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What were the firm’s biggest or most important (non-client) achievements as a firm in 2020? John Zavitsanos: Some firms slowed down in 2020. We sped up. We never cut staff or salary, no furloughs,
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What were the firm’s biggest or most important (non-client) achievements as a firm in 2020? John Zavitsanos: Some firms slowed down in 2020. We sped up. We never cut staff or salary, no furloughs,
The finance duo - which includes the former head of Thompson & Knight's Houston office - has significant experience in the oil and gas industry.
Brad Nitschke was the chair of Jackson Walker's Covid-19 Task Force.
The Dutch chemical company has added Andrew Edelman has senior counsel to handle disputes in the Americas.
Balch & Bingham has added Bryan Moore from Beveridge & Diamond to its newly-opened Austin office.
Corporate lawyer David Allen said Holland & Knight's recent merger with TK "significantly increases our profile in the Texas marketplace."
Randy Peak, who was most recently at DLA Piper, has a familiarity with Haynes and Boone from the client side.
Just prior to the shutdowns induced by the pandemic, Katten moved into new digs at Park District's PwC Tower in Dallas. Later in the fall, the office was named one of the Best Places to Work in North Texas by the Dallas Business Journal. And Dallas health care partner Kenya Woodruff assisted eTrueNorth with a public-private partnership that facilitated the opening of hundreds of drive-through COVID-19 testing sites.
Bell Nunnally highlighted its representation of Dallas-based ISN Software Corporation in a late year funding by the Blackstone Group as one of its most important successes in 2020. Blackstone’s minority investment values the company at more than $2B – adding another “unicorn” to North Texas’ growing stable. In a significant pro bono achievement, senior associate Arianna Goodman led the firm in partnering with the Buried Alive Project to reduce an inmate's sentence substantially under the First Step Act.
Jackson Walker had a blockbuster year for bankruptcy work in 2020, much of which was led by Houston partner Matt Cavenaugh. But not all of the firm's successes were tied to Covid-19 and its impact on clients. A team of litigators obtained the largest known recovery in a student speech case in the U.S. Plus, the firm established new partnerships with the Buried Alive Project and the Promise of Justice Initiative.
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