Thompson & Knight Expands Corporate Practice in Houston

Feb. 21, 2012 - PRLog -- The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce that Geoffrey A. Long has joined the Firm’s Houston office as a Partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group.

   “We are very pleased to have Geoff join Thompson & Knight. He is a seasoned corporate lawyer, and his expertise and insight will add to our already strong business practices in Houston and throughout the Firm,” says Michael K. Pierce, the Firm’s Corporate and Securities Practice Group Leader.

   Long has more than 20 years of buy and sell-side transactional experience, with an emphasis on mergers, divestitures and acquisitions; business-entity structuring; corporate governance; commercial transactions; and general legal matters for a variety of private and publicly traded companies across various sectors, including manufacturing, medical devices, health information technology, petrochemicals, oil and gas, entertainment and construction.

   Long is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Houston Downtown Alliance. He is a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and a member of the Houston Bar Association and State Bar of Texas. His recent honors include being recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® based on his work in Corporate Governance Law, and earning a Community Service Award from the Houston Downtown Alliance. He received a J.D. from Baylor University School of Law in 1989 and B.B.A. from Baylor University in 1986.

   Long joins the Firm from Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, where he began his career as an Associate in 1989 before being named Partner in 1997.

About Thompson & Knight

   Established in 1887, Thompson & Knight is a full-service firm providing legal solutions to public and private companies, governments, and individuals in all areas, including commercial and tort litigation, creditors’ rights, banking, finance, securities, mergers and acquisitions, taxation, corporate governance, intellectual property, real estate, labor, environmental, white-collar defense matters, among others. We are particularly recognized for our depth of experience and capabilities on behalf of clients in the energy industry, both domestically and around the world. Thompson & Knight has approximately 330 attorneys with offices in Texas, New York, and Michigan and international offices and associations in the Americas, North Africa, and Europe.