Practice Areas
Corporate Law
Corporate Finance and Securities Law
Employee Benefits law
Practice Emphasis
Mr. McLane has over forty years of experience handling matters for large and small, public and private companies and partnerships. His broad range of expertise positions him to counsel with business owners, corporate executives, and Boards of Directors concerning business as well as legal issues, including business formation and structure, corporate reorganization, mergers and acquisitions, securities transactions, executive compensation and employee benefits. Mr. McLane has proven success at spotting and communicating legal issues, developing creative solutions to complex problems, creating consensus and supervising and coordinating the work of other attorneys domestically and internationally.
Representative Matters
Served as an expert witness and assisted in the trial of a securities
fraud jury case involving a purportedly exempt private offering of stock purchased
by his client. After a three week trial, the jury awarded full actual
damages, punitive damages and attorney’s fees in favor of the client.
Served as corporate and securities law counsel in a suit involving a
buy-sell agreement among shareholders of a very successful privately held company. Assisted
in preparations for and attended Board and shareholder meetings with the client
as well as participated in all of the research and writing efforts for the
case. The client obtained an 8-digit settlement with the company and its majority
shareholders.
Represented executive officers, majority and minority stockholders,
Boards of Directors, and Audit and Special Board Committees.
Represented broker-dealers, investment bankers, investment advisors,
mutual funds and hedge funds.
Assisted with tender and exchange offers, spinoffs and going-private
transactions.
Assisted numerous companies in SEC and State Blue Sky Law filings.
Assisted numerous clients with FINRA, NASDAQ and stock exchange filings.
Assisted with formation of and transactions involving 401(k) plans,
ESOPs, stock option and stock purchase plans, as well as ERISA compliance and
executive compensation arrangements.
Represented insurance and reinsurance companies, both offshore and domestic.
Provided advice regarding corporate formation and structure, including
tax considerations, use of foreign entities, control and ownership features.
Memberships and Community Service
Member, Advisory Board, Dallas Theological Seminary
Former Member, Board of Trustees and Board of Governers, Dallas Symphony
Association
Founder and Chairman, Christian Lawyers Fellowship
Former Member, Executive Board, SMU Alumni Association
Founder and Member, Law Professionals for Christ, Park Cities Presbyterian
Church
Mission trips to India, Cuba, Russia, Peru and Mexico
Member, Executive Board, SMU Dedman School of Law
Former President and Director, Southwest Benefits Association
Licensed by the Supreme Court of the State of Texas
Licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court
Member, State Bar of Texas
Member, Dallas Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Federal Regulation of Securities Committee of the American Bar
LLB, Southern Methodist University School of Law
Leading Articles Editor, Southwestern Law Journal
Order of the Woolsack (currently known as Order of the Coif)
Order of the Barristers
B.A., Southern Methodist University
