Quentin Faust
Partner
Quentin has a wide-ranging business law practice where he functions as outside general counsel to a variety of public and private corporations. On a daily basis he advises clients on
- general corporate law and contract matters;
- federal securities law reporting and compliance;
- corporate governance;
- mergers and acquisitions;
- licensing and technology agreements;
- e-commerce-related contracts;
- intellectual property issues;
- data security, and consumer privacy concerns;
- private and public financing and capital raising transactions; as well as
- overall business strategies.
Publications
- PCAOB Floats Possibility of Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation Financial Fraud Report (January 2012) (August 31, 2011)
- PCAOB Considers Changes to Standards for Auditors’ Reports on Audited Financial Statements Financial Fraud Report (November/December 2011) (July 6, 2011)
- "Recommendation from the Trenches: Renegotiate your technology agreements now" (March 5, 2009)
- "More Attractive Than Wall Street?" CEO-IQ (September 2007)
- "Straight Talk About Confidentiality Provisions" CEO-IQ (October 2006)
- "Straight Talk About Corporate Ethics and 'Tone at the Top'" CEO-IQ (July 2006)
- "Straight Talk About Records Retention" CEO-IQ (March 2006)
- "Doing Business in the State of Texas" BNA Corporate Practice Series Number 85 (2006)
- "Straight Talk About Employee Blogging" CEO-IQ (September 2005)
- "Whistling in the Dark: Whistle-blower Programs Under Sarbanes-Oxley" Wall Street Lawyer (June 2, 2003)
- "Legislating Corporate Morality: Corporate Governance Under Sarbanes-Oxley" RR Donnelly Financial's 2003 Addendum to the SEC Handbook Covering Rules (2003)
- "Navigating the Minefield of the SEC's New Ethics Reform Measures" Wall Street Lawyer Cover Story (November 2002)
- "Now It's Personal: The Real Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on Directors and Officers" Wall Street Lawyer (September 2002)
- "E-Mail Can Be Legal Quagmire for Employers: Delete Button Not Secure" Fort Worth Business Press (April 12, 2002)
- "Creating the Ultimate Board in the Sarbanes-Oxley/Post-Enron Era" Securities Regulatory Update (November 12, 2000)
- "The SEC and Your Pre-IPO Venture Capital Financing" Venture Capital Journal (April 2000)
- "Integrity Tests: Do They Have Any Integrity?" Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy (Fall 1996)
In The News
- "Big-Tex Firms' Pro Bono Hours Rose by 15 Percent in '07," by Jeanne Graham and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys, Texas Lawyer (July 28, 2008)
Events
Speaker
- "Dealing with Data Security Breaches," Panel discussion, GC Netweavers Forum (January 21, 2010)
- "M&A Negotiating Mistakes - Song by Song - A Name That Tune Approach to Discussing and Remembering These Mistakes," CEO Netweavers M&A Forum (January 13, 2010)
- Attorney-Accountant Relations After Sarbanes-Oxley, Online for CLE Option (July 18, 2008)
- "SOX: 5 Years Later" Panel discussion presented by Andrews Kurth LLP and Tatum, LLC, Dallas, Texas (September 27, 2007)
- Featured Guest on "Gut Check," on Biz Radio 1360AM Dallas/1320AM Houston (September 22, 2007)
- "Legal Issues in Connection with Financial Statements, Finance: The Basics," Lorman Educational Seminar, Fort Worth, Texas (October 24, 2002)
- "Acquiring Troubled Companies, Representing Start-Ups and New Companies," University of Houston Law Foundation (October 4, 2002)
- "The Elements of Contract Formation, Purchasing Law in Texas," Lorman Educational Seminar, Dallas, Texas (June 2002 and 2003)
