Donald W. Brodsky

Experience

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Led BakerHostetler team representing Denbury Resources Inc. in its $4.5 billion merger of Encore Acquisition Co. into Denbury, the second-largest exploration and production (E&P) deal in the U.S. in 2009, making Denbury one of the largest oil-focused independents in North America.

Capital Market Transactions

• Lead lawyer in more than 100 public offerings by clients of equity and debt, with 20 offerings in the past 10 years raising $5 billion, including $1.2 billion of a 4.625 percent senior subordinated debt offering in 2013, the lowest yield ever for comparable securities.

Public Company Counseling

• Advises public clients on their Securities and Exchange Commission periodic reporting, press releases and investor presentations; dividends of stock and cash and stock repurchase programs; proxy statements and annual meetings; executive employment and separation matters; equity compensation plan design and drafting; board of directors independence; general public disclosure obligations, including Dodd-Frank and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance; internal restructuring and holding company organization; takeover defensive measures; internal investigations; and a wide range of corporate governance counseling.

Master Limited Partnerships

• Led representation of independent directors of a master limited partnership’s (MLP’s) general partners in its “special approval” of conflicted merger and acquisition transactions, including directors of EPE GP Holdings L.P. in its $8 billion merger into Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and directors of Duncan Energy Partners L.P. in its $3.3 billion acquisition by Enterprise Products.
• Headed representation of an E&P MLP in $1 billion of property acquisitions through drop-downs from 2012 to 2013.
• Lead counsel for three public clients that owned the general partners of MLPs in both the midstream and E&P sectors, including providing advice on qualified income, structural, governance and conflict-of-interest issues.

Outside General Counsel

• Served as outside general and securities counsel for Swift Energy Company for 33 years and for Denbury Resources Inc. for 18 years.

Community

• Jewish Community Centers Association of North America, New York, New York (1998 to present)
  • Executive Committee and Vice-Chair (2004 to 2014) 
• Jewish Community Center of Houston (1983 to present)
  • Received 2013 David H. White Memorial Award
  • Honored with my wife Joanne at 2010 Children's Scholarship Ball
  • President (1989 to 1991)
• American Jewish Committee, Houston Chapter (1978 to present)
  • President (1986 to 1988)
• Jewish Federation of Greater Houston (1989 to present)
  • Vice President (2012 to 2014)
  • Secretary (2002 to 2004)
  • Executive Committee (2000 to 2005)