M&A and securities counsel for buying, selling and raising capital.
The Ferebee Group PLLC is a transactional law firm led by Melvin J. Ferebee III, Esq., a Texas-licensed corporate and securities attorney. The firm’s core work is mergers and acquisitions and securities: private placements, capital formation and securities offerings. It also handles commercial real estate and entertainment law transactions.
Melvin J. Ferebee III, Esq.
Melvin J. Ferebee III is a Texas-licensed corporate and securities attorney and the principal of The Ferebee Group PLLC, the transactional law firm he founded in 2018. His practice centers on mergers and acquisitions and on securities work: private placements, capital formation, and offerings of debt and equity securities.
On the M&A side, he works on letters of intent, purchase agreements, diligence and closing for buyers and sellers of businesses. On the securities side, he works on offering structure, offering documents and investor disclosures for sponsors and companies raising capital. He also represents clients in commercial real estate and entertainment law transactions, and advises on entity formation, governance, venture financing and business succession.
His approach is to identify the downside early and structure the documents around it, so clients understand the trade-offs before terms are set rather than after.
- Education
- J.D., The University of Texas School of Law
B.A., Government, The College of William & Mary - Admission
- Licensed in Texas
- Languages
- English and Spanish
- Location
- Houston, Texas
M&A and securities
Mergers and acquisitions
Buy-side and sell-side work on the acquisition or sale of a business, from the first term sheet through closing.
- Letters of intent and exclusivity
- Asset and equity purchase agreements
- Earnouts and rollover equity
- Due diligence and closing
Securities and private placements
The legal side of raising capital, including offerings of debt and equity securities and the documents that go to investors.
- Regulation D offering structure
- Private placement memoranda and subscription documents
- Investor disclosures
- Aligning sponsor economics with the governing documents
Other practice areas
Commercial real estate
Multifamily and other commercial real estate acquisitions, syndications, joint ventures, purchase and sale agreements, and commercial leases.
Entertainment law
Contracts and deal documents for entertainment ventures, and the business entities and governing agreements behind them.
Corporate counsel
Entity formation, reorganization and dissolution, operating and shareholder agreements, governance, business succession, and outside general counsel support.
Venture and equity financing
Venture capital transactions, equity financing and preferred equity.
Who the firm works with
Buyers and sellers of businesses, independent sponsors and search funds, private equity buyers, sponsors and companies raising capital, family offices, multifamily sponsors and operators, creators and entertainment businesses, and the CPAs and transaction advisers who work alongside them.
The Ferebee Group Insights
The firm publishes The Ferebee Group Insights: practical articles and checklists on private capital raises, letters of intent and diligence readiness, written to help readers frame the questions to raise with counsel before terms are set. Weekly briefings on multifamily markets and middle-market M&A will be archived on this site.
The Ferebee Group PLLC provides legal services. It is not an investment adviser, broker-dealer or lender and does not arrange financing.
Discuss a transaction
If an acquisition, sale, capital raise or securities offering is taking shape, you can request a consultation.
Free initial consultation. Requesting a consultation does not create an attorney-client relationship.