Private Equity: Buyouts

Jeffrey Chapman is a preeminent figure in the Texas market. He has considerable corporate experience in energy, manufacturing and telecommunications, among other sectors.

"He's as good as you can get."

"Jeffrey has a stellar reputation in the market."

"He is a phenomenal lawyer with a good business sense."

"Jeffrey is the strongest M&A attorney we have ever worked with."

"Jeff Chapman is one of the best lawyers. He puts our firm's best interest at the forefront, going above and beyond for us, and is extremely thoughtful, creative and knowledgeable."

Michael De Voe Piazza cochairs the private equity practice at the firm and offers considerable transactional strengths, regularly handling M&A, investment and joint venture matters. He has notable expertise in the energy sector.

"Michael is outstanding across the board."

"Michael is a rock star. He's extremely intelligent yet able to come down to earth to discuss issues with us."

"Michael is tremendously skilled in leading and executing extraordinarily complex transactions. He can distill the key issues in terms a business team can appreciate and he’s incredibly responsive."

Robert Little advises on a wide variety of corporate transactions, with particular strength in M&A. He often works with private equity firms.

"Rob's an impressive lawyer."

"Rob is efficient and well-organized."

"He's super responsive, super business-savvy, and great to work with."

Hillary Holmes is active on M&A matters and regularly handles energy-related work. She has further expertise in capital markets deals.

"Hillary is an outstanding lawyer."

"She is extremely good with client relationships. She's a really good lawyer."

Tull Florey specializes in M&A deals in the energy sector. His expertise covers issues such as M&A and joint ventures.

"Tull's strength is his commercial sense. He's unflappable, which is critical when talking about large transactions that have significant strategic value for the client's organization."

"We find Tull to be extremely confident, competent, and very good in terms of the management aspect of the deals we work on."