Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. partner Kevin Trautner focuses on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. His practice includes representing issuers, including master limited partnerships, and underwriters in a variety of public and private debt and equity securities offerings, including initial public offerings, debt and equity offerings under Rule 144A, shelf debt and equity offerings and private placements.

In the mergers and acquisitions area, Kevin represents buyers and sellers in mergers and in stock and asset purchases. In addition, he regularly counsels clients on securities law compliance, corporate governance and other general corporate matters.

• Represented a leading drilling services company in its spin-off from its publicly traded parent company
• Represented an MLP in its shelf offering of common units
• Represented an MLP and its sponsor in multiple PIPE transactions
• Represented an MLP in a public offering of $750 million of notes
• Represented a Fortune 100 global manufacturer in multiple acquisitions
• Represented the sponsor of an MLP in a $200 million notes offering under Rule 144A and 
  Regulation S
• Represented a midstream energy MLP in its $325 million acquisition of a gas gathering system
• Represented an affiliate of an MLP in its $1 billion initial public offering
• Represented a large industrial manufacturer in the sale of its Latin American assets
• Represented the investment banks as initial purchasers in a $1.5 billion notes offering by an oilfield services company under Rule 144A
• Represented a Fortune 100 company in an offer to purchase $420 million of senior notes in connection with an acquisition
• Represented a Finnish chemicals company, as U.S. counsel, in its EUR 88 million acquisition of the paper chemicals business of a German company
• Represented an affiliate of an MLP in its $711 million offering of limited liability company interests
• Represented the sponsor of an MLP in a $250 million notes offering under Rule 144A and Regulation S
• Represented the acquiring company in stock and asset purchases of approximately 25 private companies
• Represented one of the largest independent oil and natural gas companies in the United States in a public offering of $600 million of senior notes
• Represented an MLP in a $400 million notes offering under Rule 144A
• Represented a Fortune 100 communications company in its $4.3 billion acquisition of a publicly traded Texas company
• Represented a multinational major oil company as a selling stockholder in the initial public offering of $416 million of common stock of a leading energy trading company
• Represented the issuer in an initial public offering by a company in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning industry
• Represented an affiliate of an MLP in a special proxy solicitation to modify outstanding limited liability company interests
• Represented a leading oilfield services company in a $200 million notes offering under Rule 144A
• Represented one of the largest providers of mining and site preparation, piling and pipeline installation services in Western Canada in a $200 million notes offering under Rule 144A
• Represented a healthcare services company in its initial public offering of common stock
• Represented a major investment bank as an initial purchaser in a $325 million notes offering by a gas transmission company under Rule 144A
• Represented the underwriters in a $750 million public offering of common stock by a Fortune 100 company
• Represented an industrial products distributor in a shelf offering of common stock
• Represented the acquiring company in a merger of two NYSE listed companies
• Represented the underwriters in a $325 million shelf offering of fixed rate notes by a Fortune 100 company
• Represented the issuer in a $130 million tender offer and consent solicitation of senior subordinated notes by a NYSE listed company

• Houston Bar Association
• The State Bar of Texas

1995 - J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
1992 - M.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
1988 - B.S., University of Notre Dame

Kevin is admitted to practice law in Texas.

• The Texas General Counsel Forum, Houston Chapter, Secretary