Brandie is an experienced corporate attorney who represents emerging and high-growth companies, venture capitalists and private equity sponsors on a wide range of corporate and transactional matters. Her representation spans all stages of the corporate life cycle, including pre-incorporation planning, corporate governance, general corporate counseling, venture capital equity and debt financings, joint ventures, securities law and mergers and acquisitions. She brings a deep understanding of the legal and strategic challenges faced by founders, companies and investors at all stages.

Brandie serves a legal and strategic advisor with a people-first philosophy and highly-collaborative style. She has a passion for helping startups, growth companies, investors, and strategic acquirers grow, scale, and navigate complex transactions and the overall financing landscape while balancing technical rigor with commercial pragmatism. Her diverse breadth of experience has led her to represent clients across a broad range of industries and sectors, including life sciences, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, technology, insurance, fashion, food and beverage, energy, climate tech and consumer goods. 

Brandie’s hands-on, practical problem-solving approach to serving as outside general counsel helps her clients execute their business strategies while effectively managing legal risk. Her extensive experience and genuine care for her clients positions her as a valued partner to the investors, founders, executive teams, general counsel, and boards of directors she has the pleasure of working with. 

PRIOR EXPERIENCE & REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Routinely represents start-up and emerging growth companies in equity, debt and convertible instrument financings, from Pre-Seed to later-stage, ranging in value up to $75,000,000. 

• Routinely represents venture capital firms in equity financings, Pre-Seed to later-stage, reorganizations and convertible instrument investments ranging in value up to $130,000,000. 

• Represented a decentralized mapping network company in the divestiture of an intellectual property asset to a publicly traded company in an acquihire transaction.

• Represented a large family office in its $185,000,000 acquisition of cannabis assets from two publicly-traded companies.

• Represented a large health system in its $1.26 billion member substitution transaction with another health system.

• Represented a search fund entrepreneur in the acquisition of family-owned target company in the traffic-control services and equipment space.

• Represented large private equity sponsors in multiple transactions in the energy-sector, ranging in value up to $720,000,000. 

• Represented a large private equity sponsor in the acquisition by a portfolio company of a disputed pipeline system.

• Represented a digital forensics company in its targeted growth strategy via a series of acquisitions of competitor companies.

• Represented publicly traded companies in transactions, corporate governance and securities regulation reporting matters.

• Represented multiple high net worth individuals in their public company investment portfolios and securities regulation reporting matters.

CREDENTIALS

Education.

• Yale Law School. Juris Doctor, 2012.

• The University of Alabama, Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 2004.

Admissions.

• Texas

Prior Positions.

• Goodwin Procter LLP

• Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

• Kirkland & Ellis LLP

• Vinson & Elkins LLP 

COMMUNITY

• Discovery Green Conservancy, Public Art Committee, 2014-Present.