Austin, Texas, United States
-- General Counsel/Senior Business Executive with cross functional skills in legal and non-legal roles -- Experienced in counseling board and fellow executives on strategic, legal and commercial issues -- Successfully led two unrelated private equity portfolio companies (C&J and Nine) through their respective IPOs on the NYSE and development of public company reporting and compliance functions -- Significant domestic and international acquisition and joint venture experience as a public company General Counsel and previously as a corporate attorney in private practice at Vinson & Elkins -- Significant litigation, risk management and intellectual property experience -- Multiple roles supervising legal and non-legal professionals, and larger special project teams -- Significant domestic and international tax structuring experience
Joined Nine Energy Service in March 2017 as the Company’s first SVP, General Counsel. Successfully prepared the Company for its January 2018 IPO on the NYSE. Serve as primary adviser to the executive management team and the board of directors. Additionally serve as Corporate Secretary and head of domestic and international compliance.
Joined C&J Energy Services in February 2011 as the Company's first VP General Counsel. Successfully prepared the Company for and internally led the Company's July 2011 IPO on the NYSE. Served as primary adviser to the executive management team and board of directors during the Company's four year transformation from a 300 employee, $200 million annual revenue company to a multi-billion annual revenue company with employees and operations across the United States and Western Canada. Continually served as Chief Compliance Officer and also served as the Corporate Secretary of the Company prior to its international reincorporation. Served as the Company's executive lead for its international tax and risk management departments. Formed and successfully built the Company's in-house legal department to support the Company's expansion efforts and public reporting status while mitigating risks and reducing outside legal costs. Led multiple international acquisitions and investments in private companies and served as internal lead for the Company's $2.7 billion acquisition of the completions and production services division of Nabors Industries Ltd.
Represented issuers and underwriters on more than 10 IPOs, numerous secondary public offerings of equity, and private offerings of debt and equity. Represented public and private companies in multiple stock and asset acquisitions. Served as ongoing corporate governance and SEC reporting counsel to several domestic companies.