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Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices
98 SAN JACINTO BOULEVARD
SUITE 1500
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78701-4078
TEXAS
United States
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Clint Culpepper
Work Department
Corporate / Finance
Position
Partner
Department Chair – Corporate (Austin)
Career
Clint Culpepper is the Co-Head of Private Credit firmwide and Chair of the Corporate Department in Austin. Clint’s practice focuses on all types of debt transactions, where he represents borrowers, issuers, agents, lenders and investors. His practice particularly focuses on representing private equity firms, private credit, direct lenders and companies in transactions in the technology and energy spaces.
His recent transactions include representing Par Pacific in over $1 billion in term loan and revolver facilities, representing the agent bank in a senior secured term loan to Eos Energy Enterprises, a publicly traded clean energy battery storage company, and representing the borrower in a venture debt financing to a privately held clinical-stage biotech company.
Clint guest lectures at Michigan State University College of Law and is a frequent presenter on debt-related legal topics. He sits on the board of directors of the National Association of Corporate Director’s Texas Tricities chapter, and is a member of the American College of Investment Counsel, the Opportunity Austin initiative for the Austin Chamber of Commerce and the Global Investment and Innovation Council for Austin.
He is a Certified Public Accountant. Prior to law school, Clint was an auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is a member of (i) the firm’s private equity group, (ii) the Austin office’s employment committee and (iii) the Austin office’s client development committee. He has been at Baker Botts his entire legal career.
Memberships
State Bar of Texas
Austin Bar Association
Austin Association of Young Lawyers
Certified Public Accountant, Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
American College of Investment Counsel
National Association of Corporate Directors (Texas Tri Cities Chapter) – Board Member
Education
J.D., The University of Texas School of Law 2012
with honors
M.S., Finance, Texas A&M University 2008
B.B.A., Accounting, Texas A&M University 2008
summa cum laude
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense