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Baker Botts L.L.P.

EMAAR SQUARE BUILDING NO 6, 7TH FLOOR, PO BOX 23425, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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Work +971 4 436 3636
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David Emmons

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Baker Botts L.L.P.

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Corporate.

Position

David Emmons has extensive experience representing clients in the oil and gas, technology, private equity and outsourcing. Mr. Emmons' principal practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and securities offerings. He also has broad experience in matters of corporate strategy and governance, internal investigations, compliance with laws and regulations regarding securities, anti bribery and foreign trade, construction and sale of offshore vessels and executive compensation issues, including stock options and other equity-based compensation programs. Mr. Emmons represents publicly traded and privately held companies in connection with transactions in the United States, the Middle East and elsewhere internationally. He also advises issuers and investment banking firms in corporate finance transactions of all kinds, including initial public offerings and follow-on offerings of equity securities, public offerings of debt securities, private placements including venture capital investments and financings with commercial banks and other institutional lenders.

Member

State Bar of Texas American Bar Association International Bar Association American Business Council - United Arab Emirates.

Education

J.D., Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1988 Order of the Coif Associate Editor, Southwestern Law Journal B.B.A., finance, The University of Texas, 1985.

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