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Claire Poole

Kirkland Poaches Real Estate Partner from Jones Day

Andrew Van Noord is the first real estate capital markets attorney in the one-year-old Dallas office and is bringing along an associate.

August 1, 2019 Claire Poole

Texas Lawyers Behind Three Billion-Dollar-Plus Deals

Attorneys at the Texas offices of Jones Day, Orrick, Shearman and Gibson Dunn help paper up big transactions for Britain's BBA Aviation, France's Veolia and a JV between Colombia's Ecopetrol and Oxy.

July 31, 2019 Claire Poole

CDT Roundup: 11 Deals, 13 Firms, 76 Lawyers, $7.3B

Will the deal machine keep churning? With worries over the U.S. economy and trade tensions, some aren't so sure. But PwC thinks M&A will remain active, with technology dominant. Claire Poole explores the firm's analysis plus provides highlights of the deal week that was among Texas lawyers.

July 31, 2019 Claire Poole

HuntonAK, V&E advise on Osaka’s $610M Sabine Oil purchase

Osaka’s purchase of Houston-based Sabine will give it the target’s entire natural gas position in East Texas and make it the first Japanese acquirer of a U.S. shale gas developer. Claire Poole has the details.

July 29, 2019 Claire Poole

Evercore Back as the Top-Ranked Dealmaker for Texas Companies in H1

Financial advisor Evercore edged out Jefferies in Texas M&A dealmaking for the first half of 2019, according to the latest stats from Mergermarket. Claire Poole has the rest of the first half results, including the value rankings.

July 29, 2019 Claire Poole

CDT Roundup: 13 Deals, 13 Firms, 125 Lawyers, $11.8B

Energy M&A isn't the only market that's gone torpid. According to Drillinginfo, public equity and debt offerings raised only $16.9 billion in the second quarter, down more than a third from this time last year. Claire Poole has the numbers underlying those numbers, along with a slightly more optimistic CDT Roundup of Texas activity.

July 23, 2019 Claire Poole

Mergermarket: Texas M&A Plummeted in H1 2019

If you've been paying attention to M&A numbers in recent weeks, you already know this: compared to last year, the first half of 2019 has been lackluster. Deal count is down. Deal values are down. "Exceedingly cautious," is the way one lawyer describes the market. Claire Poole bears the bad news from our exclusive Mergermarket data.

July 18, 2019 Claire Poole

CDT Roundup: 10 Deals, 7 Firms, 46 Lawyers, $775.5M

Deal activity involving Texas lawyers continued to be weak this past week – and way weaker than this time last year, which doesn't portend a great second half of the year. Claire Poole has the numbers.

July 16, 2019 Claire Poole

Callon-Carrizo: It’s All About Relationships

Baker Botts had done work for Carrizo Oil & Gas for 22 years. Kirkland had been developing a relationship with Callon Petroleum management for the last several years. In the end, the two law firms helped put together a combination of the two companies that one analyst says will join an elite group that can achieve double-digit production growth while generating meaningful free cash flow.

July 16, 2019 Claire Poole

Kirkland, Baker Botts Aid on $3.2B Callon-Carrizo Hookup

Callon’s purchase of Carrizo is the latest in a wave of consolidation among oil and gas producers operating in the Permian Basin. But one analyst thinks there could be some investor pushback as many viewed Callon as more of a seller than a buyer.

July 15, 2019 Claire Poole

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  • UT San Antonio CLO Hailey Mullican Led ‘Historic Merger with Transformative Impact’ - In September, the University of Texas San Antonio completed a merger with UT Health that legal experts agree was one of the most unique and complex deals of 2025 and will create the third-largest public research university in Texas and is expected to generate $7 billion in economic impact for San Antonio. “The merger is probably the most important decision the board of regents have made in the last 50 years,” UTSA CLO Hailey Mullican told The Texas Lawbook, pointing out that the deal was handled completely in-house. “Pretty quickly, the team realized that no one really knew how to do this. And I mean no one."

    The Association of Corporate Counsel’s San Antonio Chapter and The Lawbook are awarding the 2025 San Antonio Corporate Counsel Award for M&A Transaction of the Year to Mullican and her legal team at UT San Antonio.
    November 3, 2025Mark Curriden
  • Steven Jansma — ‘A Good Lawyer but an Even Better Person and Friend’ - For 33 years as a trial lawyer at Norton Rose Fulbright, Steven Jansma has scored huge courtroom victories in highly complex lawsuits for dozens of Fortune 500 clients, including a German automaker, an Ohio tire manufacturer, a Japanese chemical company, a national trucking operation and a major petroleum refinery, to describe a few, in state and federal courts across 26 states.

    “It is his ability to see through the clutter, distill the complex into simplicity and then communicate in a way that is devoid of the emotion that one often sees in complex litigation matters," said Vulcan Materials senior counsel John M. Floyd.

