State Bar of Texas Disciplinary Actions
Summer disciplinary actions at the State Bar of Texas were scant. Activity reported include four suspensions and one request for reinstatement.
CDT Roundup: 18 Deals, 12 Firms, 140 Lawyers, $6.6B
Is the business of law business getting back to normal? Maybe. If the numbers over the last few weeks mean anything, things are both more and less normal. Willkie Farr's Michael De Voe Piazza thinks it's a trend worth noting. The CDT Roundup has the deals.
CDT Roundup: 14 Deals, 10 Firms, 97 Lawyers, $4.9B
Hating the term "New Normal"? Get used to it. As S&P Global Market Intelligence reports, it's going to be a long road back. The CDT Roundup explains.
CDT Roundup: 12 Deals, 11 Firms, 112 Lawyers, $32.1B
Two sides to the coin. Two-edged sword. Yin and Yang. Pick your metaphor, but both pessimists and optimists will find succor in this week's transactions. Allen Pusey explains.
CDT Roundup: 7 Deals, 8 Firms, 76 Lawyers, $5.3B
How hard has the coronavirus been on transactional activity from week to week? We decided to check the figures from March through July against the same time period during the two previous years. Here's what we found.
Stephen Olson Vaults to Gibson Dunn
The UT Law School grad with a New York background and a strong PE client base, previously led the Houston office and Texas transactional practice at Jones Day.
Akin Gump Helps 7-Eleven Take Speedway for $21B
So much for low-cost M&A pickups at the bankruptcy court. Japanese-owned 7-Eleven bought 3,900 Speedway locations from Marathon Petroleum on Sunday for $21 billion. The Lawbook has the lawyers who made the deal happen.
CDT Roundup: 9 Deals, 6 Firms, 67 Lawyers, $18.75B
It wasn't the biggest week of the year, but Chevron's $13 billion blockbuster buy of Noble Energy assured big value. But in the grand scheme of global energy values, the deal may suggest that better times are coming. Allen Pusey explains in this week's Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup.
Baker Botts, Latham Advise in NRG’s $3.6B Acquisition of Direct Energy
North American power company NRG announced Friday it is acquiring Houston-based Direct Energy. The deal extends the reach of NRGs retail power business well beyond Texas.
Jared Sine’s So Far, So Good, Very Remarkable Year
While the rest of us have been dodging disaster, Jared Sine has been having a very, very good year. After settling with Bumble, the chief legal officer for Match helped guide the company through a reverse-split from Barry Diller’s IAC. Even in the best of times, it’s a complicated transaction that requires intense attention, a firm sense of direction and lots of luck. But add to that an economic collapse and a global pandemic and you ... well, Sine explains what it took to The Texas Lawbook.