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Shaylen Braggs is an associate in the firm's Business and Corporate practice section, where she focuses on private equity mergers and acquisitions.

Shaylen’s experience includes drafting transaction documents, including corporate restructuring documents, disclosure schedules, and other ancillary agreements.

She has also led due diligence reviews, prepared diligence memoranda for representation and warranty insurance providers, and managed transaction closings by coordinating signature packages, preparing closing checklists, and overseeing complex, multiparty closing logistics.

Before joining the firm, Shaylen practiced in the Private Equity M&A group of an Am Law 100 law firm.

Bar Admissions

  • State Bar of Texas

Education

  • Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., Dean's List
    • Law and Business Certificate
  • Howard University, B.A., magna cum laude

Mergers & Acquisitions:

Sell Side Representation

  • Assisted in the representation of a seller in the $65,000,000 sale of fourteen refined products terminals, including conducting diligence review and organizing closing matters after the senior associate was no longer available.
  • Assisted in the representation of a seller in the $31,000,000 purchase and contribution of the equity interests of a company and its subsidiaries, including diligence review, leading client calls related to diligence, drafting disclosure schedules, coordinating document distribution to multiple shareholders of each subsidiary and drafting ancillary documents, including reorganization and restructuring documentation.
  • Assisted in the representation of a seller in the $180,000,000 purchase and contribution of equity interests in a company and its subsidiaries, including drafting the disclosure schedules; updating the transaction checklist, coordinating the filings of various regulatory documents with foreign authorities, coordinating and meeting with foreign counsel regarding outstanding transaction documents, leading diligence calls with the client, drafting reorganization documentation and being the primary point of contact for the client for the issuance of participation units following the closing.
  • Assisted in the representation of a seller in the $75,000,000 purchase and contribution of equity interests in a company and its affiliate, including drafting disclosure schedules, tracking transaction documents, drafting reorganization documents and coordinating various diligence matters with the client.

Buy Side Representation

  • Assisted in the representation of a buyer in the $25,000,000 acquisition of the equity of a crude oil company and its various affiliates and subsidiaries including drafting the representation and warranty insurance memorandum and reviewing and providing comments to various transaction documents, including restructuring and reorganization documents, disclosure schedules and ancillary agreements.
  • Assisted in the representation of a buyer in the $17,500,000 acquisition of assets of an oil recovery service company, including drafting the red flags memorandum, overseeing a more junior associate’s work on the transaction, reviewing and providing comments to seller ancillary documents, and coordinating with the client as it pertains to the various transaction documents.

General Matters

  • Assisted in drafting various purchase agreements for equity and asset deals for a private equity sponsor with over $5,000,000,000 under management.
  • Assisted various clients with corporate governance matters, including the admission of new members, removal of directors and updates to company operating agreements.

Capital Markets and IPOs:

  • Assisted in the representation of Nutex Health Inc. (Nasdaq: NUTX), a publicly traded health care services and operations company, in its $10 million publicly registered direct offering.
  • Recognized as a Top 40 Under 40 Attorney by The National Black Lawyers