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By Brooks Igo
(Dec. 6) – Andrews Kurth Kenyon announced its 2018 class of new partners today. Six of the eight soon-to-be partners are based in the firm’s Houston headquarters, while one offices in Dallas and another splits time between Austin and New York.
The Houston promotions include:
Brooks Antweil, a graduate of the University of Houston Law Center, advises corporate clients and publicly-traded partnerships and REITs on registered securities offerings, private placements, periodic reporting and corporate governance issues.
Joseph Buoni focuses his practice on bankruptcy restructurings and various litigation matters. He has represented energy companies, financial institutions and private equity firms.
Philip Haines has handled more than 80 public and private offerings of debt, equity and preferred securities with a combined deal value of more than $10 billion. He received his law degree from Baylor Law School.
Barbara Jane League provides advice on tax-exempt financing transactions for cities, counties, states, school districts, charter schools, housing authorities, higher education authorities, state agencies and nonprofit organizations. She is a former attorney with the Chief Counsel of the IRS.
Ashley Muehlberger, a University of Texas School of Law graduate, concentrates her practice on upstream and midstream oil and gas transactions and public and private mergers and acquisitions. She recently represented a private oil and gas company in a sale to a public company for $2.85 billion in cash and stock consideration.
Kelly Ultis is in the firm’s tax group, where she is an expert on executive compensation and employee benefits. She went to law school at the University of Houston Law Center.
J.R. Morgan splits his time between the firm’s Austin and New York offices where he represents private fund sponsors in the creation of their management companies and in the formation of domestic and international funds, including private equity, venture capital, energy, real estate, private debt and hedge funds. He has launched funds from $10 million to $1.5 billion.
Kathleen Muñoz is based in Dallas and maintains a commercial real estate and business transactions practice. She represents financial institutions, lenders and special servicers on matters involving origination, warehouse lending and securitization, as well as workouts, assumptions and the exercise of remedies.
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