Efren A. Acosta joined the Houston location of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. as a senior associate in 2006. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions for private and public companies with a concentration in the manufacturing and oilfield services industries. Efren is also a member of the Firm's Latin America Practice Group.

Efren works closely with companies and private equity firms domestically and internationally in connection with mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, venture capital investments and private placements. He regularly advises clients concerning general corporate matters.

• Private equity firm in the sale of a refinery equipment manufacturing business
• Major oil producer in divestiture of over 250 retail service stations and convenience stores
• Publicly traded drilling contractor in a series of acquisitions of drilling equipment providers and oilfield services businesses
• Privately owned foreign company in the sale of mining operations and steel production assets in Mexico and the U.S. and the execution of an international steel distribution joint venture
• Publicly traded oilfield services company in the acquisition of a reservoir consulting firm
• Private equity firm in the acquisition of a majority share and recapitalization of a wireline services company
• Public company in the sale of a fleet of twenty offshore supply vessels to a public marine transportation services provider
• International client in the sale of its specialty engineered polymers division to an international competitor
• Private manufacturer of drill bits and specialty downhole tools in the acquisition of a Canadian drill bit producer
• Stockholder group in the sale of privately held valve manufacturing business to a public acquiror
• Global provider of engineering design and project services in acquisitions of Canadian engineering services companies
• Public drilling contractor in disposition of Gulf of Mexico and Latin American assets
• Manufacturer and seller of industrial forklift trucks in the negotiation and execution of a long-term commercial arrangement for the development, marketing and distribution of industrial forklift trucks in the United States, Canada and Mexico
• Privately owned foreign company in the acquisition of American International Group, Inc.'s consumer finance operations in Monterrey, Mexico
• Public company in the sale of its third party logistics operations in the United States, Latin America, Canada, Europe and Asia to a private equity purchaser
• Private forged products manufacturer in the acquisition of a private equity-backed manufacturer of flotation equipment

• American Bar Association - Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions
• State Bar of Texas - Business Law Section
• Houston Bar Association

• "Rising Star," Mergers & Acquisitions, Law & Politics (2010, 2011)
• "Minority 40 Under 40", The National Law Journal (2011)

• Co-author, "Debt-to-Equity Conversions Create Issues for Fund-Affiliated Directors," Fulbright Briefing, February 10, 2010
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• Co-author, "Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009: Important Issues for Investment Advisers to Private Equity, Venture Capital and Hedge Funds," Fulbright Briefing, July 23, 2009
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• Co-presenter, "M&A Opportunities in Latin America," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. and PricewaterhouseCoopers Doing Business in Latin America Seminar, Houston, Texas, September 1, 2010
• Co-presenter, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Mergers & Acquisitions School, Houston, Texas (2008 - 2011)

2000 - J.D., magna cum laude, The University of Houston Law Center
1997 - B.A., The University of Houston

While attending The University of Houston Law Center, Efren was a Notes & Comments Editor of the Houston Law Review.

Efren is admitted to practice law in Texas.

• Hispanic Bar Association of Houston
  • Advisory Board (2008 - Present)
  • Director (2002 - 2008)
• The Entrepreneurship Institute, Local Advisory Board Member (2005)
• Youth About Business, Local Advisory Board Member (2011)