Potts Blacklock Senterfitt, PLLC.

Firm Details:
Potts Blacklock Senterfitt, PLLC is a boutique business, technology, and real estate law firm located in Austin, Texas.

Name Principals: Lee Potts, Jessica Blacklock, and Diane Senterfitt
Number of Lawyers: 6
Offices: Austin, TX USA

Firm Overview:

VISION
In today’s world, companies need a new approach to legal representation. They need expert advice that is also practical. They need lawyers who understand their businesses and the increasingly complex legal challenges they face on a day-to-day basis. They need experienced lawyers who can assess risks and offer solutions in real-time. And they need efficient pricing.

Welcome to “Better Law.” Potts Blacklock Senterfitt was founded on a fundamental principle—to provide a wealth of experience and value to its clients, in order to become its clients’ partner in business. Potts Blacklock Senterfitt is committed to helping its clients make informed and strategic decisions in a cost-effective manner.

PROFESSIONALS
Potts Blacklock Senterfitt lawyers are passionate about helping businesses grow and succeed.Its attorneys have big firm backgrounds and training, business degrees, and real-world business and real estate experience, which they combine with over 95 combined years of practicing law.

CLIENTS
Potts Blacklock Senterfitt provides strategic and efficient legal representation to the following types of clients:

• Start-Ups and Emerging Growth Companies
• Technology Companies
• Professional Service Providers
• Investors
• Brick-and-Mortar Businesses
• Commercial Real Estate Clients

Main Areas of Practice:
Potts Blacklock Senterfitt’s practice areas include the following:

Outside General Counsel Services: Potts Blacklock Senterfitt serves as outside general counsel to a broad range of companies, advising on all aspects of the client’s day to day legal needs, including:

• Contracts
• Employee Issues
• Business Transactions
• Significant Business Decisions
• Risk Analysis
• Managing Outside Counsel and Other Experts

Mergers and Acquisitions:
Potts Blacklock Senterfitt works with buyers, sellers, executives, and shareholders in a broad range of mergers, acquisitions, and related transactions, including:

• Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions
• Stock and Asset Purchases
• Purchases and Sales of Commercial Real Estate, Ranches, and Raw Land
• Business “Divorce” Transactions and Exits
• Divestitures and Dispositions
• Joint Ventures and Other Strategic Investments/Alliances
• Restructurings and Recapitalizations

Private Equity Transactions:
Potts Blacklock Senterfitt advises and represents parties on both sides of private equity transactions, including:

• Equity Financings
• Convertible Notes and SAFEs
• Preferred Stock (Series A, etc.)
• Warrants
• Compliance with Federal and State Securities Laws

Commercial Contracts:
Potts Blacklock Senterfitt lawyers have significant experience working with companies in a broad range of industries on commercial contract drafting and negotiation, including with the following types of contracts:

• Services Agreements
• Vendor and Supplier Agreements
• Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)
• Software and License Agreements
• Construction and Architectural Contracts

Start-Up and Closely Held Business Matters:
Potts Blacklock Senterfitt lawyers routinely assist company founders, owners, managers, and directors with matters including:

• Formation and Setup of LLCs, Partnerships, and Corporations in Delaware and Texas
• Company and Partnership Agreements
• Bylaws and Stockholder Agreements
• Governance Requirements, Best Practices, and Risk Management
• Board and Management Advisory Relationships

Debt Financings and Lending Transactions:
Potts Blacklock Senterfitt represents borrowers and lenders in many types of debt financings and lending transactions, including the following:

• Secured Lending Transactions and Debt Financings
• Real Estate Project Financings
• Vertical and Horizontal Construction Project Financings
• Build-to-Suit Financings
• Venture Debt Arrangements
• Seller Financings
• SBA Loans

Real Estate Transactions:
Potts Blacklock Senterfitt represents clients concerning real estate transactions, including the following:

• Acquisitions and Sales
• Structuring and Formation of Investment Vehicles for Real Estate Purchases
• Easements and Shared Operating Agreements
• Commercial Leasing and Build-to-Suit Contracts
• Development Agreements
• City and Governmental Agency Agreements

Executive Compensation Matters:
Potts Blacklock Senterfitt works closely with its clients on a variety of employee and executive compensation matters, such as:

• Employment Agreements
• Equity Compensation Packages
• Stock Option Plans and Profits Interest Plans
• Separation and Change-in-Control Transactions