
Meredith Jeanes Lyons

Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3900
Dallas, TX 75201

Meredith is a member of the firm’s Complex Commercial Litigation group. Her practice focuses on representing companies, partnerships, and officers and directors in securities litigation, M&A litigation, and general commercial disputes. She has represented clients at the trial and appellate levels in state and federal courts.
Securities and M&A Litigation
Member of trial team that obtained opinion permitting Energy Transfer Equity, LP to terminate $38 billion merger agreement with The Williams Companies based on the failure of a condition precedent; decision was affirmed by the Delaware Supreme Court
Member of trial team that secured a trial victory on behalf of a master limited partnership after the court rejected attempt by unitholder plaintiffs to unwind a private securities offering; decision was affirmed by the Delaware Supreme Court
Obtained dismissal of breach of duty claims challenging merger of two investment companies funded by the same private equity sponsor
Obtained dismissal of breach of duty claims on behalf of an oilfield services company and its directors in litigation challenging a $2.8 billion merger; the Chancery Court subsequently denied plaintiff’s motion for fees
Represented a private equity master limited partnership sponsor in a lawsuit relating to the dilution of our client’s retained interest in the underlying partnership; obtained favorable mid-trial settlement
Obtained dismissal of breach-of-contract claims brought by warrant-holders in connection with a merger
Obtained favorable settlement on behalf of oilfield services company in federal securities class action lawsuit
Defeated a unitholder’s attempt to enjoin a merger between an MLP and its affiliate under federal securities laws
Obtained summary judgment for a master limited partnership and its directors in a breach of duty derivative lawsuit challenging the partnership’s merger under Delaware law
Represented individuals in seeking guardianship of the person over their incapacitated adult children
Credentials
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. cum laude, 2015
- Georgetown University, B.B.A., Finance and International Business magna cum laude, 2012 (Beta Gamma Sigma)
- Judicial intern to The Honorable A. Joe Fish, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Summer 2013
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” 2021
- Member: Women’s Energy Network
- Member: Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
- Member: Georgetown Alumni Admissions Program
- Texas
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 20, 2020
- Deals & CasesMay 18, 2018