Michael Byrd, who has served as lead counsel in more than 100 oil and gas M&A deals over his 30-plus-year career, and his “protégé” shared the scoop on why Porter Hedges and what kinds of deals they are working on in a Q&A with The Lawbook.
Bracewell Adds to Energy Depth with Houston Partner John Zabaneh
After spending the last decade in various corporate legal departments, Zabaneh is returning to private practice at a firm he got to know well while at Noble Energy.
McKool Smith Adds Veteran Dallas Trial Lawyer
After three decades of leading a boutique litigation firm, Alan Loewinsohn is reuniting with old friends and colleagues Mike McKool and Doug Cawley at McKool Smith. He is being joined by two colleagues from his prior firm.
Dallas Public Finance Pro Lands at Locke Lord
Steve Bolden, whose clients have included DFW Airport, the North Texas Tollway Authority, the Texas Water Development Board and the City of Dallas, was most recently at Bracewell.
Q&A with GI Alliance CLO Cheryl Camin Murray
Cheryl Camin Murray and her legal team at DFW-based GI Alliance helped steer the nation’s largest gastroenterology practice through a physician-led buyout in August that valued the company at $2.2 billion. The deal happened a little over a year after Murray, a mother of triplets who built a thriving healthcare practice over more than two decades in private practice, joined GI Alliance as its chief legal officer.
The Texas Lawbook caught up with Murray about the Apollo-backed financing and her move in-house.
Former SCOTX Justice Eva Guzman Jumps to Houston Litigation Firm
Eva Guzman, who launched a failed bid to unseat Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after resigning from the court last summer, will start at Wright Close & Barger on Sept. 12.
GT Recruits Gruber-led Litigation Team
Mike Gruber and two young shareholders have left Dorsey for Greenberg Traurig. The Texas Lawbook spoke with the lawyers on Day One at GT.
‘Can I Come Over and Hang Out?’: Behind the Scenes of Akin Gump’s Houston Office Refresh with Gensler
Individual workout and meditation rooms and Pelotons, plus an Icee machine and Houston Rockets Pop-A-Shot. Akin Gump’s revamped Houston office has them all. The Texas Lawbook sat down with Houston leaders at Akin Gump and Gensler to discuss what it takes to shepherd the “office of the next generation” and glean early reviews from attorneys and clients.
Publisher’s Note: This article is a sponsored partnership with Gensler.
August Lateral Hiring Off to Sizzling Start
Baker Botts gained and lost a corporate partner; Polsinelli picked up a former assistant U.S. attorney and health care fraud expert; Gibson Dunn added a corporate debt finance partner; and BakerHostetler signed an energy litigation partner.
Crawford, Wishnew & Lang Hires New Partner
Matthew Muckleroy is the Dallas litigation firm’s sixth partner and 12th attorney.