Emily B. Sperandio
Associate
Jennifer Manchi
713.223.2300 x2013
Emily Sperandio advises and represents business clients on corporate finance and general corporate and securities matters. She assists in the representation of issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of equity securities, high-yield debt securities and investment-grade debt securities.
With respect to general corporate and securities matters, Ms. Sperandio provides legal counsel on issues relating to corporate governance, including compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and SEC and stock exchange initiatives, compliance with reporting and disclosure obligations, and the fiduciary duties of boards of directors. Ms. Sperandio also assists clients with business mergers, acquisitions and commercial transactions within the United States and internationally.
Ms. Sperandio also provides assistance in Bracewell & Giuliani's Internal Investigations and Special Matters Practice. She assists clients in conducting internal inquiries, designing proactive compliance programs and responding to allegations of fraud. Her clients include companies from across a diverse range of industries.
Representative Matters
Part of team representing El Paso Corporation in multiple public offerings of senior notes.
Part of team representing Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company in a $250 million Rule 144A offering of senior notes.
Representation of the placement agent in a registered direct offering of 18,755,490 shares of common stock of BPZ Resources, Inc.
Representation of the underwriters in a public offering of 2,000,000 shares of common stock of BPZ Resources, Inc.
Part of team representing the underwriter in a public offering of 214,950 shares of cumulative perpetual preferred stock of Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation.
Representation of the placement agent in a registered direct offering of 6,403,720 units consisting of shares of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock of Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation.
Part of team representing the underwriters in a public offering of common stock of GeoResources, Inc.
Part of team representing Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (formerly Hillenbrand Industries, Inc.) in the spin-off of its Batesville Casket business.
Part of team representing the underwriters in a public offering of common stock of Petro Resources Corporation.
Part of team representing the underwriters in a public offering of common stock of Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc.
Part of team representing El Paso Natural Gas Company in a $355 million Rule 144A offering of senior notes.
Part of team representing Southern Natural Gas Company in a $500 million Rule 144A offering of senior notes.
Part of a team representing the initial purchasers in two Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings, totaling $1.15 billion, of senior notes of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., a master limited partnership in the natural gas midstream and transportation business.
Part of a team representing Hillenbrand Industries Inc., a health care and funeral services company, in a shelf take-down of $250 million of senior notes.
Part of team representing Goodman Global Holdings Inc. in the sale of its air conditioning and heating business to Apollo Investments V LLC for $1.45 billion.
Representation of the underwriters in the sale of an aggregate of 5,834,598 shares of common stock of Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc., a corporation in the oil and gas service industry.
Representation of the initial purchasers in an $86 million Rule 144A offering of convertible senior notes of Toreador Resources Corporation, an oil and gas exploration and production company and representation of the underwriters in a $35 million public offering of common stock of Toreador Resources Corporation.
Representation of the underwriters in a $57 million public offering of common stock of Natural Gas Services Group Inc., a natural gas compression services company.
Education
J.D., cum laude, Tulane Law School, 2003
B.A., with honors, The University of Texas at Austin, 2000
Bar Admissions
Texas
Affiliations
Houston Bar Association
Houston Young Lawyers Association
Noteworthy
Texas Rising Stars, 2008