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Charles E. Harrell, P.C.
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
Suite 3150
3200 Southwest Freeway
Houston, TX 77027-7540
USA

Phone: +1 713 402 3916
Fax: +1 713 583 3617
Email: CEHarrell@duanemorris.com

Charles E. Harrell is the managing partner of Duane Morris' Houston office. Mr. Harrell practices in the area of corporate law with a focus on corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and corporate governance. He also has advised many clients in connection with structured finance and project finance matters. Mr. Harrell represents a number of Fortune 100 companies as well as middle-market companies, startups and joint ventures. He regularly handles offerings of debt and equity securities and advises clients with respect to reporting and disclosure issues and corporate governance.

Mr. Harrell served as President of the Houston Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors ("NACD") in 2006. Mr. Harrell currently serves as Vice President and on the board of directors of the Houston Chapter of the NACD. 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, 2006-2009 editions, and was named a Texas Super Lawyer for 2003-2009.

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
• Energy
• 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, DiCentral and Idera) through various phases of growth on matters involving corporate law, commercial transactions, and value creation alternatives.
• Debtor's and lender'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

• Member of the Duane Morris Corporate Practice Group Steering Committee
• 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

Admissions

• Texas

Education

• St. Mary's University School of Law, J.D., 1981
• University of Texas, B.B.A., 1976

Honors and Awards

• Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2006-2009 editions
• Named a Texas "Super Lawyer" for 2003-2009
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2009-2010

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)