Drafting Preliminary Agreements, including Confidentiality Agreements and Letters of Intent 48 Texas Journal of Business Law 2019-2020

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48 Tex. J. Bus. L. 1 (2019-2020)
Drafting Preliminary Agreements, including Confidentiality Agreements and Letters of Intent

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DRAFTING PRELIMINARY AGREEMENTS,
INCLUDING CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS
AND LETTERS OF INTENT

By: Byron F. Egan, Dallas, Texas*

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. PRELIMINARY AGREEMENTS............................................................................. 2
II. CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT ...................................................................... 2
A . NDA A s Effective Standstill Agreem ent............................................................. 3
B . D on't A sk, D on't W aive Provisions................................................................ 4
C . N on R eliance P rovisions...................................................................................... . 7
III. LETTER OF INTENT ................................................................................................. 8
IV. ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS, L.P. V. ENERGY TRANSFER
PARTNERS, L.P........................................................................................................ 8

Appendix A - Form of Confidentiality Agreement

Appendix B - Form of Letter of Intent

* Copyright © 2018 by Byron F. Egan. All rights reserved.
Byron F. Egan is a partner of Jackson Walker L.L.P. in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Egan is a member of the ABA
Business Law Section's Mergers & Acquisitions Committee, serves as its Senior Vice Chair and Chair of its
Executive Council and served as Co-Chair of its Asset Acquisition Agreement Task Force which prepared the
ABA Model Asset Purchase Agreement with Commentary.
The author wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Todd A. Anders of GuideCap Partners LLC in Dallas,
Texas, Cecil W. Bain III of The Nunley Firm, PLLC in Boerne, Texas, and Bradley L. Whitlock of Scheef &
Stone, L.L.P. in Dallas, Texas.
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