Mike Peters

Retired Partner
Pepper Center Fellow

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Mike is a fellow of The Pepper Center for Public Service. The Pepper Center draws on the talents of the firm’s retired partners and senior attorneys to wrestle with tough problems facing our communities. Through the Center, these attorneys study, analyze, and work to resolve problems that affect the lives of people in our communities.

Mike has more than three decades of corporate law experience handling mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, joint ventures, project development, partnership and limited liability company structures, and corporate governance. He focused much of his practice on the energy industry, particularly midstream, infrastructure, and oilfield services and equipment.

  • Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (2023)
  • Best Lawyers in America®: Corporate Law (2016-2026) and Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2019-2026)
  • Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A, Texas (2010-2012)
Overview

Mike is a fellow of The Pepper Center for Public Service. The Pepper Center draws on the talents of the firm’s retired partners and senior attorneys to wrestle with tough problems facing our communities. Through the Center, these attorneys study, analyze, and work to resolve problems that affect the lives of people in our communities.

Mike has more than three decades of corporate law experience handling mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, joint ventures, project development, partnership and limited liability company structures, and corporate governance. He focused much of his practice on the energy industry, particularly midstream, infrastructure, and oilfield services and equipment.

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Awards
  • Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (2023)
  • Best Lawyers in America®: Corporate Law (2016-2026) and Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2019-2026)
  • Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A, Texas (2010-2012)
  • Member, State Bar of Texas
  • Member, Houston Bar Association
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Council member, Houston Bar Association Mergers and Acquisitions Section (2008-2012)
  • Chair, Houston Bar Association Mergers and Acquisitions Section (2009-2010)
  • Planning committee, UT Mergers and Acquisitions Institute (2010, 2011)
  • Board member, Easter Seals of Greater Houston (2011-present)
  • Board member, United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Houston (2009-2010)
  • Combat Marine Outdoors (2015-present)
  • Commissioner, WHCSA soccer (2006-2009)
  • Coach, SBMSA baseball (2005, 2006, 2009)
  • Texas accountant, Arthur Andersen (1987-1988)

Education

  • The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1991
  • The University of Texas at Austin, B.B.A., with high honors, 1987
  • Certified Public Accountant, Texas State Board of Public Accountancy