Practice Expertise

  • Banking and Finance
  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ ...
  • Energy
  • Commercial Real Estate Lending

Areas of Practice

  • Banking and Finance
  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ ...
  • Commercial Real Estate Lending
  • Energy
  • Energy and Infrastructure
  • Energy Services
  • Financial Institutions Corporate and ...
  • Financial Services
  • Fund Finance
  • Lending Services
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • MLP Lending and Finance
  • Oil, Gas and LNG
  • Project Finance and Development
  • Real Estate Investment and Finance
  • Real Estate, Development and Finance
  • View More

Profile

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/E&P) loans
  • Acquisition financing including loans to finance the acquisition of public and private energy companies and assets
  • 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.

Bar Admissions

    Education
    JD, The University of Texas School of Law, with honors, Texas Law Review, Order of the Coif, 1975

    MA, Economics, The University of Texas, with honors, 1971

    BSFS, Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service, 1967

    Areas of Practice

    • Banking and Finance
    • Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights
    • Commercial Real Estate Lending
    • Energy
    • Energy and Infrastructure
    • Energy Services
    • Financial Institutions Corporate and Regulatory
    • Financial Services
    • Fund Finance
    • Lending Services
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • MLP Lending and Finance
    • Oil, Gas and LNG
    • Project Finance and Development
    • Real Estate Investment and Finance
    • Real Estate, Development and Finance

    Professional Career



    Articles

    • The Economic Observer, Texas Report
    • Guest commentary: These are exciting times for USS Texas and its fans, Galveston County: The Daily News
    • AK Migration: Case Note - "Texas Law Review Income Tax - Section 102, Jensen v. United States
    • AK Migration: U.S. Power Contracts - Who's the Boss?" FERC vs. the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
    • AK Migration: Rejection of Power Purchase Agreements in Bankruptcy
    • AK Migration: State of the Art: An Analysis of Portfolio Power Project Financing,
    • AK Migration: Streamlining Compliance: Balancing Acts
    • A Topic of Interest: An Analysis of the Status of the Usury Law of Texas," 19 South Texas Law Journal, 525

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