Alexus Esquibel

Alexus Esquibel is an attorney at Vela Wood. She represents clients in general business matters, with a focus on venture capital financing and mergers & acquisitions.


Gregory Smith

Gregory Smith is Senior Counsel for Vela Wood, with a practice focusing on real estate, corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. With a firm background in energy law including the renewables sector, Gregory has a substantial transactional knowledge foundation. Gregory is a 2020 and 2021 Super Lawyers Rising Star and a Texas Bar Foundation Life Fellow.


Rebecca Carpenter

Rebecca Carpenter is Senior Counsel at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice on advising private fund and venture capital fund managers on a wide variety of business manners including formation, analysis of investments, and securities and regulatory matters.


Candace Groth

Candace Groth is a senior attorney at Vela Wood. She focuses on mergers & acquisitions and complex LLC matters.


Alyson Rubio

Alyson Rubio is a Partner at Vela Wood. Alyson’s experience includes representing clients ranging from startups to public companies in corporate and transactional matters.


Myra Dioquino

Myra is a senior attorney at Vela Wood. Her experience includes representing a variety of startups and established businesses in transactional and intellectual property matters.


Tyson Attaway

Tyson is a senior attorney at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice in the areas of M&A, venture capital, and private equity. 


Paul Wolpert

Paul Wolpert is a partner at Vela Wood and is the Chair of the firm’s M&A practice. He practices in all areas of corporate law, with a focus on M&A and corporate finance. He has represented corporate clients, financial institutions, and sponsors in a variety of U.S. and international transactions aggregating in excess of $15 billion.


Lacey Shrum

Lacey is an attorney at Vela Wood where she serves businesses that use blockchain technology and digital assets. She serves as a subject matter expert and expert witness to attorneys and advisors as they encounter digital assets in their traditional legal practice.


Blake Hart

Blake is a senior attorney at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice on contract drafting, review, and negotiation on behalf of sports and entertainment individuals and enterprises.