Ronald C. Potter Of Counsel
E-mail:	rpotter@selmanmunson.com
Office:	Two Memorial City Plaza, 820 Gessner, Suite 800 Houston, TX 77024
Telephone:	(713) 400-1555
Fax:	(713) 827-1438
Toll Free:	(800) 276-1413

Practice Areas

Oilfield Service Business
International Transactions
Sale & Purchase of Businesses
Corporate & Strategic Business Advice

Concentrations of Practice

• Advise clients on international projects and other investments, including negotiation and establishment of foreign joint ventures as well as establishing of foreign entities and foreign branches of US entities.
• Negotiate and draft domestic and international commercial agreements, including master service agreements, drilling contracts, construction/engineering agreements and licensing agreements.
• Professional service/consulting, non-compete, and confidentiality agreement representation.
• Purchases and sale of public and private businesses, including the sale of assets or stock.
• Plan and develop commercial and strategic business strategies and create structures for implementing business strategies, including corporations, limited liability companies, joint ventures and alliances, including minimizing/mitigating risks.
• Advise boards of directors and executive officers with respect to corporate fiduciary duties and governance issues.

Previous Experience:

Parker Drilling Company, Vice President and General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Parker Drilling Company (NYSE: PKD) provides high-performance contract drilling solutions, rental tools and project management services to the worldwide energy industry. Parker operates 29 land rigs in strategic international markets and 17 offshore barge rigs, primarily in the coastal waters of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, and also manages the operations of several operator-owned rigs around the world, most of which are constructed by Parker and then sold to the operator. The Company’s rental tools business rents premium equipment to operators in active land and offshore markets in North America. Founded in 1934, Parker has set numerous world records for deep and extended-reach drilling and is an industry leader in safety performance.