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Shane M. Tucker
Shane M. Tucker
Partner — Executive Compensation & Benefits
Partner — Executive Compensation & Benefits

Shane M. Tucker

Shane M. Tucker
Dallas

Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3900
Dallas, Texas 75201

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Shane M. Tucker

Experience Highlights

  • Crestview Partners in its investment in Upwell Water, a water-focused specialty finance company

  • Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. in its $143 million initial public offering of common stock

  • Spredfast, a leading provider of social media management software and solutions, in the merger with Lithium Technologies via its private equity sponsor, Vista Equity Partners 

  • SemGroup Corporation in its $2.1 billion acquisition of Houston Fuel Oil Terminal Company, one of the largest oil terminals in the U.S., from Alinda Capital Partners

  • Targa Resources Partners and Targa Resources Corp. in the $7.7 billion acquisition of Atlas Pipeline Partners and Atlas Energy

  • Holly Corporation in the $7 billion merger with Frontier Oil Corporation, creating one of the largest independent refiners in the United States

  • Inergy and Inergy Midstream in an $8 billion multi-step combination transaction with Crestwood Midstream Partners  and Crestwood Holdings 

  • Southwest Airlines in its $3.4 billion acquisition of AirTran Holdings

  • Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on executive compensation and employee benefit aspects in connection with its $70 million initial public offering of common stock

  • Antero Midstream Partners LP in its $1.15 billion initial public offering of common units

  • Dell in its $3.9 billion public tender offer and acquisition of Perot Systems Corporation, an information technology company

  • The Carlyle Group in the acquisition of the North American power generation assets of Cogentrix Energy, including five coal and solar power projects and a development pipeline of gas and renewable projects, from The Goldman Sachs Group

  • Riverstone Holdings in the $1.275 billion sale of Dynamic Offshore Resources to SandRidge Energy

Credentials

  • University of Notre Dame Law School, J.D. magna cum laude, 1999 (Notre Dame Law Review)
  • University of Nebraska (Lincoln), B.S., 1995
  • Chambers USA, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Dallas/Ft. Worth), 2022-2024
  • Legal 500 U.S., Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans (Transactional), 2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021–2024
  • Selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2013–2023
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), Employee Benefits Law (Dallas), 2010–2025
  • Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2005, 2006, 2008–2013
  • Member: Employee Benefits Section, Dallas Bar Association
  • Texas
  • “Compensation Trends in the REIT Industry,” REIT Series, V&E New York Office, July 19, 2018 (panelist)
  • “How to Design the Right Performance-Based Incentive Plan for Your Organization,” WorldatWork 2018 Total Rewards Conference & Exhibition, May 22, 2018 (panelist)
  • “The New Employment Deal: Drafting Practical Protections that Benefit Both Shareholders and Executives,” Equilar Compensation Committee Forum, March 20, 2018 (panelist)
  • “Impact of Proposed Financial Institution Incentive-Based Compensation Rules on Private Equity Firms,” V&E Executive Compensation E-communication, September 13, 2016 (co-author)
  • “Developments in the Sun Capital Case: Implications for ERISA Withdrawal Liability and Beyond,” and “New Partnership Tax Audit Rules,” Private Equity Growth Capital Council’s Chief Compliance Officers Working Group Meeting, San Francisco, California, May 4, 2016
  • “Executive Compensation Update – The Latest in IRS and SEC Guidance,” ACC Dallas – Fort Worth Chapter Annual In-House Symposium, Dallas, Texas, May 5, 2016
  • “Thoughts for Officers and Directors of E&P Companies and MLPs in 2016,” V&E website, January 19, 2016 (co-author)
  • Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Equity Compensation Plans (Part II),” National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP) Houston Chapter Meeting, Houston, Texas, March 27, 2014
  • Deferred Compensation for the Employees of Tax Indifferent Private Equity Funds,” Houston and Business Tax Law Journal, Volume X, Issue 2, 2010