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Phillip M. "Phil" Slinkard

Austin, TX recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2006
Akerman LLP

241 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Corporate Law Securities / Capital Markets Law

Biography

Mr. Slinkard has substantial experience in corporate and business law, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities law disclosure and compliance, contracts, litigation strategy, trade secrets, copyrights, covenants not to compete, franchising, intellectual property licensing, executive compensation and employee stock options.

Areas of Emphasis

  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Corporate and securities law
  • Corporate governance issues

    Prior to rejoining the firm in 2000, Mr. Slinkard was general counsel of an Austin-based public company where he supervised a 19-person in-house legal department and advised the president and the Board of Directors on legal issues, particularly corporate and securities law matters.

Akerman LLP

241 Best Lawyers awards

Akerman LLP logo

Overview

  • The University of Texas, graduated 1982
  • The University of Texas, J.D., graduated 1982
  • The University of Texas, graduated 1982
  • The University of Texas, J.D., graduated 1982

Client Testimonials

Phil Slinkard is always extremely responsive, helpful, and knowledgeable. And he is not reluctant to pull in additional resources from other areas of expertise.

Dave Turner (Neuro Resources Group Inc.)

Plano, TX

Phil Slinkard is always very responsive, knowledgeable, and helpful, which is extremely important to a small start-up company.

Dave Turner (Neuro Resources Group Inc.)

Plano, TX

Phil Slinkard has represented us in numerous matters for over a decade. We rely on Phil to give us intelligent, rational advice, and perhaps most importantly, to help us anticipate and avoid costly mistakes. We have relied on his integrity, his knowledge, and his common sense to lead us safely through the challenges of mergers and acquisitions, litigation, infrastructure projects, and corporate financing that we have faced in the past. We look forward to working with him on all those challenges we will face in the future. We feel like we are in excellent hands with Phil Slinkard and the K&L Gates team.

Peter Landa (Piedras LLC)

Austin, TX

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2021 - Securities / Capital Markets Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law, Austin (2021)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Corporate Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
Special Focus:
  • General Corporate
  • Securities

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