Bainbridge DeWeese
Attorney and Counselor
I have over 20+ years of experience, first with large, full-service law firms and then as a solo attorney. My
practice focuses on general corporate representation, with an emphasis on business contracts, mergers and
acquisitions, corporate formation and governance matters, and fractional general counsel services.
I pride myself on being practical and decisive, with a proven record of achieving outstanding results by
prioritizing business needs over legal minutiae. My experience allows me to understand the complex nature of
corporate law and apply it to both large and small companies. I use my years of corporate legal experience to be
an effective advocate and trusted advisor in your business, no matter the size of your company or the extent of
your legal needs.
Experience with Entrepreneurs and Small Companies
- Outside general counsel to several entrepreneurial software development companies.
- Outside general counsel to an entrepreneurial video game studio.
- Outside general counsel to a leading ad tech company for 7 years prior to its acquisition by an industry giant.
- Outside general counsel to an entrepreneurial medical device company.
- Outside general counsel to an entrepreneurial cosmetic product company.
- Outside general counsel to a nationally recognized youth baseball organization.
- Outside general counsel to an innovative private school employing disruptive and individual-based educational methodologies and technology.
- Assisted owners of several companies with buyouts of other owners.
- Assisted several startup video game companies with the initial formation and governance matters and ongoing contractual needs.
Experience with Big Companies
- Represented various public and private companies in the telecom, software, media, energy, food products and healthcare industries in various merger, acquisition, and disposition transactions valued from $1 million to $2.5 billion.
- Represented several public companies in going-private transactions.
- Represented management of one of the largest construction companies in the United States in $50 million buyout of the founder by management and an ESOP.
- Represented various buyers in asset acquisitions valued from $4 to $10 million from debtors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, assisting bankruptcy attorneys with all corporate-related issues.
- After serving as the lead associate on a complex $375 million debt and equity project finance closing (which won Project Finance Magazine’s “Telecom Deal of the Year” for 2007) for a Mauritius telecom company, and on a subsequent complex restructuring to take advantage of international tax treaties, served under a secondment arrangement as acting general counsel upon the personal request of the CEO. The company constructed the first submarine fiber-optic network to connect South and East Africa to India and Europe through a 17,000 km state of the art system, which was a major catalyst for the growth of affordable data and broadband services in Africa.
Education
J.D., Northwestern University School of Law, cum laude, 2001
B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1996
Experience
2011-Current Managing Member, DeWeese Law PLLC (Plano, Texas)
2006-2010 Associate, Hunton & Williams, LLP (Dallas, Texas)
2001-2006 Associate, Hughes & Luce, LLP (Dallas, Texas)
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