Lauren Messonnier Meyers
Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3900
Dallas, Texas 75201
Lauren advises partnerships, corporations, and individuals on federal tax planning matters. Her practice also focuses on the federal income tax aspects of domestic and international transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), restructurings, capital markets transactions, and fund formation.
Experience Highlights
A global investment firm with respect to tax issues arising from its investment in insurance subrogation claims against Pacific Gas & Electric relating to losses suffered by victims of the Northern California wildfires
A private equity fund in the formation of an approximately $8.2 billion fund targeting investments in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America
Talos Energy in multiple acquisitions of U.S. Gulf of Mexico producing assets, exploration prospects and acreage from affiliates of ILX Holdings, Castex Energy and Venari Resources for $640 million
OneWater Marine Inc. in its $64 million initial public offering of Class A common stock utilizing an Up-C structure
Direct Energy in its $300 million sale of Clockwork, a home services franchise platform, to Authority Brands
Thorntons, a Kentucky-based convenience store chain, in its sale to a joint venture between ArcLight and BP
Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of a majority interest in Tidewater Logistics, a leading provider of frac sand supply chain solutions
EVOCA S.p.A. in its acquisition of assets from VE Global Solutions, a North American professional coffee equipment distributor
Ridgewood Infrastructure in its formation of the $600 million Ridgewood Water & Strategic Infrastructure Fund
Alex Brown Realty, Inc. in the formation of Alex Brown Fund VI, a $300 million fund for investing in mid-sized U.S. real estate assets
Clovis Point Capital, which invests in enterprise software and technology-enabled businesses, in connection with the closing of its $70 million Clovis Point II fund
Huntsman Corporation in its $522 million initial public offering of Venator Materials plc, a global chemical company incorporated in the UK
Credentials
- Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 2016 (Order of the Coif; Founder’s Medal; Notes Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review)
- Louisiana State University, B.A. Mass Communications, summa cum laude, 2013
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” Tax Law (Dallas), 2023–2025
- Texas
- Louisiana
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- “7-Eleven Asset Acquisition,” Corporate Counsel Magazine, July 2017 (co-author)