Lawyers in United States

Bryan Keyt

Partner - Corporate and Finance Transactions Global Practice Group Leader - Energy, Environment and Infrastructure

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Bryan L. Clark

Bryan Clark represents clients in matters across the oil and gas midstream sector. As managing associate general counsel at Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. from 2012 to 2024, he has a strong commercial and regulatory understanding of marketing and midstream matters involving crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids, as well as electricity matters involving distribution, transmission and purchasing. He also has extensive experience with unregulated, day-to-day midstream contracts, including processing, gathering, interconnections, TSAs and blending agreements. At Pioneer, Mr. Clark served as the company’s primary midstream counsel and as its lead counsel on energy transition matters, including wind and solar development. He also advised Pioneer’s board of directors, executive management and senior officers on matters involving complex commercial transactions, federal and state regulations, litigation and the global energy transition.

Bracewell LLP

Bryan Merryman

Partner

White & Case LLP

Bryan O'Keefe

Partner, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Bryan Parr

Bryan Parr is of counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the White Collar Defense and Investigations, Anti-Corruption & FCPA, and Litigation Practice Groups. His practice focuses on white-collar defense and regulatory compliance matters around the world. Bryan has extensive expertise in government and corporate investigations, including those involving the the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and anticorruption. He has defended a range of companies and individuals in U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), SEC, and CFTC enforcement actions, as well as in litigation in federal courts and in commercial arbitrations. In his FCPA practice, Bryan regularly guides companies on creating and implementing effective compliance programs, successfully navigating compliance monitorships, and conducting appropriate M&A-related FCPA diligence and integration.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Bryan Rakes

Venable LLP

Bryan Reid

Partner - Real Estate

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Bryan Sawyers

Counsel

Balch & Bingham LLP

Bryan Wilson

Bryan Wilson | Morrison Foerster Bryan Wilson is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. He is a first-chair trial lawyer with an expansive range of experience handling intellectual property matters in a variety of venues. His successful track record in recent years includes trade secrets and patent cases in both state and federal courts as well as in arbitration proceedings. He is co-chair of the firm's Trade Secrets Working Group and former chair of the Litigation Department in the firm's Palo Alto office. Bryan teaches a seminar in trade secret law as a Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School and is a contributing editor to Trade Secrets (Law and Business 2016).

Morrison Foerster

Bryana McGillycuddy

Partner

Choate, Hall & Stewart

Bryant Gardner

Winston Taylor

Bryant Lee

Bryant P. Lee, Chair of the Houston Tax Department, advises clients on the full spectrum of business taxation matters that arise across the energy and technology industries, particularly relating to partnerships. Bryant distills complicated tax concepts into actionable advice in the context of US federal income taxation of mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, and capital markets transactions for energy sector participants, including: Publicly traded partnerships (PTPs) Master limited partnerships (MLPs) Corporations Private equity firms and their portfolio companies Investment banks He identifies opportunities for transactional tax-efficiency and implements solutions for structured deals that optimize clients’ commercial outcomes, as well as aligns on cross-border transactions to sync tax strategy. Bryant also helps taxpayers liaise with the Internal Revenue Service, including representing MLPs in connection with obtaining private letter rulings (PLRs) relating to qualifying income. A recognized thought leader, Bryant has presented at numerous conferences and industry events, including before the American Petroleum Institute, American Society of Appraisers, Credit Suisse MLP & Energy Logistics Conference, Deloitte National Publicly Traded Partnership Conference, PwC Master Limited Partnership User Conference, Tax Executives Institute, and Texas Federal Tax Institute. He maintains an active pro bono practice, including helping clients navigate the IRS tax-exempt process. Before law school, Bryant practiced as a certified public accountant (CPA) in an international accounting firm’s assurance practice.

