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EGAN  \nJackson Walker L.L.P.  \n901 Main Street, Suite 6000  \nDallas, TX 75202-3797  \n[began@jw.com](began@jw.com)  \nChoice and Acquisition of Entities in Texas Course  \nSan Antonio, TX (live)– May 25, 2012 Dallas, TX (video)– June 29, 2012  \nHouston, TX (video)– July 13, 2012  \nSponsored By: TexasBarCLE and the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Texas  \nCopyright © 2012 by Byron F. Egan. All rights reserved.  \nByron F. Egan  \nBiographical Information  \nJackson Walker L.L.P. Phone: (214) 953-5727  \n901 Main Street, Suite 6000 Email: [began@jw.com](began@jw.com)  \nDallas, Texas 75202 [www.jw.com](www.jw.com)  \n[Practice](Practice: Byron F. Egan is a partner of Jackson Walker L.L.P)[: Byron F. Egan is a partner of](Practice: Byron F. Egan is a partner of Jackson Walker L.L.P)[ Jackson Walker L.L.P](Practice: Byron F. Egan is a partner of Jackson Walker L.L.P). in Dallas. He is engaged in a corporate, partnership, securities, mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) and financing practice. Mr. Egan has extensive experience in business entity formation and governance matters, M&A and financing transactions in a wide variety of industries including energy, financial and technology. In addition to handling transactions, he advises boards of directors and their audit, compensation and special committees with respect to fiduciary duty, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, special investigation and other issues.  \nInvolvement: Mr. Egan is Senior Vice Chair and Chair of Executive Council of the M&A Committee of the American Bar Association and served as Co-Chair of its Asset Acquisition Agreement Task Force, which wrote the Model Asset Purchase Agreement with Commentary (2001) . He is Chair Elect of the Texas Business Law Foundation; is a former Chair of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Texas and former Chair of that section’s Corporation Law Committee; and on behalf of these groups, has been instrumental in the drafting and enactment of many Texas business entity and other statutes. He is also a member of the American Law Institute.  \nPublications: Mr. Egan writes and speaks about the areas in which his law practice is focused, and is a frequent author and lecturer regarding M&A, corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, securities laws, and financing techniques. Mr. Egan has written or co-authored the following law journal articles: Corporate Governance: Fiduciary Duties of Corporate Directors and Officers in Texas, 43 Texas Journal of Business Law 45 (Spring 2009); Responsibilities of Officers and Directors under Texas and Delaware Law, XXVI Corporate Counsel Review 1 (May 2007);Entity Choice and Formation: Joint Venture Formation, 44 Texas Journal of Business Law 129 (2012); Choice of Entity Decision Tree After Margin Tax and Texas Business Organizations Code, 42 Texas Journal of Business Law 171 (Spring 2007); Choice of Entity Alternatives, 39 Texas Journal of Business Law 379 (Winter 2004); Choice of State of Incorporation– Texas Versus Delaware: Is it Now Time to Rethink Traditional Notions, 54 SMU Law Review 249 (Winter 2001); M & A: Private Company Acquisitions: A Mock Negotiation, 116 Penn St. L. Rev. 743 (2012); Asset Acquisitions: Assuming and Avoiding Liabilities, 116 Penn St. L. Rev. 913 (2012); Asset Acquisitions: A Colloquy, X U. Miami Business Law Review 145 (Winter/Spring 2002); Securities Law: Major Themes of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 42 Texas Journal of Business Law 339 (Winter 2008); Communicating with Auditors After the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 41 Texas Journal of Business Law 131 (Fall 2005); The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Its Expanding Reach, 40 Texas Journal of Business Law 305 (Winter 2005); Congress Takes Action: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, XXII Corporate Counsel Review 1 (May 2003); and Legislation: The Role of the Business Law Section and the Texas Business Law Foundation in the Development of Texas Business Law, 41 Texas Journal of Business Law 41 (Spring 2005) . 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