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James Cowen

James Cowen

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Porter Hedges LLP

Porter Hedges LLP

United States • Houston Elite

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Corporate and M&A

James Cowen, co-managing partner of Porter Hedges LLP, balances firm leadership with a thriving corporate practice spanning M&A, financing, and outside general counsel roles. Cowen led transformative work for SAExploration – guiding it through bankruptcy, transforming it into an acquisitive company, and overseeing cross-border expansion with a recent significant deal in Norway. Furthermore, he advised Motiva Enterprises on a multi-million-dollar divestiture of numerous liquid energy terminals.
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Houston Elite

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Work Department
Corporate and M&A
Position

James Cowen represents public and private companies, boards of directors and special committees, and individuals in a variety of corporate, securities and finance matters. He also serves as Co-Managing Partner – Administrative Affairs, focusing on the management and administration of the Firm’s internal affairs.

His practice includes public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, project development and finance, securities law compliance, reorganizations & restructurings, corporate governance, executive employment agreements and compensation, and general corporate and commercial matters.

James represents clients in the energy (upstream, midstream, downstream, renewables and oil field services), technology, healthcare, infrastructure and construction, and manufacturing and distribution industries. He also represents investment banking firms, investors, and indenture trustees in capital markets transactions.

Prior to and while attending law school, James worked as an aerospace engineer and software developer for a NASA subcontractor, Unisys, where his responsibilities included developing and maintaining software for the space shuttle program, and then as a software development consultant for an oilfield services company.

Memberships
State Bar of Texas, Business Law and Corporate Counsel Sections, Member American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Member Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow Houston Bar Association, Mergers and Acquisitions Section, Chair (2013-2014); Treasurer (2012-2013)

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Key clients

  • Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.
  • Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
  • U.S. Bank National Association
  • Motiva Enterprises
  • SAExploration Holdings, Inc.
  • ENGlobal Corp.
  • Flotek Industries Inc.
  • VieMed Healthcare, Inc.
  • Advanced Containment Systems, Inc.
  • PCS Software, Inc.
  • PetroQuest Energy, Inc.
  • Alpine Summit Energy Partners

Work highlights

Representing SAExploration Holdings, Inc., a Houston-based global oilfield services company, in its acquisition of inApril AS, a Norway-based leader in seabed seismic technology.
Represented Motiva Enterprises LLC in the closing of its previously announced sale of 25 liquid energy terminals to Global Partners LP. The transaction includes a 25-year throughput agreement, with Motiva remaining the anchor tenant at the terminals.
Advised Alpine Summit Energy Partners in connection with its bankruptcy proceedings, including two asset sales under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code and an $80 million asset-backed securitization facility secured by producing oil and gas interests, with capacity to expand to $150 million.