Michael P. Bresson

Mike Bresson is a partner in the Houston office of Baker Botts. He concentrates on federal income tax matters, with a particular emphasis on renewable energy transactions, publicly traded partnerships, YieldCos, private equity transactions and mergers & acquisitions. Mr. Bresson is nationally recognized for his experience in transactions involving MLPs. He is the head of the firm's Energy Capital Markets Tax Practice and a member of the Baker Botts Oil and Gas M&A team.

• Representing developers and purchasers of renewable energy assets in merger and acquisition transactions, securitization transactions and tax equity transactions
• Representing publicly traded partnerships, their sponsors and investors in connection with capital markets transactions and mergers and acquisitions involving publicly traded partnerships
• Representing managers and investors in private equity transactions in the oil & gas and midstream businesses
• Representing corporate clients in connection with mergers, acquisitions and spinoffs

Listed in Chambers USA, 2016-2023

Recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer (Thomson Reuters), 2015-2016, 2020-2021

Recommended in The Legal 500 U.S., 2013-2015

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), 2014-2021

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by The Best Lawyers in America for Tax Law in Houston (Woodward/White Inc.), 2017

J.D., University of Oklahoma College of Law 1987
with highest honors
Order of the Coif
Phi Delta Phi

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Oklahoma 1983
with distinction

State Bar of Texas

American Bar Association

Houston Bar Association