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Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices
2001 ROSS AVENUE
DALLAS, TEXAS 75201-2980
TEXAS
United States
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Preston Bernhisel
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Department Chair – Corporate (Dallas)
Career
Preston Bernhisel is the Chair of the Dallas Corporate Department. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets transactions, securities laws and other corporate matters, particularly in the oil & gas, power and renewable energy industries. He brings a depth of experience representing issuers and investment banking firms in equity and debt securities offerings, including initial public offerings (IPOs), other public and private offerings of equity securities, registered and Rule 144A debt offerings and liability management transactions.
In addition, Mr. Bernhisel has extensive experience advising clients regarding Exchange Act reporting, stock exchange compliance and corporate governance.
Memberships
State Bar of Texas
Education
J.D., Duke University School of Law 2006
magna cum laude
Order of the Coif
Editorial Board, Duke Law Journal
B.S., Business Management, with a Finance emphasis, Brigham Young University 2003
cum laude
University Honors
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
Baker Botts L.L.P. remains best known for its work in the energy sector, drawing on its deep roots in Texas. The firm has also made significant inroads into underwriter-side engagements thanks to recent lateral hires and its growing reputation in the market. In addition, it is at the forefront of offerings by MLPs. Doug Getten has been instrumental in deepening the firm’s connections to major banks, leading the capital markets and MLP practice alongside Joshua Davidson, who is also rated for both issuer and underwriter-side engagements. Carina Antweil and Eileen Boyce are also key members of the team, alongside Preston Bernhisel in Dallas. Named partners are based in Houston unless stated otherwise.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- 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
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- 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)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)