Jessica E. Sewell is an associate in the Corporate & Securities group of Mayer Brown’s Houston office. She represents both public and private companies in a wide array of matters, including mergers and acquisitions, public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, corporate governance, and general corporate matters.
Jessica spent one year in the firm’s Hong Kong office, where she advised issuers and underwriters on global high yield debt offerings (Rule 144A and Regulation S) and other capital markets matters.
Jessica earned her JD with honors from the University of Texas School of Law and dual BA degrees in International Studies and Chinese from the University of Mississippi. While in law school, Jessica served as Managing Editor of the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law. Jessica speaks English and Mandarin.
Education :
- University of Mississippi, BA, summa cum laude
- University of Mississippi, BA, summa cum laude
- University of Texas School of Law, JD, cum laude
Admissions : Texas
Activities :
- Houston Young Lawyers Association
- Houston Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas: Business Law Section, Corporate Counsel Section
Experience :
- Advised the underwriters, led by BOCOM International Securities Limited, on the issuance of US$450 million 7.30% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2019 by a Chinese real estate development company.
- Represented Sinochem in its offering of RMB 1 billion 4.4% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2021. The notes were issued under Sinochem’s US$5 billion EMTN program. Standard Chartered Bank was the sole manager for the transaction.
- Represented a Texas-based public exploration and production company in its private offering of approximately US$400 million of convertible preferred equity.
- Represented a global beverage company in its acquisition of a Mexico-based mezcal producer.
- Represented Ecopetrol, the Colombian national oil company, in the acquisition of an interest in the K2 Field in the US Gulf of Mexico from a subsidiary of Mitsubishi.
- Successfully represented a Honduran pro bono client in her affirmative application for asylum in the United States.
Cost
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