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Baker Botts corporate partner Mollie Duckworth, who was partner-in-charge of the firm's Austin office and deputy chair of the firmwide corporate department until earlier this year, is expected to join Latham before the end of the year, The Texas Lawbook has learned. She will be the fourth corporate partner lateral to join Latham's newly opened Austin office.
It is Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta, PC's fourth office outside of the 46-lawyer firm's Dallas headquarters.
Jay Blackman served as assistant general counsel of investment funds and joint ventures at the Houston real estate company for a little over a year.
Jay Greathouse, who was promoted to partner at NRF in January, led Christus Health's 2020 acquisition of Central Texas Medical Center.
Formerly at Baker McKenzie, Luis Gomar and Rocio Mendoza are joining Paul Hastings' energy transition and infrastructure team in Houston.
Tim Fenn, managing partner of Latham’s Houston office and a former V&E colleague of Chandler’s, believes Latham is adding “one of the top M&A and private equity attorneys” handling energy and infrastructure deals.
The firm is betting the two corporate lawyers' institutional knowledge and experience building a successful office will reap more rewards in Austin.
Travis Counts is the second former C-suite hire from a major oil and gas player this year. He has negotiated and closed transactions exceeding $75 billion in value over his career, which includes Concho's $9.5 billion sale to ConocoPhillips that closed in January.
Simpson Thacher is adding a young partner who played a key role in EQT's $2.9 billion acquisition of assets from Alta Resources in May.
Trent Bridges served as the lead lawyer on numerous mergers and acquisitions and other corporate matters for the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based company.
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