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Tom is the Managing Partner of the Houston office and a member of the firm's Policy Committee. Tom centers his practice in the areas of banking and finance. The matters on which he has counseled clients include:
documentation of domestic and international commercial, construction, real estate development and energy (focusing on upstream and E&P) loans
leasing and project finance
monetization and structured finance, including off-balance-sheet financing, production payments, prepaid forward contracts, and credit insurance
bank regulatory issues
workouts and restructurings, with extensive experience in creditors' rights and bankruptcy
lender liability and usury
Tom has also represented banks and bank holding companies before state and federal regulatory and administrative agencies, and in the acquisition and disposition of banks and bank assets.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Borrower/Developer Team Leader on portfolio project finance project named "International Deal of the Year for 2001" by Project Finance Magazine that included client ANP Funding I and its parent, American National Power, Inc., in the $1,375,900,000 financing of five gas-fired power plants located in the States of Texas and Massachusetts. The affiliates included International Power plc. The bank group was led by five lead arrangers, ABN AMRO Bank, N.V., Citibank, N.A., Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, ING (U.S.) Capital LLC and Socit Gnrale, New York Branch and included approximately a dozen other banks, funds and financial institutions
Counsel to JP Morgan Chase, as administrative agent, on $800,000,000 syndicated floor plan and acquisition facility to Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.
Counsel to JPMorgan Chase, as administrative agent, on $1 billion syndicated floor plan and acquisition facility to Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
Counsel to Bank One, N.A., as administrative agent, on $400,000,000 syndicated loan for acquisition of Stone & Webster, Inc. out of Chapter 11
Counsel to JPMorgan Chase, as adminstrative agent, on $400,000,000 syndicated revolving credit and dual-tranche term loan to Goodman Global Holdings, Inc.
Counsel to Wells Fargo, as administrative agent, on a $70,000,000 revolving credit and term facility to Petroleum Wholesale, Inc.
Counsel to ArcLight Capital Partners in formation of joint venture with Quest Energy and acquisition and financing of oil and gas properties from Devon
Counsel to the Royal Bank of Scotland plc on $92,000,000 Drilling/Funding Agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Advisor for many years to Houston affiliates of numerous major financial institutions, including JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, NA, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and others, in loan and related financial accommodation given to independent E&P companies and oilfield service companies
ARTICLES / PUBLICATIONS
Streamlining Compliance: Balancing Acts, Counsel to Counsel Magazine, supplement to Corporate Legal Times (July 2004)
"U.S. Power Contracts - Who's the Boss?" FERC vs. the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Project Finance 2003 - Power Report Supplement (September 2003)
"State of the Art: An Analysis of Portfolio Power Project Financing" Project Finance Magazine - Power Report Supplement (September 01, 2001)
"A Topic of Interest: An Analysis of the Status of the Usury Law of Texas" (with Jack E. Fields and Stephen G. Hunt), 19 South Texas Law Journal, 525 (December 1978)
Case Note - "Texas Law Review Income Tax - Section 102, Jensen v. United States," 511 F.2d 265 (5th Cir. 1975), 53 Texas Law Review 1528 (November 1975)
BRIEFINGS, SEMINARS & SPEECHES
"Banking Law Overview," presentation as part of the Houston Bar Association's - Continuing Legal Education Series (November 15, 2002)
"Lender Liability Update," presentation to Andrews & Kurth Continuing Legal Education Seminar Program (July 14, 1993)
"Lawyers Liability Under FIRREA," paper and presentation to the Mortgage Lending Institute, Austin and Dallas, Texas (September 1990)
"Distressed Real Estate from the Creditors Perspective," paper and presentation to the Distressed Real Estate Seminar, sponsored by Loran Education Services, Houston, Texas (August 9, 1990)
"Claims Against Failed Financial Institutions," paper and presentation at Seminar on Acquisitions and Litigations Involving Financial Institutions, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas (December 8, 1989)
"Legal Issues in Problem Loan Workouts," presentation to Texas Bankers Association, Austin, Texas (February 1988) and Houston (February 1989)
"Avoiding Lender Liability Claims," series of presentations to Texas Commerce Bank officers (Winter 1988)
"RICO and Lender Liability," paper and presentation to Executive Enterprises, Inc.; seminar on "Current Issues in Lender Liability," Houston, Texas (November 10, 1987)
"Receivership Subsidiary Issues," presentation to FSLIC Counsel Seminar, Los Angeles, California (July 1987)
"Mortgage Foreclosures: Pre-Foreclosure Items: Lien Check and Title Examination," paper and presentation before Foreclosure Seminar of the Houston Young Lawyers Association, Houston, Texas (January 21, 1986)
"Usury" (with Alfred H. Ebert), paper and presentations to the Advanced Civil Trial Lawyers Seminar of State Bar of Texas, Houston, Texas (April 1978 and April 1979)
PROFESSIONAL / CIVIC AFFILIATIONS
Member
Houston Bar Association
Houston Commercial Lawyers Forum
State Bar of Texas
Texas Association of Bank Counsel
Various civic and charitable organizations
Successfully completed all segments of the initial real estate certification exam of the State Bar of Texas
Served as vice consul/commercial attache in the Foreign Service, US Department of State, American Consulate General, Munich, Germany (1972-1975)
Listed
Best Lawyers in America (2007)
Profiled as one of the leading Banking & Finance lawyers in Texas, Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2006 and 2007)
Texas Super Lawyer in Banking, Texas Monthly (September 2006)
Marquis Who's Who in American Law
Continental Who's Who Registry |
