice regarding financing, supply chain, business services, and IT issues for acquisitions and divestitures.Completed series of transformational financing arrangements, growing company from 12,000 megawatts of legacy electric generation capacity concentrated in the Midwest to more than 27,000 megawatts of capacity across the U.S., plus retail power arm.

Houston, Texas Area

Associate in the finance practice group. Represented both borrowers and lenders in a broad range of finance transactions: project financings, commercial loans, bond issuances, and the workout and restructuring of distressed financings.

Associate in the corporate/finance practice group. Represented clients in leveraged lease and project financings, insolvency and restructuring matters, commercial bank loans, real estate and construction lending projects.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science And Government

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Law