Ronald L. Brown
Of Counsel
Ron has more than 35 years' experience in a corporate and securities law practice emphasizing transactional and governance matters. His corporate finance practice involves representing issuers in public offerings and other public and private equity and debt offerings. He also advises both buyers and sellers concerning public and private merger and acquisition transactions. In addition, Ron counsels public companies regarding compliance with periodic reporting, proxy solicitation and other requirements of the federal securities laws. Ron has particular experience with specialized transactions in taking public companies private. He has served as an outside general counsel to numerous smaller companies.
Representative Experience
- Extensive representation of parties to merger and acquisition transactions in the fields of heath care, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, technology, telecommunications, insurance, restaurants and finance
- Advisor to corporate Board of Directors and special committees
- Design of governance systems and charters
- Represented more than 35 public companies in compliance with SEC reporting
- Advisor to merger transactions between U.S. and China companies
- Represented sellers in 2004 transactions aggregating more than $1 billion
- Representation of investment advisors and broker-dealers
- Representation of middle-market corporations as outside general counsel
- Advised seven public companies through the regulatory complexities of going private
- Represented issuers in ten initial public offerings
- Representation of issuers in master limited partnership roll-ups
- Representation of investors in Major League Baseball team acquisition
Events
- Presenter, The University of Texas Conference on Securities Regulation and Business Law Problems - "Emerging SEC Regulations"
- Presenter, Dallas Bar Association Securities Section - "Doing Business in Eastern Europe"
- Presenter, National Association of Corporate Directors - "Sarbanes-Oxley after Four Years"
- Presenter, PricewaterhouseCoopers Boardroom Group - "Recent SEC Developments"
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University, 1984-1986