Latham & Watkins

Bryce Cooper

Winston Taylor

Bryce Friedman

Co-Head of Simpson Thacher’s Business Litigation Practice and Head of the Insurance Litigation Practice with a focus on complex commercial litigation and trials. A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Defends regulated companies, officers and directors against fraud allegations, including alleged False Claims Act violations and government investigations. Represents the insurance and reinsurance industries in trials and arbitrations of coverage, trade practice and class actions nationwide. Counsels boards of directors and C-suite executives on strategic concerns, governance issues, disputes and sensitive employee matters.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Bryn Sappington

Norton Rose Fulbright

Bryn Spradling

Bryn Spradling is a Shareholder in the Firm’s San Diego office and member of both the Corporate Practice Group and Health Care Practice Group. Mr. Spradling practices general business and corporate law, health care law and real estate law, focusing on contractual arrangements in business transactions, representing both individuals and entities, with a large portion of his practice involving clients in the health care field. In the corporate law arena, Mr. Spradling’s practice areas include individual and corporate business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. He is experienced in entity selection and formation of corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships and limited liability companies, intellectual property/technology strategy and licensing, documenting essential early relationships, buy/sell arrangements between shareholders and other business partners, and non-competition and non-solicitation arrangements. From a health care law standpoint, Mr. Spradling regularly represents individual physicians, medical groups and other providers in connection with entity formation and mergers and acquisitions. In addition, he provides counseling and guidance relating to negotiation and documentation of employment, independent contractor, shareholder and partnership agreements and related business arrangements. He also assists in the formation and structuring of Management Service Organizations and documentation of related transactions with health care providers. Mr. Spradling also has a broad range of experience with general transactional matters including intellectual property licensing and real property acquisitions and sales, both residential and commercial, commercial property leasing, and planning for succession or control of closely-held businesses. He has been named a “San Diego Top Attorney” from 2017-2021. As well as recognition in the Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, for 2023 & 2024.

Buchalter Law Firm

Brynn Rail

Partner

Ropes & Gray LLP

Bryson Filbert

Partner

ArentFox Schiff

Bucky Brannen

Bucky Brannen advises clients on ways to reduce state and local taxes (SALT) in every phase of business. He helps negotiate pre-investment economic incentives, structure operations to minimize tax, manage audits and dispute assessments and property tax valuations, and facilitate growth through tax-efficient restructurings, acquisitions and dispositions. Regarding economic development tax incentives, Bucky has advised on many of the largest tax incentives packages in Texas history — frequently developing novel solutions to optimize economic benefits while ensuring a positive, long-term partnership with the local community.

Bracewell LLP

Buffy Mims

Partner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Bukola Mabadeje

Bukola Mabadeje is a Shareholder in the Firm’s Real Estate and Commercial Finance practice groups, with extensive experience representing lenders in the middle market segment in real property and personal property secured and unsecured transactions. She also advises equity investors in utilizing a varying mix of investment structures to meet their needs. Bukola boasts an impressive track record and a substantial client portfolio in different types of financing for real estate transactions for purposes such as acquisition, development, and construction, whether in commercial real estate financing or community development financing. Her expertise extends to leveraging low-income housing tax credits, historic tax credits, and other structured approaches aimed at achieving affordable housing and rehabilitation of historic buildings. Her experience spans various property types, including multifamily, co-living, office, hospitality, retail, and industrial spaces, all across the United States. Additionally, Bukola adeptly handles other real estate transactional matters, including commercial real estate purchases and sales and office leasing. In addition to her real estate expertise, she advises agents, lenders and borrowers alike in commercial finance transactions, covering secured and unsecured asset-based and balance-sheet loans from a single lender or a syndicate of lenders. She is well versed in negotiating complex financing and security agreements, guarantees, intercreditor agreements, and other critical transaction documents. Beyond her legal expertise, Bukola is a proactive member of Buchalter’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. She is deeply engaged in her community, serving on several nonprofit boards, including International House, UC Berkeley. Bukola was named “One to Watch” in Banking and Finance Law by Best Lawyers from 2022-2025.

Buchalter Law Firm

Bumrae Cho

Partner

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Burr Eckstut

Partner, Head of Technology Transactions, New York

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Byron B. Kirkland

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP