Adrienne Randle Bond

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atty abondAdrienne Randle Bond specializes in energy and energy finance law, including E&P acquisitions, and related equity and debt financing, and representation of oilfield service companies. Skills include the formation of limited liability companies, corporations and partnerships, SEC compliance issues, private placements, corporate compliance, and acquisitions or sales of assets, routine contract issues for E&P and oilfield service companies, including farmout or participation agreements, joint operating agreements, master service agreements, and gas purchase agreements. She is licensed in Texas and Colorado.

EDUCATION

Ms. Bond is a magna cum laude graduate of Rice University (B.A. 1980) and graduated Columbia University Law School (JD, 1980) as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

ADMITTED

  • Texas
  • Colorado

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHPS

  • Texas Bar Association
    • Business Law Section and Oil, Gas, and Energy Resources Section
  • Houston Bar Association
    • Mergers and Acquisitions Section
  • Colorado Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
    • Business Law Section and Environment, Energy and Resources Section
    • Distressed M&A Committee
    • International Use of U.S. Business Entities Committee
    • LLC, Partnership and Unincorporated Entities Committee
    • Mergers and Acquisitions Committee
    • Private Entity and Venture Capital Committee

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

She is a frequent author and lecturer on corporate and securities law issues, and has served as Adjunct Professor of Corporate Law and Securities Law at the University of Houston Law Center. Ms. Bond is a past President of the Women's Finance Exchange and has been a member of the State Bar of Texas' Corporation Law, Continuing Education and Venture Capital Committees. She services on the Board of Directors of the Neuhaus Education Center.

REPRESENTATIVE TRANSACTIONS

  • Representation of E&P companies in the purchase and sale of oil and gas properties, from purchases in the $1-$15 million range, to significant acquisitions and divestures in the $300 million to $500 million range.
  • Representation of owners of oil field service companies in the preparation and sale of their businesses.
  • Preparation and execution of company and tax structures to efficiently operate the business or prepare it for marketing and sale
  • Negotiation on behalf of family owned businesses of private equity and debt funding for the purchase of significant domestic assets from a major oil and gas companies.
  • Preparation and sale of a privately held oil and gas business to a publicly traded company.
  • Negotiation of private equity and related debt financing for oil and gas assets in financial distress.
  • Representation of clients in leasing, exploration, participation, farmout and seismic acquisition agreements.
  • Preparation of confidentiality agreements, employee confidentiality agreements, employment agreements and related compensation through equity ownership in exchange for services (sweat equity).
  • Preparation of master service agreement and related agreements for providing or purchasing oilfield services.
  • Planning and executing business and tax structures for newly formed or growing businesses.
  • Preparation of employment agreements, and related compensation arrangements through equity such as carried interests, stock options and restricted stock or equity plans.

PERSONAL:

She speaks Spanish, French, and Portuguese.  In her leisure time, she enjoys wildlife photography and her dog.