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Nicole E. Clark

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Clark, Nicole E.

Biography
Nicole is a partner in the M&A/Private Equity practice group. She concentrates her practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and general corporate matters.  Her representations include private and publicly-held companies and private equity firms, and she has advised clients on numerous transactions in a variety of industries. Nicole has been listed as one of The Best Lawyers in America® and has been recognized by Texas Monthly as a "Texas Rising Star" and by H Texas magazine as one of its "Lawyers on the Fast Track."


Representative Experience
Mergers & Acquisitions
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  • Represented SCF Partners and several of its portfolio companies in numerous acquisitions of energy service companies in the US and the UK
  • Represented the sellers in the sale of Andergauge, a provider of specialized downhole drilling tools and related services based in Aberdeen, to Grant Prideco for approximately $115 million
  • Represented a financial institution in connection with the acquisition of 25 domestic power generation facilities for more than $700 million
Public Company Mergers & Acquisitions
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  • Represented Seabulk International, a publicly-held provider of marine support and transportation services, in an acquisition by SEACOR for approximately $1 billion
  • Advised Tipping Point, a publicly-held provider of intrusion prevention systems,  in its acquisition by 3Com for approximately $430 million
  • Represented a construction company in its acquisition of a publicly-traded homebuilding company for more than $200 million
Public Company Representation
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  • Represented Complete Production Services in its initial public offering of over $700 million and a subsequent senior notes offering of $650 million
  • Represented Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in a staged investment of up to $550 million in the company by Invus
  • Assisted a major commercial airline with alliance matters
Private Equity Investments
  • Represented a member of The D.E. Shaw Group in a $400 million equity line of capital investment in a wind power/project development company
  • Represented Reservoir Capital Partners LP in acquisitions of interests in windplants, electric power projects, and a development project for a waste-coal fired electric generating facility
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Education and Professional Background
  • Harvard Law School, J.D. cum laude, 1996
  • Texas A&M University, B.B.A. Accounting magna cum laude, 1991
  • Admitted to practice: New York, 1997; Texas, 2001
  • Associate: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, 1996 - 2000
Professional Recognition
  • The Best Lawyers in America® in corporate law, 2009 - 2011
  • "Texas Rising Star," Texas Monthly, 2005 and 2007
  • "Lawyers on the Fast Track," HTexas, 2004
Activities and Affiliations
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  • Women's Initiative of the United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast
  • Business Volunteers for the Arts, Steering Committee Member
  • Emerging Women Leaders, a program of the Executive Women's Partnership Committee of the Greater Houston Partnership
Publications and Presentations
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  • “Doing Deals,” Practicing Law Institute, New York, New York, 2006 - 2011
  • “Mergers & Acquisitions Update,” Bowne & Co., Inc. Securities Law Update, Practicing Law Institute, December 2006
  • Southwest Private Equity Round-Up, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, Rice University, Houston, Texas, April 2005


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Nicole E. Clark
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First City Tower
1001 Fannin Street
Suite 2500
Houston, TX 77002-6760

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Fax  +1.713.615.5950
nclark@velaw.com

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Energy

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Nicole has been listed as one of The Best Lawyers in America® in corporate law.