    But it is Jansma's deep commitment to public service in the San Antonio community that stands out the most, including Child Advocates San Antonio, Clarity Child Guidance Center, Catholic Charities and The Ecumenical Center, where he has helped shape programs that support vulnerable populations, Cody said. The Association of Corporate Counsel’s San Antonio Chapter and The Lawbook are honored to award Jansma with the 2025 C. Lee Cusenbary Ethical Life and Leadership Award.
    October 31, 2025Mark Curriden

GCs, Lawyers & Firms

  • TX GC Forum Names New CEO - The Texas General Counsel Forum has hired Kristin Hays, a former executive at Sabre, LaQuinta Inns and JCPenney, as its new chief executive officer.
  • Houston Energy M&A Partner Returns to V&E
  • The Sterling Group GC Joins Latham
  • AZA to Open Dallas Office in January 
  • Sherri Alexander Leading the Charge as Healthcare Litigation Grows More Complex
  • Erin Hopkins: Another Veteran Paul Hastings Hire
  • Midwest Law Firm with Texas Offices Merges with Northeast Firm
  • White & Case Adds Energy M&A Dealmaker in Houston
  • Norton Rose Hires Veteran Finance Partner from Winston & Strawn
  • Invitation Homes Selects Former SEC Associate Director as VP of Litigation and Investigations
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Chip Babcock
Chris Bankler
Jamie B. Beaber
David J. Beck
Bill Benitez
Jessica Berkowitz
Brent Bernell
Tyler Bexley
Shawn Blackburn
Michael Blankenship
Jeffrey Brill
Anita Brown
Ian Brown
Stuart Campbell
Jack Chadderdon
Paul Clement
Erin Nealy Cox
Scott Craig
Kevin Crews
Shamus Crosby
Hannah M. Crowe
Geoffrey Culbertson
Sean Cunningham
John Daywalt
Rajiv Dharnidharka
James Ducayet
Brian K. Erickson
Scott Everett
Weiru Fang
Elizabeth Freeman
Tad Freese
Melanie Fry
Geoff Gannaway
Paul Genender
John J. Gilluly III
Rodney Gilstrap
Andrew Gorham
John Greer
Joseph Grinstein
Matthew Haddad
Colleen Haile
Breen Haire
Shahmeer Halepota
Dionne Hamilton
Troy Harder
Rusty Hardin
Michael Hawes
Nathan Hecht
Stephen Hessler
Hillary Holmes
Marc Jaffe
Lauren Jenkins
David Jones
Atma Kabad
Susan Kennedy
David Kinder
Justin King
Allan Kirk
Melanie Koltermann
Doug Kubehl
Joe Laurel
Sang Lee
Steven Lockhart
Arthur Lotz
Barbara Lynn
Mike Lynn
Nora McGuffey
Stephanie McPhail
Mark Melton
Jeri Leigh Miller
Kimberly A. Moore
Mark Moore
Shelby Morgan
Alia Moses
Davis Mosmeyer III
Darren Nicholson
Eamon Nolan
Ivy Nowinski
Holland O’Neil
George Padis
Ian Peck
Jonathan Platt
Chase Proctor
Doug Rayburn
Joel Reese
Kevin Richardson
Andrew Rodheim
Seth Rubinson
Mazin Sbaiti
Ana Sanchez
Vincenzo Santini
Jeffrey Scharfstein
Robert Schroeder III
Scott Seidel
Steven Sexton
Ahmed Sidik
Robert Slovak
Emily Smith
Melissa R. Smith
Jonathon Soler
Robert Soza
Lande Spottswood
Craig Stanfield
Justin Stolte
Josh Teahen
Kelly Tidwell
Linda Tieh
Rafael B. de Toledo
Monica Uddin
Rhett Van Syoc
Rahul Vashi
Gabe Vazquez
Patrick Venter
Sarah Walden
Kandace Walter
Kyle Watson
Mikell Alan West
Noël Wise
Meng Xi

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Boies Schiller Flexner
Bracewell
Bradley Arant
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Clement & Murphy
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Dykema
Foley & Lardner
Gibson Dunn
Gillam & Smith
Haynes Boone
Holland & Knight
Jackson Walker
King & Spalding
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Lynn Pinker
Mayer Brown
MoloLamken
Pamela Welch PLLC
Patton Tidwell Culbertson
Paul Hastings
Porter Hedges
The Probus Law Firm
Reese Marketos
Rusty Hardin & Associates
Sbaiti & Company
Sidley Austin
Simpson Thacher
Skadden
Squire Patton Boggs
Sullivan & Cromwell
Susman Godfrey
Troutman Pepper Locke
Vinson & Elkins
Weil
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Winston & Strawn

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