Allison Pearce focuses her practice on representing public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, limited liability company formations, and private equity investments. She also regularly advises borrowers and lenders in negotiating senior secured, mezzanine, and subordinated debt facilities as well as SBIC investments of long-term debt and equity capital in eligible small businesses. Allison represents clients in a variety of industries, including the manufacturing, industrial, upstream and midstream energy, oilfield services, and consumer products sectors.
Allison serves on the Firm’s Recruiting and Marketing & Business Development Committees and is also an active member of the Women’s Initiative.
Honors & Recognitions
Best Lawyers in America, "Ones to Watch," Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2021-2023; Corporate Governance & Compliance Law, 2023
Practice Areas
- Commercial Lending & Finance
- Corporate
- Business Planning and Entity Formation
- Capital Markets
- Corporate Governance, Compliance & Investigations
- Executive Compensation
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mezzanine Finance
- Private Equity
- Venture Capital
- Real Estate
- Acquisitions, Divestitures and Joint Ventures
- Energy
- Midstream Oil and Gas
- Oilfield Services / Drilling
- Upstream Oil and Gas
- Real Estate Leasing
Credentials
Education
J.D., University of Texas School of Law, with honors, 2014
B.S., Trinity University, cum laude, Finance and Economics, 2011
Admissions
Texas
Experience
Merger & Acquisitions/Private Equity
- Several private equity funds in investing in upstream and midstream energy businesses
- Main Street Capital in investment of $15 million for recapitalization of Batjer
- Davis Petroleum Acquisition Corp. in an all-stock merger agreement with Yuma Energy, Inc.
- Century A/C Supply in its sale of minority stake to Rheem Manufacturing Company
- LiMarCo Logistics in its acquisition by Grammer Industries
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Clear Creek Midstream in an initial $300 million capital commitment from EnCap Flatrock Midstream
- RigNet in its the acquisitions of Auto-Comm and SAFCON
- Azure Midstream in its sale to Clearfork Midstream
- Elevate Midstream in its acquisitions of Woodland Midstream Partners, LP and the assets of Orion Pipeline, LLC
- U.S. Physical Therapy in its $63.0 million acquisition of a provider of industrial injury prevention services
- Bote, LLC in its acquisition by Prairie Capital
- Maintenance Supply Headquarters in its acquisition by Lowe’s
- Camp Construction Services in its acquisition by Sterling Investment Partners
Debt Financings
- Par Pacific Holdings in Offering of Convertible Senior Notes
- Houston-based mezzanine and private equity and debt investment firm in portfolio investments across all industries
- New York-based SBIC in portfolio investments across all industries
- Houston-based equity and debt investment SBIC in portfolio investments across all industries
- Houston-based private engineering firm in its $80 million term loan credit facility
Newsroom
News
Media Mentions
Affiliations
State Bar of Texas, Member
Houston Bar Association, Member