Travis Wofford
Partner, Baker Botts; Director, Lone Star Legal Aid, NACD Texas TriCities Chapter
Wofford is chair of Baker Botts LLP's Corporate Department in Houston, and vice chair of the Firm's Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. He practices corporate and securities law, advising numerous public and private businesses, their boards, and special committees on mergers & acquisitions and corporate governance matters, including activism defense, controlling stockholder, and related-party transactions. Wofford has frequently been recognized for the quality of his legal and strategic advice. In 2021, NACD named him to its "Directorship 100: Governance Professionals and Institutions." For mergers and acquisitions, shareholder engagement, and corporate advisory work, he has been recognized in, among others, Lawdragon's "500 Leading Dealmakers in America." He has also advised issuers, underwriters, and investors in novel, market-moving capital raising structures and liability management transactions, winning awards including GlobalCapital U.S. Securitization awards' "Esoteric ABS Deal of the Year" and "ESG Deal of the Year." Wofford has particular experience in the technology and energy sectors.
Travis Wofford is a member of the Board of Directors of the NACD Texas TriCities Chapter. Since 2023, he has served on the board of Lone Star Legal Aid, the third-largest free legal aid provider in the United States, with over 14 offices and 250 lawyers. Previously, he served on the board of the Houston Bar Foundation, the charitable foundation of the Houston Bar Association. Previously, he served as director and treasurer of the Houston Lawyer Referral Service from 2014 to 2020, a nonprofit organization sponsored by the Houston Bar Association that assists the greater Houston area community in accessing justice.
Wofford has been involved in several reincorporations out of Delaware and/or into Texas and other jurisdictions. Since 2018, he has served as a member of the Texas State Bar’s Business Organizations Code Committee, which prepares, proposes, and reviews the proposed amendments to the Texas statutes that, among other things, establish the fiduciary duty obligations of directors and officers of Texas corporations and other entities. He is also a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Committee of the American Bar Association.
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