Speakers
Debra Gatison Hatter is a partner in the M&A/Capital Markets practice group. Her practice focuses on corporate finance including: mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, joint ventures and strategic partnerships including, HSR compliance, investment funds, corporate governance and general business matters in a range of industries. Companies in the Fortune 500 as well as startups are included among her clients in a range of industries.
Ms. Hatter is an advisory board member of Youth About Business, board member of the Houston Penn Law Alumni Club, former board member of the Houston Area Urban League, and founder and past chair of the Houston Bar Association’s Mergers and Acquisitions Section. Within her firm, she is a member of the diversity committee, co-chairs the Women’s Initiative and is a founder of the Women’s Leadership Academy which fosters the development of senior associate women.
Ms. Hatter has been voted a SuperLawyer by Texas Monthly Magazine and executive volunteer of the year by Youth About Business and was recently honored as a role model by the Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce.
A native of Connecticut, Debra received her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and her undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science. She and her husband, Donald, are the proud parents of 3 daughters.