PaulPryzant

Paul works with entrepreneurs who want to sell or merge their companies, and the buyers of those companies, each of whom faces their own legal challenges with the transaction.

Entrepreneurs selling their businesses face significant legal issues, especially when negotiating with private equity firms or strategic buyers which have purchased numerous companies. The M&A process can be complex for sellers, and misguided decisions can lead to bad consequences. Paul helps clients successfully and efficiently sell their companies, and minimize their potential liabilities to buyers. He translates the complexities of the M&A process for sellers so that they understand their legal matters and can make the right decisions for their companies.

Buyers face legal challenges working with entrepreneurs selling their companies, especially if sellers are new to the M&A process and may not have experienced legal counsel to guide them. Paul helps buyers build trust with target companies and their counsel, and helps guide transactions to closing quickly and efficiently. Additionally, he keeps buyers focused on the most critical legal issues during due diligence, and creatively solves the inevitable legal challenges that arise during transactions.

For both buyers and sellers, Paul has a long track record of helping parties uncover and deal with misunderstandings and other legal issues that occur before closing. Clients appreciate when transactions go smoothly both before and after closing, since post-closing claims can impede both parties from achieving their respective goals. He also applies legal project management to each of his M&A transactions to improve the speed and efficiency of each deal.

As part of his practice, Paul works with strategic buyers, and private equity funds and their portfolio companies. He focuses on software and other high-tech companies that help his clients obtain new cutting-edge technologies, and add new products and services.

Paul enjoys working with emerging growth companies and their angel investors, from the startup phase through the financing and growth process, to the final exit. For more than 15 years, he served as the general counsel to the Houston Angel Network.

Paul also finds great satisfaction in being a mentor for the firm’s associates. He feels it is important to train the next generation of attorneys so that they have the necessary skills to meet their clients’ legal needs.