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Mel Glina
Paralegal
Assistant
Becky Bowyer713.223.2300 x3024
Ms. Glina is a TBLS and NALA certified paralegal in the Business and Regulatory section of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP. Ms. Glina has more than 15 years of experience in all phases of energy transactions and commercial real estate projects including both upstream and midstream oil and gas projects, pipelines and terminals. Her experience also includes the sale, acquisition and development of office, retail, mixed-use development, industrial and energy facilities; construction contracts; as well as office and industrial leasing, synthetic leases and other leveraged leases. She has had direct oversight responsibility for a national lease audit for a Fortune 100 company and has been lead coordinator of title and survey review teams for specific markets in national divestiture campaigns. Ms. Glina also has experience assisting in the debt restructuring and finance transactions of energy companies for lead arrangers and administrative agents, and the acquisition and divestiture of assets and companies. Additionally, she has experience with contracts management, including oil and gas master service agreements, drilling contracts, cell tower leasing and site review, and other corporate and general transactions.
Ms. Glina is member of the board of directors of Texas’ largest local paralegal association, the Houston Metropolitan Paralegal Association (HMPA). She has been published in and interviewed for various national and state publications such as Texas Paralegal Journal and Legal Examiner, and is a guest speaker at many paralegal CLE programs and forums on the topics of ethics, commercial real estate, and the role of paralegals in today’s economically conservative legal market.
Education
B.A., University of St. Thomas, 1987
Certifications
Board Certified Paralegal in Real Estate, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2005
NALA Certified Paralegal, 2000
Affiliations
State Bar of Texas, Paralegal Division
Houston Metropolitan Paralegal Association
Noteworthy
Voting member, State Bar of Texas Paralegal Division
Lexis Paralegal Mastery Certification
Languages
Italian
Spanish
