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Ed focuses his practice on private equity and other privately held firms, including family offices and family-owned businesses. He represents sponsors and institutional and family office investors in the formation of private equity funds and complex investment and co-investment vehicles, and buyers and sellers in private equity sponsored and other private mergers and acquisitions and related financing and venture transactions.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
CIC Partners (and its predecessor) – representation for over 30 years, including in connection with formation of sponsor entity, four middle-market private equity funds and a co-investment fund, over 50 M&A transactions and regulatory compliance, administrative and employment matters, and representation of portfolio companies
Genesis Park – representation in connection with formation of sponsor platform entity with ownership interests held by four family office groups and the formation of a middle-market private equity fund
Main Street Capital Corporation – representation in over 30 M&A transactions involving privately held entitles and related matters
Private Equity Sponsors and Other Private and Institutional Investors
CIC Partners (and its predecessor) – representation for over 30 years, including in connection with formation of sponsor entity, four middle-market private equity funds and a co-investment fund, over 50 M&A transactions and regulatory compliance, administrative and employment matters, and representation of portfolio companies
Genesis Park – representation in connection with formation of sponsor platform entity with ownership interests held by four family office groups and the formation of a middle-market private equity fund
Main Street Capital Corporation – representation in over 30 M&A transactions involving privately held entitles and related matters
Pelican Energy Partners – representation for nine years, including in connection with formation of sponsor entity, three middle-market private equity funds, M&A transactions and regulatory compliance, administrative and employment matters, and representation of portfolio companies
Upstream/Oilfield Services Fund – representation of veteran private equity management team in connection with the formation of sponsor entity and a re-branded oilfield services focused private equity fund
Upstream Fund – representation in connection with the formation of sponsor entity and a private equity fund focused on upstream investments
Institutional Investor – representation of a major institutional investor in connection with the formation of an infrastructure investment platform with one of the largest public pension plans in the United States
Outfitter Energy Management, LLC – representation in connection with Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.’s restructuring of, and the spin-out of management from, TPH Partners I and TPH Partners II
The Teacher Retirement System of Texas – representation in connection with the structuring and completion of TRS’ strategic partner network commitments of $3 billion to each of Apollo and KKR
UTIMCO – representation in connection with LP commitments to over 15 private equity funds, including the structuring and completion of UTIMCO’s initial fund-of-one investment
Quantum Resource Funds – representation of senior management team in the restructuring of their roles with Quantum Energy and assuming the principal leadership roles for the Quantum Resource Funds
Stellus Capital Management – representation in connection with D.E. Shaw’s spinout of its Direct Capital Activities strategy
Family Offices/Family-Owned Businesses
Representation of a large family office for over 10 years in connection with its investment activities, including M&A, private equity fund commitments, secondary transactions, private equity warehouse commitments and bridge loans, and regulatory compliance and portfolio company governance and management matters
Representation of family office in connection with developing a tax-efficient multi-family office structure and business plan
Representation of family in connection with the structuring and formation of a family office
Representation of sellers of family-owned business in structuring and formation of family office
Matter Family Office – representation in connection with restructuring and management acquisition of equity stake
4M Capital Ltd. – representation of founding owner in connection with the sale of Arteriors to Norwest Equity Partners
Inrock Drilling Systems, Inc. – representation of founding owner in connection with sale to Sandvik, Inc.
Strike, LLC – representation of founding owner and family in connection with sale of controlling interest to One Equity Partners
Representative Mergers and Acquisitions/Investment Matters
Basin Energy Partners – representation in connection with acquisitions of Beck Oilfield Supply, Flowell, Frank Henry Equipment, Generators of Gillette, LarMar Rentals, OTS, Permian Pump, Pinnacle, and Tolteq Group
CIC Partners (and its predecessor) – representation for over 30 years, including in connection with formation of sponsor entity, four middle-market private equity funds and a co-investment fund, over 50 M&A transactions and regulatory compliance, administrative and employment matters, and representation of portfolio companies
4-Horn Investments – representation in connection with the sale of Farr Front Chemical Services to USA DeBusk LLC
Guggenheim Corporate Funding – representation in connection with six upstream debt/equity investments
Hi-Crush – representation of founders in connection with formation, initial acquisitions and investment by Avista Capital Partners’; and representation of Hi-Crush in connection with acquisitions of/investments in Black Mountain Sand, Bulk Tracer, D&I Silica, FB Industries, Permian Basin Sand, Pronghorn Logistics and Proppant Express, SEC and regulatory compliance, labor and governance matters
Lime Rock Partners – representation in connection with structuring and investment commitment to PDC Mountaineer, LLC, a joint venture with Petroleum Development Corporation
Main Street Capital Corporation – representation in connection with over 30 portfolio debt and equity investments
Strike, LLC – representation in connection with acquisitions of Circle K, Crossfire and Delta Directional
TNT Crane – representation in connection with acquisitions of Affirm Oilfield Services crane division, Allison Inc., Big Ray’s Equipment Co., LLC, JMS Crane & Rigging Co., Rent-A-Crane, Rocky Mountain Structures, Southway Crane & Rigging, Turner Brothers, and WM Services Crane & Rigging, Inc. and sale-leaseback transactions with Morgan Stanley and Utica Equipment Finance; representation of management team in connection with separate acquisitions of controlling ownership by MML, Odyssey Investment Partners and First Reserve
Representation of project developer in connection with a private equity-backed financing and joint venture formation for the development, construction and operation of a hydrocarbon processing facility
Representation of water project developer in connection with a private equity-backed financing and joint venture formation for an effluent water pipeline project
Representation of both capital providers and management teams in private equity sponsored upstream exploration and development ventures in the Barnett, Delaware, Marcellus, Powder River, Eagle Ford and Permian Basins
Recognitions
Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law), 2009–2027; “Lawyer of the Year” for Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law in Houston, 2023
- Recognized in The Legal 500 US as a Recommended Lawyer for M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market ($500m-999m), 2016
- Recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer, 2004-2005, 2010-2011, 2015-2018
Credentials
Education
Education
- New York University, 1986, LL.M., Taxation
- Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, 1985, J.D.
- University of Alabama, 1982, B.S., Accounting
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- Texas
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In-House Experience
- Former General Counsel and Member of Management Board of IFCO Systems N.V. (f/k/a PalEx, Inc.)
- Former General Counsel of Quanta Services, Inc.