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Mark Curriden & Makenna Brooks

J.C. Penney and Neiman Marcus Paid $100M in Bankruptcy Fees to Lawyers & Bankers

Neiman Marcus filed for bankruptcy on May 7. Eight days later, J.C. Penney petitioned for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Even before they filed, the two DFW retailers had paid legal and financial advisors $30 million to prepare the case. And those fees were only the start. The Texas Lawbook has details.

February 8, 2021 Mark Curriden & Makenna Brooks

The Texas Lawbook Bankruptcy Advisor Database

December 13, 2020 Mark Curriden & Makenna Brooks

M&A Down Substantially in Texas in Q3

While the deal count stayed above 200 in the third quarter, it was the lowest level over a 12-year period since the second quarter of 2013. Observers blame trade wars and economic concerns as the culprits.

October 7, 2019 Mark Curriden & Makenna Brooks

Does An Unexpected Mid-Market Low Mean Trouble For M&A? Maybe. Maybe Not.

Fourth quarter mergers and acquisitions involving middle and lower middle market Texas businesses have hit an unexpected low. Texas lawyers say their businesses are currently thriving, but the drop shouldn’t necessarily be ignored. Claire Poole and Mark Curriden have their insights on a perplexing end for 2018.

December 6, 2018 Mark Curriden & Makenna Brooks

Law Firm Competition Intense for M&A Deals in Texas

(April 16) – The Texas Lawbook’s 2017 Corporate Deal Tracker results for M&A dealmaking are final and there are some major surprises. V&E still reigns No. 1, but a handful of national law firms that have moved into Texas are threatening to take its crown. The Texas Lawbook has all the numbers on M&A by Texas law firms.

April 16, 2018 Mark Curriden & Makenna Brooks

Dr Pepper GC Jim Baldwin Leads $18.7B Deal with Keurig

Dr Pepper Snapple General Counsel Jim Baldwin and the soft drink maker’s in-house legal team – including assistant GCs Art Swanson and Wayne Lewis – led the Plano company’s $18.7 billion merger negotiations with Keurig Green Mountain. Morgan Lewis, Skadden Arps and McDermott are advising in the transaction, but none of the key lawyers are based in Texas.

January 29, 2018 Mark Curriden & Makenna Brooks

Cross-Border Dealmaking for TX Companies Plunges in 2017

Cross-border deals in Texas are down dramatically in 2017. Aside from the usual suspects – a strong dollar and undependable oil prices – is a new one: the uncertain parameters of the Trump administration’s “America First” policies. Some transactional lawyers think a lack of policy structure breeds uncertainty among foreign investors. Others think it has no effect at all. This exclusive in The Texas Lawbook has the numbers and the story behind them.

December 6, 2017 Mark Curriden & Makenna Brooks

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  • HF Sinclair’s Vaishali Bhatia Balances Concerns of Business and Law, and Wins a Green Apatosaurus - Vaishali Bhatia experienced five crazy months in 2022. As HollyFrontier's GC, she and her team closed the $400 million acquisition of the Puget Sound Refinery, negotiated and closed the $2.7 billion acquisition of Sinclair Oil Corporation and Sinclair Transportation, which required multiple regulatory approvals and the creation of an entirely new publicly-traded entity. That was immediately followed by a $400 million senior notes offering and a new credit facility.

    Citing those extraordinary successes, the ACC DFW Chapter and The Texas Lawbook named Bhatia as the 2022 DFW General Counsel of the Year for a Midsized Legal Department.
    January 31, 2023Mark Curriden
  • Tuesday Morning’s GC Jennyfer Gray’s Life in the Fast Lane - Jennyfer Gray knows what it means to take it to the limit one more time. As interim general counsel of Tuesday Morning, Gray is helping lead the Dallas-based retailer through turbulent times. Facing severe economic challenges like most retailers, Tuesday Morning and Gray went through multiple financings and credit facilities, including a $110 million asset-based loan, and the transition to a new executive leadership team and corporate board. In recognition of Gray's achievements, she is the recipient of the 2022 DFW Corporate Counsel Award recipient for General Counsel of the Year for a Small Legal Department. January 26, 2023Mark Curriden

