Houston Corporate Counsel Award Winners: Phillips 66, LyondellBasell, First Reserve, McDermott, Cardinal Systems

The corporate legal department at Phillips 66 played the role of Oppenheimer last week at the 2024 Houston Corporate Counsel Awards, as the firm’s in-house lawyers won or were finalists in one-fourth of the categories, including General Counsel of the Year for a Large Legal Department and M&A Transaction of the Year.

More than 220 corporate in-house counsel and their outside lawyers gathered last Wednesday night at the Four Seasons to recognize more than two-dozen general counsel and senior in-house counsel who achieved extraordinary success during the past year. Half of the dozen award categories were competitive, meaning there were two or more finalists. The winners in those competitive categories are: