MICHAEL CARLTON

281-***-****

281-***-****

ac0a5u@r.postjobfree.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

EC Group of Companies - Texas (Venture Capital/Investment Company)

Senior Corporate Paralegal

September 1999 to present

Lines of Businesses:

Domestic and International Upstream, Midstream and Downstream Oil/Gas

including Refinery Operations, Chemical, Energy and Power Markets and

Oilfield Services

Real Estate - Residential and Commercial

Banking, Mortgage and Financial Services

Construction and Manufacturing

IT and Telecommunications

. Responsible for all aspects of domestic and international corporate

governance, risk mitigation and compliance, entity formation, research

on all legal issues, all Real Estate transactions and closings, UCC

Searches, Filings, Title and Refinancing issues, insurance and legal

administration, including: board of director's meetings, minutes and

resolutions as well as, domestic and international entity formation,

mergers and acquisitions, licensing and regulation issues, dispute

resolution, corporate securities issues, IP issues and complete,

comprehensive litigation management;

. Responsible for, assisted with and oversaw all Requests for Quotes

and/or Proposals (RFQ's/RFP's), Litigation Management and all domestic

and international, residential and commercial Property Leases,

Landowner Agreements, Sales & Commercial Contracts, Property Closings,

Title Opinions and Abstracts, Surveys of Property, Estoppel Letters,

SNDA Agreements, as well as, managed, drafted, reviewed and negotiated

all NDA's / Confidentiality Agreements, MSA's, MPA's, Commodity Trading

Agreements, Licensing Agreements, Commercial Leases, Contracts, Material

Transfer Agreements, Letters of Intent, Material Transfer Agreements,

Insurance documents and Claims, and other corporate legal documents and

maintained in SalesForce, SharePoint, Bridgeway Secretariat, Boardbooks,

SureClose, DeltaView, SAP, JD Edwards, IPRO Eclipse, Introspect, kcura

Relativity, ExperDocs, OmniX, and other electronic databases; extensive

documentation review and retention in appropriate electronic and manual

databases; Site Compliance Specialist;

. Managed domestic and international commercial real estate project

management (from obtaining the requisite Bids through buildout), as well

as, advised Management on commercial and legal corporate strategies;

Oversaw Compliance//Risk Mitigation for the Company including the

Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, FCPA compliance, State and Federal

Regulations requirements, EEOC and OSHA compliance, and assisted with

SEC Forms and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance and SOS filings;

. Prepared, reviewed, and negotiated domestic and international agreements

including Master Service Agreements, Trading Agreements, Leases,

Licensing Agreements, Purchase Orders, Purchase Agreements, Commercial

Contracts, Sales Agreements, Branding Agreements, Distributor

Agreements, Letters of Credit, Consulting Agreements, Employment

Agreements, FSA's, Fuel Supply Agreements, Transportation and Storage

Agreements, NAESB Base Contracts, SS-4 Filings, Title Opinions, Shipping

Agreements, Petroleum Production Sharing Agreements, JOA's, Financing

Agreements, Vendor Agreements, Franchise Agreements; Wills and some

Trusts;

. Prepared, reviewed and negotiated Real Estate/Title/Mortgage

documentation and Real Estate Portfolio;

. Assisted with all of the Company's Operations, litigation management and

all facets and agreements associated with Trademarks and Patents,

Employment issues and Employment Agreements;

. Assisted with the Oracle Financials, and the Financial Trust, M&A, Asset

Acquisitions and Marketing and Management areas for the Company;

. Advised, interfaced and negotiated on corporate legal issues with

various domestic and international Governmental Agencies;

First City Bancorporation of Texas, Houston, Texas

Corporate Finance

Banque Credit-Suisse, Paris, France

International Marketing Department

EDUCATION

SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW, Houston, Texas - J.D.

Top 18% Law Review, Dean's List American Jurisprudence Award, Order of the

Lytae Honor Society Member, Phi Delta Phi Honorary Legal Fraternity;

TULANE UNIVERSITY, New Orleans, Louisiana - M.B.A. in Finance and

Accounting

Average 3.26, Dean's List Member, Beta Alpha Psi, National Honorary

Accounting Fraternity Vice-President, Tulane Business Association

President, Investment Club; Teaching Assistant

SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, Dallas, Texas - B.B.A. in Finance and

Marketing

Average 3.05; Dean's List Vice President, Student Body President, Student

Senate Member, Phi Delta Theta Social Fraternity Vice President, IFC.

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