OCBA member Megan Gess has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the Orange County office.

Gess is a veteran corporate lawyer with extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Gess advises companies on sophisticated M&A, corporate governance, private equity, securities and commercial transactions across a range of industries, including food and beverage, technology, financial services, healthcare and life sciences.

She joins Haynes and Boone from Troutman Sanders LLP, where she was a partner. Prior to that, she was a partner and co-chair of the Food & Beverage Industry team at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP. Gess serves on the board of directors of Team Kids, an organization that empowers children to change the world by implementing innovative school-based service learning programs.