Karolyn Knaack Associate
E-mail:	kknaack@selmanmunson.com
Office:	Barton Oaks Plaza Four, Suite 200 901 South Mopac Expressway Austin, Texas 78746
Telephone:	(512) 505-5964
Fax:	(512) 505-5956
Toll Free:	(800) 276-1413

Practice Areas

Corporate Finance and Securities
Corporate Governance
Sale and Purchase of Businesses

Concentrations of Practice

• Advise clients in general legal matters related to their business, including buy-sell and stockholder/shareholder agreements.
• Advise board of directors and executive officers with respect to corporate fiduciary duties.
• Represent clients in all types of mergers and acquisitions transactions.
• Prepare private placement offerings of equity and debt securities.
• Organize and plan business structure for corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships.
• Advise clients in connection with all types of commercial contracts.

Previous Experience:

Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP (Dallas, Texas)

Brobeck Phelger & Harrison LLP (Austin, Texas)

Education

University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1999

University of Iowa, M.B.A., 1992

Iowa State University, B.S., 1983, M.S., 1986

Publications/Presentations

Presenter, “2006 SEC Executive Compensation and Related Disclosure Rules” presented in conjunction with Locke’s Corporate Program Series, December 2006

“Directors’ Duty to Protect the Corporation from Harm: Good Faith in Board Oversight after Caremark,” TEXAS JOURNAL OF BUSINESS LAW, Fall 1998