Tracy Crum’s practice encompasses all aspects of corporate and securities law, with particular emphasis in the areas of corporate governance and securities law compliance. Ms. Crum has represented both public and private clients in a wide variety of areas, including public securities offerings and private placements, mergers and acquisitions, proxy contests, corporate governance, SEC disclosures and general corporate matters.
Ms. Crum’s representative engagements include serving as counsel to—
- a provider of transaction processing, loyalty and marketing solutions in connection with public and private offerings of debt and equity, acquisitions, securities filings and a broad range of general corporate and securities matters
- a leading global payment services provider in connection with various securities filings and general corporate and securities matters
- an oil and gas company in connection with securities offerings and acquisitions, including its initial public offering and subsequent equity and debt offerings, various securities filings and general corporate and securities matters
- a pharmacy benefits company in its $1 billion acquisition and financing of a major prescription drug benefits management company and related securities filings
- an information technology services company in connection with its acquisition of a competitor, various securities offerings and filings and general corporate and securities matters
- a public software company in acquisitions of complementary technology companies and related securities offerings.
Ms. Crum devotes much of her time to the firm’s knowledge management and attorney training program for corporate attorneys. She has also authored or co-authored articles on a variety of corporate and securities law topics including—
- “Delaware Court Upholds Airgas Board’s Use of Poison Pill,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 42 (April 2011)
- “SEC Adopts Say-on-Pay Rules: What Companies Need To Do Now” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 12 (March 2011)
- “The Board’s Role in Risk Oversight” INSIGHTS, The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor, Vol. 24, No. 5 (May 2010); also in The Channel Islands Stock Exchange Bulletin Board, Issue 19 (Summer 2010)
- “Delaware Court Narrowly Interprets Advance Notice Bylaw Provisions” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 11 (June 2008)
- “Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2008,” Corporate Governance Advisor, May/June 2008, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p. 11-21
- “Unsettled Law Of Secondary Actor Liability Under Rule 10b-5 Raises Concerns For Attorneys – Part II” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 5 (November 2006)
- “Unsettled Law Of Secondary Actor Liability Under Rule 10b-5 Raises Concerns For Attorneys – Part I” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 17 (October 2006)
Ms. Crum received her B.S. in economics in 1993 from the University of Wyoming, her M.B.A. in 1994 from Oral Roberts University and her J.D. cum laude in 1998 from Southern Methodist University, where she was a member of The International Lawyer Law Review.
Ms. Crum is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the American and Dallas Bar Associations.