Charles E. Harrell

Charles E. Harrell

Mr. Harrell is Vice President and serves on the board of directors of the Houston Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors. He also serves on the board of directors of the Houston-based nonprofit Target Hunger. A certified public accountant, Mr. Harrell is a member of the American Bar Association's Section of Corporation, Banking and Business Law, the State Bar of Texas, the Houston Bar Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Harrell is listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2006-2008 editions, and was named a Texas Super Lawyer for 2003-2008.

Mr. Harrell is a 1981 graduate of St. Mary's University of San Antonio School of Law and a graduate of the University of Texas.

Areas Of Practice

· Mergers and Acquisitions

· Capital Markets

· Securities Law

· Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance

· Structured Finance and Project Finance

Representative Matters

· Act as counsel to both sellers and buyers in mergers and acquisitions valued in the billions of dollars in a range of sectors including exploration and production, oil field services, telecommunications, technology and real estate.

· Act as counsel to special committees, audit committees and compensation committees.

· Regularly advise publicly traded companies regarding corporate governance and compliance issues, including matters relating to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, stock options, compensation and insider trading.

· Represent both domestic and foreign issuers in U.S. and cross-border transactions.

· Regularly advise technology companies (including PentaSafe, RLX Technologies, Paymetric, DiCentral and Idera) through various phases of growth on matters involving corporate law, commercial transactions, and value creation alternatives.

· Debtor's counsel in many large company restructurings.

· Regularly assist publicly traded companies with capital market transactions, disclosure issues, compensation matters and SEC filings.

Professional Activities

· Co-Chair, Duane Morris Stock Options/Incentive Compensation Task Force

· National Association of Corporate Directors, Houston Chapter
- Director, 2003-present
- President, January 2006-December 2006

· Houston Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association
- Director, January 2004-December 2005

· Houston Technology Center
- Advisory Director, January 2003-December 2005

· Corporate Partners of the Museum of Fine Arts
- Advisory Director, January 1996-December 2005

Honors and Awards

· Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2006-2008 editions

· Named a Texas "Super Lawyer" for 2003-2008

Selected Publications

· Co-author, "The Disney Decision and Distinctions between Officers' and Directors' Fiduciary Duties under Delaware and California Law," Securities Litigation Report, May 2007, Vol. 4 No. 5

· Author, "Was Your Target a Timer?" Corporate Dealmaker, September/October 2006, at 53

· Co-author, "Securitization of Oil, Gas, and Other Natural Resource Assets: Emerging Financing Techniques," The Business Lawyer, May 1997

· Co-author, "Financing American Health Security: The Securitization of Healthcare Receivables," 50 Bus. Law. 47, 77 (1994)

Co-Chair, Duane Morris Stock Options/Incentive Compensation Task Force. Advisory Director, Corporate Partners of the Museum of Fine Arts, 1996-2005.

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