GCs, Lawyers & Firms

  • Former Texas Appellate Judge Rejoins Dykema - After eight years on the Dallas Court of Appeals, former justice David Schenck is practicing law at his old law firm. In an interview with The Texas Lawbook, Schenck said Dykema was the only firm he seriously considered.
  • White & Case Hires Three Bracewell Litigators in Houston
  • Remembering Fort Worth Federal Judge John McBryde
  • Winstead Elects Jeff Matthews as Next Leader
  • This Associate Logged 100 Hours of Pro Bono in the Last Year. Here’s How He Did It
  • SEC’s David Peavler Joining Jones Day
  • P.S. — A Couple Awards, A Memorial Fund, ‘It’s Fun to Stay at the YMCA’
  • Jonny Havens: An Entrepreneurial Lawyer, Iraq War Veteran & Pro Bono Advocate
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Lawyers in the News

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Clyde O. “Chip” Adams IV
Priya Aiyar
Doug Bacon
Jim Baldwin
Jesse Craig Barker
Jeffrey Scott Becker
Will Becker
Eryn Berquist
Shawn Blackburn
Victor Boutros
Clayton J. Callen
Chrysta Castañeda
Don Colleluori 
Chris Collins
Deron Dacus
Shumaila Dhuka
Alan Dorantes
Scott G. Edwards
Joanna Enns
Russ Falconer
Jon Finger
Rachel Fitzgerald
Andrew Frackman
Royal Furgeson
David Gair
William Gammon
Maria Garrett
Mitchell Garrett
Rodney Gilstrap
Joseph Grinstein
David Gunn
Charlie Haag
Elizabeth Hadley
Brian Hail
James S. Halpern
Kevin Henderson
James Wesley Hendrix
Joe Hoffman
Garrett Hughey
Joel Israel
Jack Jacobsen
Marc Jaffe
Adam Johnson
Chelsea Johnson
Jim Jordan
Johnathan Jordan
Mike Logan
Marc Kaplan
Dee Kelly Jr.
Gary Kennedy
Jeremy Kennedy
Susan Cannon Kennedy
Chris Kratovil
Douglas M. Kubehl
Bianca LaCaille
Lindsay Lane
David Lange
Adam Larson
Marysia Laskowski
Jonathan Litsey
Ryan Maierson
Jim Marshall
Michael Mazidi
Josh McNulty
Doug McWilliams
Jonathan Mitchell
Adrienne Mosley
Michael Murphy
Cheryl Camin Murray
David A. Nelson
Sarah Nelson
Andrew S. Oldham
Patrick O'Malley
Yvette Ostolaza
Danielle Patterson
Ken Paxton
Brett Peace
Jesse Pence
Kevin Peter
David Rassin
Andino Reynal 
Tom Rhodus
Benjamin Roberts
Whit Roberts
Adolfo “JR” Rodriguez Jr.
Ladd Sanger
Stephen W. Sather
Jason Schumacher
Ryan Scofield
Cory Don Sepolio
Anthony Shoemaker
Mike Slack
Joshua Smeltzer
Carl E. Stewart
David Stone
Brianne M. Straka
Chris Strong
Michael Telle
Ashley Thurman
Mitch Tiras
Emily Tobolowsky
Mark Trachtenberg
John E. Tyrrell
Rob Walters
Charlene Wandrisco
Kristin Walker-Probst
Steve Walkowiak
Dan Wall
Johnny Ward
Bruce Wark
Erika Weinberg
Mark Werbner
Bob Wiegand
Don R. Willett
Taylor Williams
Tom Woolsey
Meng Xi
Debbie Yee
Paul Yetter

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American Airlines
AT&T
Baker Botts
Beck Redden
Belmont Interests
The Castañeda Firm
Chesapeake Energy
Chevron Phillips Chemical
Compass Group Equity
Craftsman Capital
DLA Piper
Dykema
Enterprise Products
Figari & Davenport
Finesse
Gibson Dunn
Gray Reed
Greenberg Traurig
Harris County DA
Hartline Barger
Haynes and Boone
HTI
Hunton AK
Katten
Kelly Hart
Keurig Dr Pepper
Kirkland
KRCL
Kuvare
Latham
Locke Lord
Lone Star Bank
McGuireWoods
Molina Healthcare
Munsch Hardt
Next Bridge Hyrdrocarbons
Nokia
Ocwen Financial
O'Melveny
OpTic Gaming
PepsiCo
QatarEnergy
Quinn Emanuel
Race Rock
Roberts Law
Rodriguez Law Firm
Ryan Law Partners
Sabre
SAExploration
Sidley
Skyward Specialty
Slack Davis Sanger
SMB Law
Stewart Wiegand & Owens
Susman Godfrey
T-Mobile
Transocean
United Healthcare
V&E
Ward Smith & Hill
WildFire
Winston & Strawn
Womble
Worlds Enterprises
Yetter Coleman

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