• Trial
  • Class Action Defense
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Copyright and Trademark Litigation
  • Director and Officer Litigation
  • Oil and Gas
  • Patent and Trade Secret Litigation
  • Securities Litigation
• Chemical and Refining Industry Team
• Energy Industry Team

Alex Chae represents an array of business clients in litigation involving: complex business and oil & gas matters; trade secrets; patent, trademark, and copyright infringement; breach of contract; bad faith and insurance coverage litigation; federal securities fraud; class actions litigation; shareholder derivative actions; director and officer liability actions; and antitrust.

Mr. Chae has represented a variety of clients, including:

• Amegy Bank
• Aviva
• Black Warrior Wireline Corp.
• Catlin Insurance Company Ltd.
• Curocom Energy LLC
• Drillmec Inc.
• Fleet Energy
• Forest Oil Company
• Grey Wolf Inc.
• Houston Exploration Company, The
• IFCO Systems North America Inc.
• Industrial Holdings Inc.
• Paxson Communications Inc.
• Synovus Financial Group
• TransWorld Mortgage Company
• Waste Management Inc.

Mr. Chae’s representative matters include:

• Representing board of directors with regard to hostile proxy solicitation.
• Representing board of directors of a publicly traded company in breach of fiduciary duty litigation.
• Advising board of directors (special and independent committees) of publicly traded companies with regard to tender offers, unsolicited tender offers, and merger transactions.
• Prosecuting take-or-pay litigation on behalf of a gas producer recovering in excess of $100 million and defending related royalty owner claims in proceeds.
• Defending an oil & gas producer against an overriding royalty claimant under 200 oil and gas leases involving in excess of $100 million.
• Defending an oil and gas operator against imprudent operator claims arising out of joint operating agreements.
• Successfully defending a retail business in a $2 million sales tax liability dispute with the state of Texas.
• Representing a South Korean Conglomerate with regard to first U.S. oil and gas investment acquisition in the Barnett Shale.
• Representing a company in litigation against former owners for fraud and breach of an asset purchase agreement.
• Represented international drilling rig manufacturer in breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, and trademark and copyright infringement claims involving drilling rigs.

• J.D., University of Missouri School of Law (1990)
• B.S., Vanderbilt University (1984)

• Admitted to practice before:
  • Texas State Courts
  • U.S. District Courts for all districts of Texas
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
• Member, State Bar of Texas
  • Litigation Section
  • Oil, Gas, and Energy Resources Law Section
• Member, American Bar Association
  • Litigation Section
  • Environment, Energy, and Resources Section
• Member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
  • Former Vice President of Communications
• Member, Houston Bar Association
  • Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Section
• Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
• Life Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation
• Member, Asian American Bar Association
  • Former Director
  • Former President
• Member, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation

• Recognized, AV^® Preeminent^™ 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell^® PEER REVIEW RATINGS^™

• Director, Asia Society
  • Member, Board of Directors
• Elder, Bethel Independent Presbyterian Church
• Director, The Source for Women
• Advisory Board Member, Rice University Chao Center for Asian Studies
• Member, The Center for Houston's Future
• Advisory Committee Member, Whispering Pines Golf Club
• Graduate, Leadership Houston
  • Former Chairman
• Director, Leadership Houston Endowment
• Former Chairman, Ethics Committee, City of Houston
• Former Chairman, Mayoral Advisory Board for International Affairs and Development – Asia and Australia (2006)