Cody Wilson
Adjunct Professor @Smu Dedman School Of Law
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WORK HISTORY
Adjunct Professor @Smu Dedman School Of Law
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US
Co-teach LAW 7258 - Private Equity Playbook: Buyouts, Investments and Exits, a course that examines the roles that lawyers and business professionals play in the private equity industry, in the process of investing and harvesting capital following the successful formation of a private investment fund. Transactions examined include public and private buyouts and acquisitions; joint ventures and minority investments, both with and without leverage; as well common exit transactions such as IPOs and strategic and secondary sales. Issues that arise during the lifecycle of an investment are also examined, including governance issues involving private equity portfolio companies and co-investor and management team relations.
EDUCATION
SMU Dedman School of Law
Juris Doctorate
University of Oklahoma – Gallogly College of Engineering
Bachelor of Science - BS, Industrial Engineering
ABOUT CODY WILSON
Cody serves as Assistant General Counsel of NGP, where he focuses on the structuring and execution of transactions for the firm and its portfolio companies. Prior to joining NGP, Cody was a senior associate in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. There, he advised private equity firms and portfolio companies throughout investment lifecycles on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, growth investments, exits and general corporate matters. His experience spans transactions ranging in size from several hundred thousand to billions of dollars. He shares that experience with the next generation of lawyers as an adjunct professor at the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, from which he earned a J.D, summa cum laude, in 2020, as a member of the Order of the Coif, a Hatton W. Sumners Scholar and an editor of the SMU Law Review. He earned a B.S. in Industrial Engineering, with distinction, from the University of Oklahoma Gallogly College of Engineering in 2014 as a Carolyn Watson Opportunities Scholar.
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