While many companies are now finding that Texas offers a compelling home, we and our clients have been here all along. Baker Botts has shaped Texas corporate law for more than 185 years. With hundreds of Texas-based lawyers, we have remained at the leading edge of that practice. We regularly advise corporate boards, special committees, and executives on governance best practices, fiduciary obligations, and litigation risk mitigation. Baker Botts lawyers have had key roles in developing and drafting the Texas Business Organizations Code and other Texas statutes and regulations. Our corporate governance litigators have tried the leading cases that have contributed to the development of corporate governance law in Texas, and our corporate lawyers have written many of the statutes that are, or are likely soon to become, the governing law of the state of Texas. Our team proudly includes a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas who helped to shape Texas corporate governance law in his nearly 17 years on that bench.

We are the premier Texas corporate governance legal advisor. We marry these deep Texas roots with a preeminent public company and governance practice that supports some of the largest companies in the world. We advise clients concerning everything from day-to-day corporate governance, oversight, and disclosure issues to the most challenging corporate governance problems, including internal investigations, contests for control, and shareholder engagement.

With the creation of the Texas Business Court, along with sophisticated and balanced corporate law that protects investors while encouraging corporate growth, more companies than ever are evaluating a move to Texas. When they do, many are leaning on the deep roots, sophisticated corporate guidance, and longstanding relationships at Baker Botts. Our Board Governance and Fiduciary Duty practice in Texas has been flourishing in Texas since the first businesses in the state opened their doors.

• Incorporation and Reincorporation. The state a company chooses as its corporate legal home is a key foundational question for every company. Our experienced lawyers have advised on all aspects the reincorporation process, from the boardroom deliberations, to the regulatory filings, SEC and proxy statement process and the nuts bolts of execution.

• Relocation. We have assisted many companies move their businesses, projects and headquarters to Texas, and make and manage investments in Texas. We advise companies on maximizing opportunities presented by state and local incentives to support these transitions, state, local and federal tax planning and structuring as well as the business-friendly regulatory environment of the state.

From Texas boardrooms to Texas courtrooms, our sophisticated lawyers are at the forefront of Texas' evolving governance and fiduciary duty law. Established and emerging companies alike turn first to Baker Botts when seeking corporate advice in Texas.