Timothy R. Brown
Attorney
713.773.5526
Timothy Brown is Board Certified in Commercial Real Estate by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He has extensive experience in real estate development, acquisitions, sales and financing. His practice includes the representation of real estate developers, lenders and investors, energy companies, financial institutions and commercial entities.
- Represented a major worldwide refiner in the sale of interest in a fuel refinery to a non-U.S. entity and in the creation of a joint venture with the purchaser
- Represented a major oil company in the three joint ventures that combined the fuel-refining activities of a client with the U.S. refining activities of two major energy companies
- Represented a multinational petroleum company in its bid to acquire a refinery from a Louisiana refining company
- Represented one of the top 15 energy companies in the world in the acquisition of a Y2 interest in a refinery and trading business in the Houston area
- Represented numerous energy companies in their downstream activities, including the sale and acquisition of midstream and service-station facilities
- Represented an international energy company in the acquisition and trading of upstream production
- Represented an international energy and manufacturing companies in their activities in the United States and U.S. companies in other countries throughout the world; representation included transactional work and international arbitrations
- Represented service companies, E&P companies, drilling contractors, and royalty and mineral owners in day-to-day activities, including some litigation and dispute arbitration
- Handled the separation of the fuel refinery from an asphalt refinery within a major U.S. refining company; work included the creation of joint ownership, shared facilities and operating agreements to avoid public-utility issues
- Handled the sale of a portion of the chemical business (resins and elastomers) in refineries worldwide, which entailed the separation of the facilities; establishment of co-ownership of the infrastructure; and extensive definition of, indemnity for, and reserve and limitations of liabilities, environmental conditions, etc.
- Separated five U.S. refineries into different entities that had a refining capacity of approximately 1,100,000 barrels per day in order to segregate the fuel refinery, the chemical manufacturing facilities, the asphalt businesses and, in certain circumstances, the downstream distribution facilities
- Moody Law Group, PLLC, 2021-present
- Thompson & Knight LLP, Senior Partner
- Brown, Parker and Leahy LLP, Founder and Managing Partner
- Andrews, Kurth, Campbell and Jones, Associate
- Juris Doctor – University of Texas School of Law, 1970
- Bachelor of Arts – Stanford University, 1968
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Houston Bar Association
- Member, Houston Real Estate Lawyers Council
- Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
- Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation
- Member, College of the State Bar of Texas
- Member, Texas Association of Bank Counsel
- Committee Member, State Bar of Texas Subcommittee on Legal Fees Paid by Title Companies, 1987
- Committee Member and Author, Chapter on Financing in The Texas Homebuyer’s Manual, 1985, State Bar of Texas
- The Best Lawyers in America (Banking and Real Estate Law), 2003-present
- Texas Super Lawyers (Real Estate, Energy & Natural Resources, Business/Corporate), 2003-present
- Best Lawyers in Houston, Inside Houston, 2002
- Best Lawyers in Houston, H Texas Magazine, 2004, 2005
- Texas Monthly Top Texas Lawyer listing
- Who’s Who Registry
- Who’s Who Worldwide Registry
- Agreements and Relations with Investors and Tenants, March 2008
- Real Estate Development from Beginning to End in Texas: Retail Leases, January 2007
- Real Estate Documents, Workouts and Closings, March 2004 and April 2004, and April 2006
- Co-Author, Working Together Alleviates Sarbanes-Oxley Pressures, Texas Lawyer, December 2003
- Co-Author, Get Ready for a Beauty Contest, Texas Lawyer, March 3, 2003
- Co-Author, Working Together to Manage Emerging Conflicts of lnterest, Texas Lawyer, July 7, 2003
- Co-Author, Bye Bye To Hourly Billing, Corporate Counsel, February 2003
- Co-Author, The Budget: Managing Fees and Expectations, Texas Lawyer, November 4, 2002
- Co-Author, Outside Counsel Need to Understand Companies’ Diversity Issues, Texas Lawyer, July 1, 2002
- A Practitioner’s Guide to City Hall, May 2002
- Commercial Leases: Shopping Center, Retail and Similar Leases, June 2000 and July 2002
- Synthetic Leases, November 1998
- Conveyancing, October 1997
- A Practitioner’s Guide to City Hall, June 1992
- Real Estate Financing, August 1991
- Tenant and Lender Estoppels, January 1991
- Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course, January 1991
- Lender Liability, 1990
