Ms Courtney Cochran Butler > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > Houston, United States > Lawyer Profile
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HOUSTON, TX 77002
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Ms Courtney Cochran Butler
Work Department
Capital Markets
Position
Partner
Career
Ms. Butler is co-lead of the firm’s Capital Markets practice group, having advised clients in securities and M&A transactions with an aggregate value in excess of $115 billion.
Ms. Butler is a trusted advisor to her clients, representing Fortune 5 to private portfolio companies in a broad range of transactions, including representing issuers and investment banks in equity and debt securities offerings, including IPOs, and private equity investors and issuers in capital-raising transactions, including preferred equity and convertible debt transactions. Ms. Butler also advises public and private companies in structuring a wide array strategic transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, strategic investments, and financing transactions.
A cornerstone of Ms. Butler’s practice also includes working hand-in-hand with public companies and their boards of directors on a variety of general corporate matters, including Exchange Act reporting, proxy and shareholder matters and corporate governance, ESG and compliance matters. In addition to her extensive experience working with clients across the energy sector, Ms. Butler has represented an impressive list of companies across a broad spectrum of industries, including retail, consumer products, electrical, mining, banking, distribution, technology and air transportation.
She frequently contributes to publications, is quoted in the media and speaks at conferences.
Memberships
- State Bar of Texas
- State Bar of Louisiana
Education
- JD, 2005, cum laude, Tulane University Law School, National Moot Court Team member, Certificate for Advanced Studies in Maritime Law, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, Senior Notes and Comments Editor
- BBA, 2001, Marketing, The University of Texas
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has a buoyant practice driven by a significant flow of engagements from the energy, power and utilities sectors. The firm has an excellent record in representing issuers and underwriters and has landed major engagements from both sides of the fence in 2022, with a notably fine series of deals as underwriters’ counsel. Consumer products, retail, and REITs are also primary industries for the capital markets team. In the energy segment, Houston partner Courtney Cochran Butler continues to make an impression, including in green bonds and sustainability-linked bonds. Fellow Houston partner James Davidson is an experienced figure in REIT capital markets offerings. Susan Failla is rated for consumer and retail sector debt offerings, and Peter O’Brien, Steven Friend and Michael Fitzpatrick are also key partners in power and utilities. All named partners are based in New York unless stated otherwise.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate