T. Champe Fitzhugh

Shareholder

T. Champe Fitzhugh - Corporate Attorney in Austin, TX, Litigation & Arbitration

Champe is a Shareholder in the Austin office of Andrews Myers, where he represents clients in both noncontentious and contentious matters. His corporate/commercial practice centers on the formation and restructuring of commercial entities, including corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies, as well as the acquisition, financing and disposition of business enterprises, the preparation of various contracts and agreements, and the representation of clients in their ongoing business activities.

Serving as general counsel for a wide array of national and international clients in the energy, chemicals, real estate, construction and hospitality industries, Champe has transactional experience in entity formation, equity and share acquisitions, tax analyses, European merger control analyses and various other business functions.

His litigation experience involves both jury and bench trial courts and includes matters related to breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, misrepresentation claims, temporary injunctions, summary judgment and various other corporate-related disputes. Champe has also represented construction clients in American Arbitration Association proceedings and several International Chamber of Commerce arbitrations.

Areas of Practice

Corporate/Commercial Transactions
Litigation
Arbitration
Energy

Bar and Court Admissions

Texas
S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Representative Experience

Purchase of three wood pellet manufacturing plants, in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee for a subsidiary of a Danish-based wood pellet manufacturer and trader
Purchase of a wood pellet manufacturing plant in Alabama for a subsidiary of a Danish-based wood pellet manufacturer
Sale of an online sales software business
Sale of a technical product engineering software business
Corporate reorganizations for a heavy highway general contractor, a provider of maintenance services, a general contractor transitioning ownership, an oilfield services company, trucking and transportation company
Negotiated transportation and logistics agreements with trucking and railroad companies
Drafted and negotiated gas sales contracts
Several purchases and sales of drilling rigs and related equipment for various oilfield service providers
Sale of a home hospice business to a private equity backed national hospice business
Sale of a paving company to a private equity backed national paving company
Purchase of a native American owned construction business by native American owned construction business
Sale of a New Mexico-based air conditioning installation and service company
Capital raise documents and business formation structuring for several development deals
Capital raise documents and business formation structuring for a Colorado-based manufacturing business
Sale of a steel pipe manufacturing and warehousing businessale of several steel manufacturing facilities and business lines for a steel building manufacturing business
Purchase of equity holdings from existing owners of businesses in oilfield services, construction, and manufacturing
Negotiated several long-term supply contracts for end-users in the United Kingdom, Brazil, and French overseas provinces
Negotiated several long-term purchase contracts for wood pellets produced in the south-eastern United States, Canada, Indonesia and Japan
Purchase of an oilfield safety services company by a strategic buyer
Business formation and capital raises for several start-up entities in home health, oilfield services, and port storage industries
Represented an Austin-based energy efficiency engineering company in buy-side acquisitions of companies in Colorado and Oregon
Represented a Swiss-based energy services and plant operation holding company in negotiating and consummating a deal for the purchase of several Caribbean assets from a German industrial company
Represented a Dallas-based software company in its sale to a California software company
Represented an Austin-based bar and restaurant group in the acquisition of a competing bar and restaurant group
Represented an Austin-based international refurbisher and secondary market seller of personal electronics in the negotiation of credit facilities.
Represented multiple Texas-based construction companies in organizing corporate structures, negotiating credit and funding facilities, drafting employment and executive contracts, and providing general corporate counsel.
Represented a Houston and Midland-based oilfield services company in negotiating and crafting master services agreements as a service provider and a turnkey operator, and in providing general corporate counsel.
Served as general counsel for a Swiss-based construction, engineering and project finance engineering company, which involved working with subsidiary companies throughout Europe, Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Represented a Houston-based chemical importing and marketing business in the negotiation of terminal and tank storage agreements at various port facilities in the United States.
Represented a Trinidadian chemical plant owner in an international chamber of commerce arbitration related to the ownership of a large plant complex in Trinidad.
Represented a Barbadian chemical plant owner in an international chamber of commerce arbitration arising out of joint venture ammonia plant projects in the Caribbean.
Represented a Venezuelan-American joint venture in an international chamber of commerce arbitration against a Swedish modular construction company arising out of an offshore construction matter.
Represented a Denmark-based international marketer of bio-mass in negotiating and drafting supply agreements for the Caribbean market.
Representation of a Houston-based restaurant chain in connection with a buyout of a founding and controlling member of the group.
Represented a Texas-based oil and gas construction company in disputes arising out of lump sum construction contracts for offshore drilling platforms.