Gray Reed recently added depth to its Corporate/M&A roster with the addition of Houston partner Michael Overstreet from Chamberlain Hrdlicka.
Overstreet said for the last 10-plus years his friend and now law partner Austin Carlson has been telling him great things about the culture at Gray Reed.
“The timing was right. The stars aligned. It’s the perfect move,” Overstreet said.
He noted that Gray Reed’s “strong groups” in energy, real estate, finance, securities, and “top-notch” tax team are attractive to his practice.
“In Houston’s middle market, reputations are well-known, and Gray Reed’s is stellar.”
Overstreet, who earned his master’s degree in accounting from Texas A&M and law degree from the University of Texas, represents midsize companies, family-owned businesses, family offices, private equity firms, and startups across numerous industries on forming, reorganizing, restructuring, buying, and selling companies.
Three recent matters illustrate how varied his practice is: representing U.S. fuel suppliers in establishing buyer relationships in Mexico and Latin America, helping a Canadian manufacturing company set up a new headquarters in East Texas, and assisting a family-owned concert and event staffing company in selling to a strategic buyer in Los Angeles.
Overstreet said he is seeing a rise in international work, especially in Canada and Latin America, where clients need multi-country advisors.
While in law school at UT, Overstreet worked as a landman at Anadarko. His first two law firm opportunities were at Orgain Bell & Tucker and Lee & Desenberg. He joined Chamberlain Hrdlicka in 2016 and practiced there for eight years.