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W. Creighton Smith

713.758.3278 crsmith@velaw.com

Work Department

Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity

Position

Partner

Career

W. Creighton Smith advises clients on a broad range of private investment transactions, including private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, line of equity investments, and general corporate matters. These clients include private equity funds, their portfolio companies, public and private companies, management teams and high-net-worth individuals.

Creighton has represented clients in a variety of industries and a number of different sectors in energy, including exploration and production, midstream, oilfield services, renewable energy, power generation, shipping and chemicals.

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Government > Government relations
• Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
• Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
• Energy > Renewable/alternative power
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism

Firm Rankings

• Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
• Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
• Government > Government contracts
• Finance > Project finance
• Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
• Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
• Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
• Antitrust > Cartel
• Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
• Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
• Environment > Environment: litigation
• Environment > Environment: regulatory
• Environment > Environment: transactional
• Tax > International tax
• Antitrust > Merger control
• Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
• Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
• Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
• Dispute resolution > International arbitration
• Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
• Real estate > Real estate
• Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Industry focus > Sport
• Tax > US taxes: contentious
• Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
• M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
• Finance > Commercial lending
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Real estate > Land use/zoning