BRIAN TIMOTHY KELLY
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abmnie@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, Houston, TX
Associate, Corporate, September 2007-Present
Represent clients in various aspects of corporate finance, mergers and
acquisitions, securities, and business law. Projects involved significant
independent transactional responsibility, client interaction, document
drafting, negotiation and legal research. Representative matters include:
. Assisting public oil company in $780M merger with Fortune 500 oil well
services company.
. Assisting public polymer producer in $180M merger with global plastics
supplier.
. Assisting Fortune 500 pipeline company in $200M acquisition of private
ethanol transportation and distribution companies.
. Organizing foreign corporations as part of international corporate
restructuring of privately-held conglomerate.
. Assisting multi-state electricity retail corporation with corporate
restructuring and negotiating commercial contracts.
Locke, Liddell & Sapp LLP, Houston, TX
Summer Associate: international business transactions, corporate, and tax
law. Summer 2006.
Hughes & Luce LLP, Dallas, TX
Summer Associate: corporate, venture capital finance, outsourcing, tax, and
estate planning. Summer 2006.
LIskow & lewis PLC, New Orleans, LA
Summer Associate: business law, environmental law, and toxic tort
litigation. Summer 2005.
Fisher & phillips LLP, New Orleans, LA
Summer Associate: labor and employment law; wrote book on Oregon state law.
Summer 2005.
EDUCATION
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, Nashville, TN
J.D., May 2007
Law & Business Certificate
Honors and Activities: Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology
Law, Managing Editor; Graduate Student Conduct Council; Merit Scholarship;
WRVU, DJ; International Law Society, 1L Representative; Vanderbilt
Ambassadors, 1L Representative; Obiter Dictum 2005, Editor-in-Chief.
TULANE UNIVERSITY, New Orleans, LA
B.A., Political Economy, summa cum laude, May 2004
Honors and Activities: Phi Beta Kappa; Tulane Distinguished Scholar; Honors
Program; Janus Society; The Hullabaloo, Assistant Editor; Tulane Review,
Author; WTUL, DJ; Upward Bound, Tutor.
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, London, United Kingdom
General Course: 2002-2003
Honors and Activities: The Beaver, International Affairs Editor; Grimshaw
Society.
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
DYNAMO CHARITIES, INC., Houston, TX
Board Member: 2008-Present
HOUSTON CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, INC., Houston, TX
Advisory Board Member: 2009-Present
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, State Bar Of Texas
Member, Houston Bar Association, Mergers & Acquisitions Section
Member, Young Professionals in Energy