Charles E. Harrell, P.C.

practices in the area of corporate law with a focus on transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, complex finance, cross-border, and capital markets, in addition to acting as counsel to board committees on matters of corporate governance and regulatory compliance. He represents a number of Fortune 100 companies as well as middle-market companies and technology and energy startups.

Mr. Harrell has acted as counsel to both buyers and sellers in merger and acquisition transactions valued in the billions of dollars in the exploration and production, oil-field services, telecommunications, technology and real estate sectors. He also acts as company and lender counsel in restructurings, recapitalizations and leveraged recapitalizations. In addition, Mr. Harrell advises publicly traded companies regarding compliance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Hart-Scott-Rodino and provides corporate governance counseling on matters involving stock options, compensation and insider trading.

Mr. Harrell served as President of the Houston Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors ( NACD ) in 2006. Mr. Harrell currently serves as Vice President and on the board of directors of the Texas TriCities Chapter of the NACD. He also holds or has held the following positions:

•Souper Bowl of Caring - Board of Directors and Treasurer
•Target Hunger - Board of Directors and Nominating Committee (1999-2019)

A certified public accountant, Mr. Harrell is a member of the American Bar Association's Section of Corporation, Banking and Business Law, the State Bar of Texas, the Houston Bar Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Independent Petroleum Association of America. Mr. Harrell is listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2006-2010 editions, and was named a Texas Super Lawyer for 2003-2019 and as a Best Lawyer in America for 2008-2020.

Mr. Harrell is a 1981 graduate of St. Mary's University of San Antonio School of Law and a graduate of the University of Texas.

Resume

Honors and Awards

•Named a Top 100 Lawyer - Corporate Law, Top 100 Registry Inc., 2018

•Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2008-2020

•Named a Lawyer of the Year in Houston Corporate Compliance Law by Best Lawyers, 2015 and 2017

•Named a Texas Super Lawyer for 2003-2019

•Listed in Best Lawyers Annual Guide to Corporate Compliance & Governance Law, 2012 and 2015
•Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2006-2010 editions

•Houston Rice Business Plan Judge from 2003-2018

•AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

•Member of TiE Houston Rice Business Plan Judge from 2003-2018

Publications and Speaking Engagements

Selected Publications

•Co-author, Unlike Chess, Everyone Must Continue Playing After a Cyber-Attack, Journal of Investment Compliance, Vol. 14 Issue No. 4, 2013
•Co-author, The Disney Decision and Distinctions between Officers' and Directors' Fiduciary Duties under Delaware and California Law, Securities Litigation Report, May 2007, Vol. 4 No. 5
•Author, Was Your Target a Timer? Corporate Dealmaker, September/October 2006, at 53
•Co-author, Securitization of Oil, Gas, and Other Natural Resource Assets: Emerging Financing Techniques, The Business Lawyer, May 1997
•Co-author, Financing American Health Security: The Securitization of Healthcare Receivables, 50 Bus. Law. 47, 77 (1994)

Selected Speaking Engagements

•Presenter, Cyber Security - Impact on Health Care: How Can Being Right Today Put You at Risk Tomorrow? Wolters Kluwer Webinar, October 9, 2014
•Speaker, Privacy and CyberSecurity: New Issues on the Horizon, 2014 ABA Annual Meeting, Boston, August 9, 2014
•Moderator, Cyber Security and Data Breaches, Internal Corporate Investigations and Forum for In-House Counsel Program, American Bar Association, Washington, D.C., April 25, 2014
•Presenter, Texas Society of CPAs First Annual Forensic, Litigation and Valuation Services Conference, Texas Society of CPAs, October 28, 2013