About me

Address: Houston: 1111 Louisiana Street, 44th Floor, Houston, TX 77002-5200

Areas of Focus: Capital Markets; Corporate; Corporate Governance; Private Equity Transactions; Special Situations; Financial Restructuring; Public Company Advisory

Biography:
Shar helps clients access public and private markets in raising capital and creating liquidity for existing equity holders. His clients call upon him to execute intricate, sophisticated transactions within tight time frames.
He has led teams on multiple types of capital-raising matters, ranging from small, private transactions to large public transactions, including initial public offerings.
Shar regularly represents issuers, underwriters and purchasers in registered and private offerings of debt and equity securities. He also provides advice to acquirors, targets, and their financial advisors in public company mergers and acquisitions.
Shar also advises public and private companies in their day-to-day operations in areas including:
- Corporate governance
- Stock exchange listing and other compliance matters
- General corporate advice.
He also has experience in highly complex, large capital-raising and refinancing transactions related to restructurings both in and out of court.

Representative Work:
- Represented TWFG, Inc. on its initial public offering of common stock and listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
- Advised a privately held company in its initial public offering of common stock and listing on the New York Stock Exchange. The company had multiple owners, including several very large private equity funds, all of which were looking for liquidity for their investments. The matter involved balancing competing interests and creating liquidity for a large number of stockholders.
- Advised multiple groups of creditors in structuring and executing backstopped equity rights offerings with aggregate proceeds in excess of $1 billion.
- Assisted a public company in recapitalizing to pay a leveraged dividend, increasing the rate of return for investors in the business. In a very short time frame, helped the client to issue secured notes, the proceeds of which the company combined with cash from operations to pay a cash dividend to all of its stockholders. Additionally, within the context of this matter, assisted the board of directors with obtaining a solvency opinion.
- Counseled an unsecured creditors’ committee in acquiring certain assets of an energy company in a chapter 11 proceeding through a newly formed acquisition entity and negotiating equity financing for the entity all at the same time. Formed the new company and closed both the acquisition and financing transaction.

Credentials:
Education: J.D., Columbia Law School, 2001; B.B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1995 (magna cum laude)
Bar Admissions: Texas, 2001

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Insights:
- SEC Proposes Regulation Crypto Assets: A Tailored Offering Framework for Crypto Investment Contracts (August 19, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-proposes-regulation-crypto-assets-a-tailored-offering-framework-for-crypto-investment-contracts
- DExit: The Reincorporation Decision — A Guide for Investors (July 29, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/articles/dexit-the-reincorporation-decision-a-guide-for-investors
- Is It Time to DExit?  A Guide for Boards (July 22, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/articles/is-it-time-to-dexit-a-guide-for-boards
- SEC Proposes Regulation E-Delivery: Electronic Delivery Would Become the Default (July 17, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-proposes-regulation-e-delivery-electronic-delivery-would-become-the-default
- SEC Expands Availability of Five Business Day Tender and Exchange Offers (July 6, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-expands-availability-of-five-business-day-tender-and-exchange-offers
- Akin Advises Energy Fuels in $725 Million Conditional Government Financing Commitment to Accelerate Growth in Critical Minerals  (June 18, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-energy-fuels-in-dollar725-million-conditional-government-financing-commitment
- SEC Proposes Reforms to Registered Offerings and Public Company Reporting (May 21, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-proposes-reforms-to-registered-offerings-and-public-company-reporting
- SEC Proposes Optional Semiannual Reporting for Public Companies: What You Need to Know (May 6, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-proposes-optional-semiannual-reporting-for-public-companies-what-you-need-to-know
- SEC Grants Relief Permitting Shortened Tender Offer Periods for Equity Securities (April 20, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-grants-relief-permitting-shortened-tender-offer-periods-for-equity-securities
- SEC Adopts Final Rules Requiring Section 16(a) Reporting for Directors and Officers of FPIs, and Provides Exemptive Relief for FPI Directors and Officers in Qualifying Jurisdictions (March 12, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-adopts-final-rules-requiring-section-16a-reporting-for-directors-and-officers-of-foreign-private-issuers-fpis-and-provides-exemptive-relief-for-fpi-directors-and-officers
- Section 16(a) Reporting Will Be Required for Foreign Private Issuer Directors and Officers (December 23, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/Section-16a-Reporting-Will-Be-Required-for-Foreign-Private-Issuer-Directors-and-Officers
- White House Executive Order Targets Proxy Advisory Firms – Potential Implications for Companies and Investors (December 23, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/white-house-executive-order-targets-proxy-advisory-firms-potential-implications-for-companies-and-investors