WELCOME TO VELA | WOOD We are a boutique corporate law firm with a local feel and a global impact. We focus our practice in the areas of M&A, Private Equity, Fund Representation, and Venture Transactions.

We provide a full suite of services to our clients. With a flexible billing model that focuses on relationships, not time, we seek to enable our clients to fulfill their personal and professional goals. We thrive on turning an initial consultation into a successful, long-term relationship.

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  Explore our interactive content. You’ll find our annual graphics depicting our firm at work and at play, a guide to help you navigate your startup’s lifecycle, and more. View Infographics

• Venture Deals in 2016

  To provide analysis on early-stage venture financing in North Texas, we created an audit of the capital raises we facilitated in 2016. See Report

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Meet Our Attorneys

• “Vela, stop shooting so much.”

  – Coach Cranfill

  Kevin Vela

  Partner

  Kevin is the managing partner at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice in the areas of M&A, venture financing, and fund formation. Read More

• “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
  — Marcus Aurelius

  Radney Wood

  Partner

  Radney is a named partner at Vela Wood. He divides his practice between commercial litigation and general corporate matters, concentrating on partnership disputes, corporate governance, venture financing, and contract negotiations. Read More

• “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”

  – Anonymous

  Carr Staley

  Partner

  Carr is a partner at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and real estate transactions and investment activities. Read More

• “Don’t count the things you do, do the things that count.”

  – Zig Ziglar

  Lindsey Altmeyer

  Associate

  Lindsey is an associate at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice in the areas of venture financing, securities exemptions, and general corporate governance. Read More

• Give them what they never knew they wanted. – Diana Vreeland

  Lara Bubalo Manor

  Senior Associate

  Lara is a senior associate at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions, and private placements. Read More

• “Learn from others whom have walked the path before you, but be smart enough to know when to cut your own trail”

  – Narciso Rodriguez

  Caroline R. Fabacher

  Associate

  Caroline is an associate at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice in the areas of entity formation, capital raises, corporate governance, and daily fantasy sports regulations. Read More

• “You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.”

  – Tina Fey

  Meaghan Johnston

  Senior Associate

  Meaghan is a senior associate at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private placements, corporate governance, and incentive plans. Read More

• “A lot of people give up just before they’re about to make it. You never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.” – Chuck Norris

  Nic O’Brien

  Associate

  Nic is an associate at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice in the areas of venture financings, mergers and acquisitions, commercial and technology transactions, and general corporate governance. Read More

• “Do it well, and do it fast.”

  – Juan Ramos Baeza, Dad

  Juan Ramos

  Associate

  Juan is an associate at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice in the areas of fund formation, M&A, real estate transactions, contract negotiation, and dispute resolution. Read More

• “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”

  – Elon Musk

  Jeff Villalobos

  Associate

  Jeff is an associate at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice in the areas of intellectual property, technology commercialization, privacy, advertising, and corporate transactional matters. Read More

• “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

  – Anais Nin

  Jenny Young

  Senior Associate

  Jenny is a senior associate at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice on employment law and general corporate matters. Read More
• Zach Jones

  Senior Associate

  Zach is a senior associate at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice on tax disputes with government authorities and complicated business transactions. Read More
• Blake Hart

  Of Counsel

  Blake is Of Counsel at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice on contract drafting, review, and negotiation on behalf of sports and entertainment individuals and enterprises. Read More
• Lacey Shrum

  Senior Counsel

  Lacey is Senior Counsel at Vela Wood. She implements blockchain and smart contract solutions in securities compliance. Read More

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