JD, Southern Methodist University School of Law
BBA, magna cum laude, The University of Texas

Daryl is admitted to practice law in Texas 

• Texas State Bar

Daryl's experience includes representation of the following:

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• BDT Capital in the acquisition of WhataBurger, a restaurant chain with 800+ units across 10 states with reported annual sales of more than $2 billion
• CrowdOut Long Term Equity Fund I in its acquisition of Sourceability, a global distributor of electronic components offering digital tools, services and data
• San Antonio Spurs (NBA) consortium of selling investors as Sixth Street and Michael Dell became strategic partners
• Ownership group in acquisition of San Antonio Missions AA minor league baseball team
• Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (NYSE), an asset and wealth management company, in its $1.7 billion acquisition by Macquarie Group and LPL Financial, Inc.
• Intercontinental Asset Management, a wealth advisory firm, in its sale to Corient Private Wealth.
• Silver Ventures in its sale of NatureSweet, a Mexico based grower of tomatoes, to Blue Road Capital
• Founders of Supergoop!, the first protective skincare brand, in its sale to Blackstone Growth (BXG)
• FW Murphy, a leading supplier of control and optimization solutions, in its carve-out sale to Dover (NYSE)
• Pioneer Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE) in its sale to Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (NYSE) for $295 million in cash and stock
• O'Neil Capital Management in its $275 million sale of Investor's Business Daily to News Corp./Dow Jones
• Clear Channel Communications in the divestiture of its U.S. television division (56 television stations) for $1.2 billion
• Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE) in its $630 million carve-out initial public offering
• Clear Channel Communications (NYSE) in the $1.4 billion spin-off of Live Nation, its live entertainment business
• Clear Channel Outdoor in its acquisition of an outdoor advertising business for approximately $250 million in cash and stock
• Heavy equipment dealer in the acquisition of new and used heavy-duty truck and bus dealerships operating 20 dealerships and service centers
• Rush Enterprises, Inc., a heavy-duty truck and equipment dealer (Nasdaq), in the formation of a joint venture with Cummins Inc. to produce natural gas fuel delivery systems for the commercial vehicle market
• Rush Enterprises, Inc. in its $1.25 billion floor plan and working capital credit facilities
• Rush Enterprises, Inc. in its $350 million acquisition of a national chain of truck dealerships
• Rush Enterprises, Inc. in its $135 million secondary offering and simultaneous acquisition of a regional chain of truck dealerships
• Specialty lender on the acquisition of Punch Bowl Social, a national chain of "eatertainment" venues, in a 363 bankruptcy sale
• Healthpoint Biotherapeutics, a global wound care company, in its $800 million sale to Smith & Nephew
• Digital Defense, a SAAS cybersecurity, vulnerability management and threat assessment platform, in its sale to a strategic purchaser
• DPT Laboratories, one of the largest pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMO) in the United States, in its sale to a private equity firm
• JP Hart Lumber Company, a distributor and building products manufacturer, in its sale to US LBM, a private equity backed industry consolidator
• IAS Claims Services, a provider of tech-enabled claims adjusting and related services to the insurance market, to Davies
• ISS Facility Services, a $10 billion international facilities maintenance firm, in its U.S. platform acquisition and numerous bolt on acquisitions
• Biotech company in its venture capital financing, acquisitions, joint ventures, initial public offering and sale for $1 billion
• Leading provider of debt management and recovery solutions (NASDAQ) in the acquisition of a $1 billion publicly traded competitor
• A publicly traded oil field service company and its board of directors in its $1 billion Chapter 11 restructuring
• Energy services company in its $300 million offering of high-yield notes and simultaneous tender for outstanding notes
• Pipeline and logistics master limited partnership in issuances of more than $1.5 billion of common units
• Numerous venture capital backed medical device companies in their formation, financing and sales to private and publicly traded purchasers
• Drug development company in its $100 million sale to a multinational specialty pharmaceutical company
• Valero Energy, listed in the Fortune 50 in its $500 million acquisition of an ethanol producer through a Section 363 bankruptcy sale
• Master limited partnership in the sale of a pipeline system for $100 million
• Domestic drilling company (NYSE) in its $100 million secondary offering and acquisition of an oil field services business for approximately $350 million in cash
• AT&T in connection with the acquisition of a customer contract center services business
• Independent refiner of petroleum products listed in the Fortune 50 in its issuance of notes
• Oil and gas exploration and production company (Nasdaq) in a $100 million cash and stock acquisition
• Special committee of a Nasdaq listed consumer online service provider in connection with its going private sale to an international telecommunications company
• Independent refiner of petroleum products listed in the Fortune 200 in its Rule 144A offering of high-yield notes and numerous equity offerings

• Top 200 Lawyers in America, Forbes, 2024
• Top Attorneys – Corporate Counsel, San Antonio Magazine, 2022
• Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon, Inc., 2017, 2019 – 2021
• Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America, Lawdragon Inc., 2021, 2024 – 2025
• Acritas Star, Acritas, 2017 – 2021
• Chambers USA, Chambers and Partners, 2007 – 2014
• Chambers USA, Texas: San Antonio and Surrounds, Corporate / M&A, Chambers and Partners, 2020 – 2024
• Chambers USA, technology: Corporate and commercial, Chambers and Partners, 2013
• Texas Trailblazer, Texas Lawyer, 2020
• Texas Super Lawyers, Mergers and Acquisitions, Thomson Reuters, 2011 – 2020
• Legal 500 US, Recommended Lawyer, M&A: Middle-Market ($500m-999m), The Legal 500, 2013 – 2017, 2023 – 2024
• Legal 500 US, Recommended Lawyer, Technology: Transactions, The Legal 500, 2012
• The Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers, 2006 – 2021
• The Best Lawyers in America, Lawyer of the Year, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Austin) Best Lawyers, 2021
• The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, Best Lawyers, 2006 - 2025
• The Best Lawyers in America, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Best Lawyers, 2021 - 2025
• Who's Who in Energy, American City Business Journals, 2013 – 2016
• Texas Top Rated Lawyer, LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, 2013 – 2019

• "Qualified Legal Compliance Committees: A Useful Tool for Investigating Reports of Material Violations," Legal Update, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
• "The Judicial and Regulatory Constriction of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934," Notre Dame Law Review; reprinted in Corporate Practice Commentator
• "Standing Under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act," Securities Regulation Law Journal
• "Regulation S and Rule 144A: Creating a Workable Fiction in an Expanding Global Securities Market," The International Lawyer
• "Strategies for Complying with Nasdaq's Continued Listing Standards in Troubled Times," Securities Regulation Law Journal

• TMI - The Episcopal School of Texas, Board Member
• The First Tee, Board Member