Melinda's practice includes capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions of public and private companies, and transactions involving corporations and partnerships. In addition, she counsels clients on corporate governance, shareholder proposals and proxy contests. She advises public companies, audit committees and compensation committees on SEC reporting, proxy statement disclosures and governance. She has experience advising companies on restructurings and related public disclosures.Her M&A experience includes business combinations of public companies, joint ventures, restructuring transactions, and acquisitions and dispositions of assets. She has experience representing special committees of the Board of Directors in connection with complex transactions and the issuance of classes of equity securities. Melinda's capital markets experience includes representing issuers and underwriters in public offerings of debt, common stock and other securities. She has experience advising companies and shareholders in connection with proxy contests and governance policies, as well as shareholder agreements and voting agreements.

Bar Admissions
Texas

Education
JD, University of Houston Law Center, Houston Law Review, Chief Research Editor, Order of the Barons, 1990

MBA, The University of Texas at Arlington, 1986

BA, Middlebury College, 1973

Eye on the Exit: Building Value of a Business for Future Sale, Straightline

Public Company Directors - Managing Reputational Risks, Straightline