Business and Corporate Law

• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Clayton Chandler is a partner in the Austin Office. Although he currently focuses exclusively in the area of public finance, Clayton has previous experience in mergers and acquisitions, commercial lending, franchise offerings and private placements.

Property Law

• Construction Litigation
  Summa cum laude; first in her class; Executive Editor, Law Review; South Texas College of Law Alumni Association Award for the Best Article Submitted to the Law Journal; E.E. Townes Memorial Award for Best Article in the Field of Construction Law from South Texas Law Journal; Order of the Lytae)

Finance Law

• Tax Law
  The firm’s tax lawyers work closely with the other attorneys in the firm in reviewing public finance transactions by monitoring compliance with federal tax laws. Their extensive expertise permits them to render tax opinions that reconcile a high standard of prudence with an ability to use innovative financing techniques. Their unique experience as practitioners with the federal government and multinational accounting firms permits them to complement their analysis of legal authorities with a sensitivity to federal tax policy and IRS enforcement procedures. In addition to assisting attorneys at the firm, the tax department has assisted numerous other public finance law firms as special tax counsel.