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Summary
Drawing upon his more than twenty years of experience as in-house counsel and as a private practitioner, Brent offers a unique perspective to clients. He gained significant experience as the lead in-house lawyer for three enterprise software companies, a large public pension fund, and one of the nation’s largest private homebuilders. Brent leverages this in-house experience and his time in private practice to provide clients with pragmatic counsel on a variety of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital finance transactions, commercial transactions, and general corporate counseling. His clients range from large enterprises to start-up companies across a variety of industries.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Brent has played a leading role in many M&A transactions, ranging from small deals to multi-billion-dollar transactions between public companies. He has led tuck-in acquisitions, corporate carve-outs, and cross-border transactions. He has also negotiated several transition services agreements in connection with M&A deals, and he has practical experience leading post-closing integration activities.
Commercial Transactions
Brent has negotiated hundreds of contracts in his career including master services agreements, reseller agreements, software license agreements, supply agreements, warehouse and transportation agreements, vendor contracts, independent contractor agreements, professional services agreements, and employment contracts. Brent has also created a suite of contract documents to streamline the customer contracting process as well as a contract playbook with fallback provisions to allow legal and business teams to negotiate contracts more efficiently.
Corporate Counseling
Given Brent’s experience leading in-house legal teams and working closely with C-suite executives, he is highly qualified to offer external general counsel services to companies lacking an in-house legal team or simply needing day-to-day legal assistance. In this role, Brent assists businesses of all sizes in addressing day-to-day legal needs, including organizing and structuring new entities, reorganizing and recapitalizing entities, advising on leadership and ownership succession planning matters, and reviewing and drafting all manner of agreements. Brent is attuned to the budget and resource constraints faced by many legal departments and is well-positioned to provide efficient and cost-effective solutions.
Awards
Honoree, Leadership in Law – Up and Coming Lawyer, Indiana Lawyer (2007)
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Education
- Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (2002)
- Indiana University (1997)
Admissions
- State - Indiana
- Federal - 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
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Professional Affiliations
- Association for Corporate Growth
Member (2010 – present)
- Venture Club of Indiana
Member (2013 – present)
- Indianapolis Bar Association
Member, Business Law Section
Executive Committee Member (2011 – 2015 - Association of Corporate Counsel
Past Member, Indiana Chapter
Treasurer (2011 – 2014)