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Chris Ferazzi is a partner in the corporate and securities group and is involved in a broad array of corporate securities and merger and acquisition transactions. Chris' experience includes private and public offerings of debt and equity securities, venture capital transactions, acquisitions and sales of private and public companies, SEC reporting and compliance, formation and structuring of startup ventures and preparation and negotiations of executive employment agreements and related compensation issues. His clients serve a wide range of industries including oil and gas exploration, oil field service, private equity, outpatient physical therapy, investment banking, manufacturing and distributing, commercial engineering and architecture, waste management and recycling, apparel, biotech, internet content, internet trading exchanges and computer software, hardware and consulting.
Before joining Porter & Hedges, Mr. Ferazzi practiced tax and corporate law at Hutcheson & Grundy, LLP. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Mr. Ferazzi worked as an accountant for Texaco and then as tax director for Baker Packers, a division of Baker-Hughes. He became a certified public accountant in 1990 (currently non-practicing). Representative Experience
- Public-company merger transactions, including within the oil and gas drilling services, defense, electric utility, software, apparel and industrial manufacturing industries.
- Separate reverse acquisitions by privately held company clients involving a publicly held energy company and a publicly held oil field service company, including the simultaneous closing of equity private placements for cash.
- “Merger of equals” transaction involving a Nasdaq-listed investment banking firm with a prominent Houston-based firm to form the largest Texas-based investment bank.
- Going-private transaction for an AMEX-listed specialty financial services company.
- Private merger, acquisition and sale transactions, as well as tuck-in private acquisitions by publicly held clients, in the oil field service, water treatment, Internet commodity trading, apparel, industrial manufacturing and intellectual technology industries.
- Private placements of debt and equity, including venture capital financings, for private and publicly held companies.
- Special investigation involving a publicly traded company in response to a shareholder derivative demand.
- Separate management and investor buy-outs of an oil field equipment manufacturer and a glass recycling business.
- General SEC compliance and governance matters for public companies in a variety of industries.
Professional / Civic Affiliations
- American Bar Association, Sections on Corporations, Banking and Business Law, and Tax Law
- Houston Bar Association
- The State Bar of Texas, Sections on Business Law and Tax Law
- Director and former Officer of the MIT Enterprise Forum of Texas
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