Travis L. Counts
Bracewell LLP
Travis Counts advises public and private companies on general corporate and transactional matters, primarily in the energy, finance, infrastructure and real estate sectors. Over the course of his career, he has negotiated and closed transactions and offerings exceeding $75 billion in aggregate value, including public company mergers, asset and company acquisitions and divestitures, public equity offerings, public debt offerings and syndicated debt transactions. Travis also has extensive experience in corporate governance, stockholder and other stakeholder engagement, crisis management, enterprise risk assessment and mitigation, joint venture formation, governance and exits, cross-border transaction, executive compensation and compliance matters.
Prior to joining Bracewell, Travis served as in-house counsel at two of the largest independent oil companies in the United States. From 2013 to 2021, he held various officer positions at Concho Resources, including most recently as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. He also held in-house legal positions at Petrohawk Energy and Halcon Resources from 2010 to 2013. Prior to joining Petrohawk, Travis was an equity member at another law firm.
