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At Stonepeak, Claire Smyser Campbell served as legal lead for the Houston deal teams and supported transactions across the alternative investment firm’s New York and London offices. Campbell, who started her career at Vinson & Elkins, is returning to Big Law as a partner at Kirkland. The self-described "deal junkie" visited with The Lawbook about the reasons why and what she learned at Stonepeak.
The duo of Douglas Yeager and Jeffrey M. Smith have practiced together for more than two decades. They were most recently at Winston & Strawn.
Nelson Mullins has recruited lawyers from yet another firm to bolster its nascent Houston outpost. The Chamberlain Hrdlicka expats are headlined by Juan Vasquez, Jr., Peter Lowy, and former Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina.
Patent litigator Nadia Haghighatian announced her move from Kirkland & Ellis on LinkedIn. Earlier this week, Winstead announced a new real estate partner from Fried Frank.
Phyllis Guillory, who practiced at Chamberlain Hrdlick for nearly 30 years, has handled international transactions spanning more than 50 countries.
With the move from New York to Dallas, Luis Murguia is being minted a shareholder.
Bryan Flannery is the fourth corporate partner lateral recruit to Akin’s Houston office over the last two months. He has advised on multiple billion-dollar deals this quarter.
Grogan, who moves to Greenberg Traurig from Paul Hastings, has guided several cryptocurrency firms through Chapter 11 in recent years.
Holland & Knight announced Thursday that Ryan Phelps, a 2016 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, has joined its Tax, Executive Compensation and Benefits Practice Group.
Diebel was most recently a senior attorney at Munsch Hardt. He said he has long been impressed with attorneys at Bell Nunnally and wanted to be part of “creating something special.”
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