LAW OFFICES OF PHIL SUDAN
Philip P. Sudan, Jr.
- LEGAL
- Law Offices of Phil Sudan - Houston, Texas
- Founder and Principal
- Mergers and acquisitions, corporate securities, corporate finance, venture capital, corporations and partnerships, tax, international business and tax, general business transactions
- Advises non-U.S. based companies interested in initiating or expanding operations in the U.S., or engaging in specific business transactions involving the U.S.
- Advises U.S. based companies seeking to start up or expand operations in Ireland and then to use that Irish base as a gateway into the EEA.
- Wide range of commercial transactions with emphasis on international business and tax matters
- International and domestic sales representative and distribution agreements.
- REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
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- Mergers and acquisitions including drafting asset and stock purchase agreements, stock redemptions, due diligence and tax planning.
- Intellectual property transfers and licenses, research and development agreements, manufacturing license agreements.
- International tax planning regarding transfer pricing, qualification for treaty benefits, international sales, and use of foreign tax credits.
- Negotiated transactions, including tender offers, mergers, assets and stock transactions, spin-offs, leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations and significant corporate investments
- Advice to boards of directors and special committees on their fiduciary duties in takeover situations
- International and domestic sales representative and distribution agreements, manufacturing services contracts, joint development agreements, joint operating agreements, joint marketing agreements and joint ventures.
- Deferred compensation planning, including formation of incentive stock option and non-qualified stock option plans.
- Going private transactions
- Private placements of securities
- REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
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- Represented various business interests in Texas of Mr. John Kluge of N.Y./Virginia who at one time was listed by Forbes as the wealthiest person in America.
- Represented various business interests of the owner of the Houston Oilers professional football team in the National Football League (NFL)
- Formerly a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of a NASDAQ listed public company in the telecom industry.
- Represented Formosa Plastics, a vertically integrated plastics and chemical company based in Taiwan with substantial U.S. operations in Texas.
- ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
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- State of Texas
- State of New York
- EDUCATION
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- University of Houston School of Law, J.D., 1976
- University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 1973
