London law firm Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) recently announced that Houston energy partner Fernando Cano-Lasa has joined the firm from Squire Patton Boggs. Cano-Lasa, who specializes in transactional work in
Updated – Shearman Adds Restructuring Pro from Baker Botts
Prior to joining Shearman, Lucky McDowell practiced for his entire 17-year career at Baker Botts.
DLA Piper Signs Dallas Corporate Partner Randy Peak
DLA Piper recently added healthcare transactional partner K. Randolph Peak to its Dallas office. Peak was previously senior counsel at Perkins Coie. He focuses his practice on healthcare and life sciences
Katten Continues Dallas Office Expansion with Restructuring Partner Addition
Charles Gibbs and two special counsel have joined Katten’s Dallas office from Akin Gump.
LeClairRyan Launches Dallas Office
The new Dallas office will be led by a Houston partner. It is the 215-lawyer firm’s second office in Texas and 23rd nationwide.
Gray Reed Makes First Addition to New Waco Office
Appellate lawyer Greg White has joined the regional firm as of counsel.
K&L Gates Bolsters Construction and Infrastructure Practice in Houston
Bart Turner is a former vice president of KBR, Inc.’s legal department.
Fort Worth Law Firm Adds Bill Ratliff III
Ratliff previously practiced at Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller, the law firm his father William D. Ratliff Jr. founded in 1938.
Baker Botts Selects Recipients of Diversity Fellowship
The law students – which represent the law schools at Harvard, the University of Texas, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Berkeley – will work as summer associates at Baker Botts and receive scholarship funds.
Akerman MP of Texas Appointed CIArb Fellow
Scott Marrs, who is based in Houston, focuses on legal issues in the energy sector.