BALL PLLC

BALL PLLC ǀ RETHINKING POSSIBLE

BALL PLLC houses a strong corporate/commercial practice with global reach and is routinely sought by corporate clients to handle M&A.The Houston group is skilled in advising joint venture transactions, private equity investments and corporate restructurings.The team works with domestic and international clients across a range of industries, including healthcare, energy, services and manufacturing.

MANAGING PARTNER: Aaron Ball

PARTNERS: 22

FEE EARNERS: 30

OFFICE LOCATIONS: Austin | Buenos Aires | Houston | Jakarta | Madrid | Mendoza | Mexico City | Santa Cruz | São Paulo | Washington D.C.

JURISDICTIONS: Argentina | Bolivia | Brazil | Kazakhstan | Mexico | Spain | United States | United Kingdom | Venezuela |

GENERAL CONTACT E-MAIL: [email protected]

FIRM OVERVIEW & AREAS OF PRACTICE: Your attorney should be a key business advisor and part of your team, not just a legal technician. BALL PLLC provides a practical, business-focused approach to problem solving that your business can use every day on a cost-effective basis. BALL PLLC attorneys handle day-to-day legal matters, working as senior business attorneys on an on-demand basis at a fraction of the cost of either hiring a full-time executive-level general counsel or relying exclusively on law firm counsel. Clients typically develop a working relationship with one of our lawyers but have access to the whole team for specific practice areas.

• Outside General Counsel & Legal Services (OGCLS) Building a successful in-house law department and optimizing the delivery of legal services is a daunting task. We can help. As former in-house attorneys, we understand what it is like to face many conflicting demands and pressures like managing budgets against competing priorities, juggling a frenzied workload, implementing process and using technology to optimize workflow, addressing risk management and compliance, establishing relationships with executive management and Board members all while building a high–performing team. BALL PLLC’s Outside General Counsel & Legal Services (OGCLS) group handles strategic and day-to-day legal matters and overflow at a fraction of the cost of either full-time in-house counsel or law firms. Our OGCLS team members average nearly 30 years of industry and legal experience, so you don’t have to sacrifice quality to obtain cost effective results.

• Transactions BALL PLLC’s deep experience means we regularly handle large, complex, and demanding transactions in the United States and around the world. We counsel both public and private acquirors and targets, advising on a wide range of corporate matters, including: U.S., Cross-Border and International Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity and Strategic Investments, Private Offerings and Other Capital-Raising and Financing Transactions, Joint Venture Transactions, and Enhanced Due Diligence. BALL PLLC also assists businesses in performing internal due diligence in order to prepare companies for sale by reducing risk and optimizing company structures for prospective purchasers. We also guide future sellers in preparing their corporate data room information for review by future purchasers.

• Governance & Structure Especially in today’s increasingly regulated and litigious environment, appropriate processes in corporate decision-making go a long way towards minimizing risk. BALL PLLC regularly represents corporations in connection with corporate governance and related matters; we have also advised special committees of boards of directors. How you organize your company matters. BALL PLLC implements corporate structures for both asset protection and tax minimization strategies. BALL PLLC also assists businesses in performing internal due diligence in order to prepare companies for sale by reducing risk and optimizing company structures for prospective purchasers. We also guide future sellers in preparing their corporate data room information for review by future purchasers.

• Compliance & Regulatory At BALL PLLC we understand that “compliance” is much more than just a policy or procedure. Truly effective compliance and regulatory management requires employee education and making best practices part of the fabric of company culture. Regulatory and compliance review of counterparties and assets is also a critical aspect of transactions. We combine our legal knowledge with an enhanced due diligence process that is designed to uncover adverse information not on the data room’s “guided tour”.

• Entrepreneurs & SMBs BALL PLLC has deep experience with entrepreneurial, small, and medium sized businesses (SMBs).This experience includes every type of company from start-ups to long-standing closely held companies, and family-owned businesses. Our attorneys have helped business owners, executives, and investors through every stage of the business lifecycle from choice of entity and formation, to initial and interim financing (conventional private equity, private placements, search funds, institutional loans, angel investment, mezzanine), to acquisitive or “entrepreneurship through acquisition” or “ETA” transactions and divestitures. We have a particular expertise in preparing clients for and optimizing their exit from the business in a manner congruent with their personal estate and financial planning goals.