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Education
  • University of Texas, J.D., with honors, 1985
  • University of Texas at Arlington, B.A., 1980

Bar Admissions
  • Texas

Awards and Honors
  • Texas Super Lawyers in Corporate Finance, Texas Monthly Magazine

Stanley O. Mayo
Partner

Business
Mezzanine and Other Junior Debt Financing
Corporate Finance
  


  2000 McKinney Ave
Suite 1700
Dallas, Texas 75201
T: 214-758-1577  F: 214-758-1550
Stan Mayo maintains an active practice in the representation of private investment funds and their sponsors in connection with fund formations and portfolio investing activities. Mr. Mayo is nationally regarded as an authority in the area of mezzanine finance and junior capital, having closed hundreds of such transactions in his 25 years of practice, including traditional mezzanine, tranche B, preferred equity and venture capital. Mr. Mayo represents emerging fund sponsors, including first time SBICs, and advises them on formation and structuring issues, tax and regulatory matters, and acquisition and disposition of investments.

Mr. Mayo also has long represented traditional senior lenders, including corporate banks, business credit divisions and commercial banks, in connection with their lending activities, restructurings, workouts and bankruptcies with particular expertise in energy, health care and technology companies.

Mr. Mayo brings to bear leadership, entrepreneurial and management skills to his practice. He was recently the Managing Partner of Patton Boggs’ Dallas office for four years and is a former member of the firm’s global Management Committee and Operations and Finance Committee. Mr. Mayo is a founding partner of the Patton Boggs Dallas office and a founding shareholder of Texas Capital Bancshares and Highland Bancshares.

Previously, Mr. Mayo served as a law clerk to Judge Sam D. Johnson at the U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit.

Professional Affiliations:
  • American Bar Association, Business Law Section
  • State Bar of Texas, Business Law and Corporate Counsel Sections
  • Dallas Bar Association
  • Association for Corporate Growth
  • Board of Directors, Dallas Regional Chamber (2010-13)
  • Board of Directors, Dallas Scores (2006-07)
  • Associate Member, Dallas Museum of Art
  • Member, Nasher Sculpture Center