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About Dan
During his 48 year career at Bracewell, Dan Witschey has focused on providing thoughtful, practical advice to companies, their boards of directors, and committees. Adept in both the mergers and acquisitions and securities arenas, Dan also regularly counsels on corporate governance matters and fiduciary duties. He is an elected Fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel, a professional, educational, and honorary association of lawyers recognized for their achievements in the field of governance.
In addition to practicing law, for the last decade Dan has also been active in writing it as Secretary of the ABA’s 25-member Corporate Laws Committee. That Committee drafts and revises the Model Business Corporation Act, which has been substantially adopted as the corporation law of 34 states and is widely acknowledged as the most influential corporation statute in the U.S. after Delaware’s General Corporation Law.
An avid musician, Dan is also the principal double bass of the Houston Civic Symphony, Houston’s oldest amateur orchestra.
Experience
Recent Notable Matters
Special Committee of Western Gas Partners, LP — $750 million acquisition of Springfield Pipeline LLC from affiliates of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Special Committee of Western Gas Partners, LP — acquisition of Delaware Basin JV Gathering LLC from affiliates of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Special Committee of Western Gas Partners, LP — sale of $750 million of Class C Units to affiliates of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in connection with WES’s acquisition of Nuevo Midstream
Kinder Morgan, Inc. — $70 billion acquisition of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., Kinder Morgan Management, LLC, and El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P.
Conflicts Committee of QR Energy LP — $3 billion acquisition by Breitburn Energy Partners LP
Lufkin Industries, Inc. — $3.3 billion acquisition by General Electric Co.
Special Committee of Western Gas Partners, LP — $490 million acquisition of interests in two gas gathering systems in the Marcellus Shale from affiliates of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Kinder Morgan, Inc. — $6.2 billion sale of an interest in Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America
Kinder Morgan, Inc. — $2 billion secondary offering of common stock
Special Committee of Western Gas Partners, LP — $600 million acquisition of assets in the Green River Basin and an interest in Chipeta from affiliates of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Kinder Morgan, Inc. — $3.2 billion initial public offering