Overview

After serving as the firm’s Chairman from 2012 to 2021, Mark maintains an active practice concentrated on mergers and acquisitions for public and private companies, capital markets, and corporate governance.

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Experience

  • Frank’s International in its merger with Expro Group

  • Energy XXI in its $2.3 billion acquisition of EPL Oil & Gas Inc., creating the largest publicly traded independent oil and gas producer on the Gulf of Mexico Shelf

  • Nuevo Midstream in the $1.5 billion sale of the company to Western Gas Partners

  • Underwriters to 8point3 Energy Partners LP in its $420 million initial public offering of common units 

  • Underwriters to Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings, LLC in its $720 million initial public offering of common units

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Credentials

Education

  • Southern Methodist University School of Law, J.D., 1981 (Editor, SMU Law Review; Phi Delta Phi)
  • Texas A&M University, B.B.A. Accounting magna cum laude, 1978 (Beta Alpha Psi; Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Eta Sigma; President, Sigma Chi; Province Balfour Award recipient)

Admissions

  • Texas

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Recognitions

  • Legal Media Group’s (Euromoney’s) Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Energy Lawyers, 2016
  • Legal 500 U.S., Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, 2009−2016, 2019, 2020, and 2024; High-Yield Debt Offerings, 2014, 2016 and 2020; Debt Offerings, 2011−2014, 2017−2020, 2022, and 2023; Technology: Transactions, 2013; M&A: Large Deals (National Firms), 2008; Finance: Capital Markets – Debt, 2018−2021
  • Chambers Global, “Senior Statespeople” in Corporate/M&A: International & Cross-border (USA), 2023−2026; Corporate/M&A: International & Cross-border (USA), 2002−2003, 2005−2023; “Eminent Practitioner” in Corporate/M&A: International & Cross-Border (USA), 2016 and 2017−2021; Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (USA), 2014−2015 and 2017−2019; “Eminent Practitioner” in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (USA), 2016, 2017−2019; “Senior Statespeople” in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Central United States)(USA), 2023−2026
  • Chambers USA, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Nationwide), 2011−2019; “Eminent Practitioner” in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Nationwide), 2015−2018; Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Texas), 2013−2019, 2021–2026; “Senior Statespeople” in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Texas), 2023–2026; “Eminent Practitioner” in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Texas), 2015−2019, 2021, and 2022; Corporate/M&A (Texas), 2003−2026; “Senior Statespeople” in Corporate/M&A (Texas), 2023–2026; “Eminent Practitioner” in Corporate/M&A (Texas), 2021 and 2022; Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Central United States)(Nationwide), 2019−2026; “Senior Statespeople” in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Central United States)(Nationwide), 2023–2026; “Eminent Practitioner” in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Central United States)(Nationwide), 2019, 2021, and 2022
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Lawyer of the Year,” (Houston): Corporate Law, 2014 and 2020; Mergers & Acquisitions, 2011 and 2020; Corporate Compliance Law, 2019−2021; Corporate Governance Law, 2014 and 2020
  • The Best Lawyers in America©(BL Rankings, LLC), (Houston): Corporate Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Compliance Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, 1995−2027
  • Who’s Who Legal (Law Business Research Ltd.), Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, and Energy, 2007, 2008, and 2016; Capital Markets Law, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2016, and 2017; Energy: Oil & Gas, 2022
  • International Who’s Who of Oil & Gas Lawyers (Law Business Research Ltd.), 2009 and 2011
  • International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers (Law Business Research Ltd.), Oil & Gas, 2009 and 2010
  • International Who’s Who of Capital Markets Lawyers (Law Business Research Ltd.), 2010
  • Selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2003−2025
  • “Go-To Lawyer” in Corporate Law, Texas Lawyer, 2002−2011
  • “Top 100 Houston Region Super Lawyer,” Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2007
  • IFLR1000, 2020–2023
  • Selected to the 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon, 2021
  • Selected to the 500 Leading Dealmakers in America, Lawdragon, 2022, 2024, and 2026
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