Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Jimmy Vallee advises multinational companies, institutional investors, and private equity funds on mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, buyouts, corporate reorganizations, private equity transactions, joint ventures, and corporate governance matters, primarily in the energy industry.

Jimmy has represented several companies listed among the Fortune 500 in complex M&A and other commercial transactions, including American Electric Power, CenterPoint Energy, Chevron, Continental Airlines, Halliburton, Micron Technology, Reliant Energy, Tesoro, The Williams Companies, and Wal-Mart. In addition, Jimmy has represented private equity clients and institutional investors in several acquisitions, buyouts, financings, and restructurings in the energy and consumer products industries, including TSG Consumer Partners, Parallel Investment Partners, The Riverside Company, and Wells Fargo Energy Capital.

Atlas Energy, Électricité de France, OGE Energy, and Quicksilver Resources are among other companies Jimmy has advised on substantial M&A matters in the energy industry.

Jimmy is a frequent speaker on M&A, corporate governance, energy regulation and transactions, and securities law. He served on the editorial advisory board of Natural Gas Contracts, published by Thompson Publishing Group. He is a member of the American Bar Association (Business Law Section), the Association for Corporate Growth (Houston Chapter), the Energy Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, and the Houston Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Energy
• Energy Projects
• Energy Finance
• Energy Marketing and Trading
• Energy Transactions
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Private Equity
• Buyouts

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of Anadarko Interests in Chaney Dell and Midkiff/Benedum Systems
• Acquisition of Bismack Huron Ice, Inc.
• Acquisition of DTE Gas & Oil
• Acquisition of Interest in Alexia Foods
• Acquisition of International Ice Incorporated
• Acquisition of Knowlton Distributors, L.L.C.
• Acquisition of Knowlton Enterprises, Inc.
• Acquisition of LNG Import Terminal Interest
• Acquisition of Meguiar’s, Inc.
• Acquisition of Michigan Pure Ice, L.L.C.
• Acquisition of Northern Pure Ice Co., L.L.C.
• Acquisition of R&K Trucking, Inc.
• Acquisition of Southeastern Michigan Ice Services, L.L.C.
• Acquisition of Taylor Ice Service, Inc.
• Acquisition of Winkler Lucas Ice and Fuel d.b.a. Mid-Michigan Ice Co., Inc.
• Acquisition of Wonderland Ice, Inc.
• BMC Financing
• Buyout , (2009)
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Initial Public Offering
• Issuance of Shares by Marmalade Holdings , (2009)
• Issuance of Shares by Sonora Mills Foods, Inc.
• Joint Venture , (2009)
• Joint Venture with Intel
• Kenai-Kachemak Pipeline
• Natural Gas Pipeline Development
• Natural Gas Purchase and Sale
• Offshore Pipeline System Acquisition
• Option Sale in Midkiff-Benedum System
• Pipeline Network
• Private Placement
• Recapitalization
• Revolving Credit Facility
• Sale of NOARK , (2009)
• Satolutions Acquisition
• Share Exchange
• Share Sale
• Singapore Joint Venture with Intel
• T.C.T. Acquisition
• Welltec MBO

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• Texas

Education

• Texas Tech University

Published Works

• Fourth Circuit Restores Bankruptcy Safe Harbor Protections for Natural Gas Supply Contracts That Are "Commodity Forward Agreements", 2009
• Fourth Circuit Restores Bankruptcy Safe Harbor Protections for Natural Gas Supply Contracts that Are "Commodity Forward Agreements", 2009
• FERC Hackberry decision will spur more US LNG terminal development, 2003

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