Concentration

Public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities and general corporate matters

Summary

Felix Phillips has a diverse legal practice that includes public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and general corporate and securities matters. Before returning to Texas to join Baker Botts in 1996, Mr. Phillips practiced law in Palo Alto, California, where he represented issuers, underwriters and venture capitalists in public offerings, private placements, acquisitions and general corporate and securities matters. From 1986 to 1989, he served as a financial analyst for Hewlett-Packard Company in Cupertino, California.

Representative Engagements

• Waste Management, Inc. LP – representation of Waste Management in S4 Energy Solutions joint venture with InEnTec LLC to produce waste-to-renewable energy fuels
• Clean Energy Fuels Corp. – representation of underwriters in a $138 million IPO of Clean Energy, represented placement agents in $35 million registered direct offering of common stock and warrants, and representation of underwriters in $78 million public offering of common stock
• Remora Energy, LP – representation of the management team in the formation and private equity financing for Remora Energy
• Patara Oil and Gas LLC – represented Jefferies Capital Partners in initial private equity financing for Patara Oil and Gas
• Common Resources LLC – representation of management team in the formation and private equity financing for Common Resources
• Tecton Energy LLC – representation of Tecton Energy in its initial private equity financing
• Complete Production Services, Inc. – representation of underwriters and initial purchasers in Complete Production Services’ $720 million IPO and $650 million 144A high-yield debt offering
• Global Oilfield Services, Inc. – representation of Global Oilfield Services on general corporate matters
• Stallion Oilfield Services, Inc.  – representation of underwriters in Stallion’s withdrawn 2008 IPO
• Forum Oilfield Technologies, Inc.  – representation of underwriters in Forum’s withdrawn 2008 IPO
• Pioneer Drilling Company – $23.8 million sale of common stock in a private investment in public equity (PIPE) offering
• CDM Resource Partners, LP – representation of underwriters in CDM Resources’ withdrawn 2007 IPO
• Universal Compression Partners, L.P. – representation of underwriters in Universal Compression Partners’ $125 million IPO
• Global Partners LP – representation of underwriters in Global Partners’ $124 million IPO
• Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. – representation of underwriters in senior notes and common units in offerings with total proceeds to Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., of more than $3 billion
• Evergreen Resources, Inc. – $2.1 billion acquisition by Pioneer Natural Resources Company
• Pioneer Natural Resources Company – representation of underwriters in offerings of $150 million of senior notes and $236 million of common stock issued by Pioneer Natural Resources Company
• Newfield Exploration Company – representation of underwriters in offerings by Newfield Exploration Company, including $250 million of senior subordinated notes, $175 million of senior notes, $125 million of QUIPS, $84 million of common stock, $132 million of common stock and $125 million of senior notes issued under Rule 144A
• Superior Renewable Energy, LLC – sale of a wind energy business to Babcock & Brown
• Renewable Generation Holdings, Inc. – representation of a shareholder group in the sale of a wind energy business to Airtricity Inc.
• Sunthenoil LLC – representation of company on general corporate matters
• Imperial Sugar Company – representation of Imperial Sugar on general corporate matters
• MicroMed Cardiovascular, Inc. – representation of MicroMed Cardiovascular in four private placements of convertible preferred stock and warrants totaling $75 million

Publications, Speeches and Presentations

• Panelist, “Legal Issues Facing Technology Start-Ups,” 2003 Technology Entrepreneurship Workshop, Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, Houston, October 2003
• “Raising Capital for Small to Medium-Sized Businesses,” Advising Small Businesses and Start-Ups, University of Houston Law Foundation, Houston and Dallas, March and April 2003
• “Preferred Stock Conversion Provisions,” Venture Capital Financing Conference, Houston, June 2001
• Panelist, Innovation Concept Forum, The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, Rice University, Houston, January 2001