Jeff Schnick

Jeff oversees a news team of reporters who cover business litigation and trials, corporate mergers, acquisitions and capital markets, law firm management and business bankruptcies.

Y’all Street Rising: Texas Matching Its Economic Muscle With Market Depth

Against the backdrop of SpaceX’s long-awaited public debut last month and a potential reopening of the IPO window in capital markets, Texas is testing whether its economic strength can be matched by financial market depth.

The Texas Lawbook caught up with Carlos Pena of Texas Capital to discuss how extended private lifecycles, the evolving IPO windows and Texas’ legal and governance frameworks are reshaping capital formation.

July 15, 2026 Jeff Schnick

Not Gonna Lie, Texas Had ’Em in the First Half

We may be only a halfway through 2026, but the megadeal scoreboard is already starting to look like a final season tally.

The Texas Lawbook's exclusive Corporate Deal Tracker breaks down the first half activity for 2026 for deals valued at $1 billion or more.

July 14, 2026 Jeff Schnick

V&E, Rising Giants and More: Ranking Texas’ Top Firms Annually for M&A Deals Since 2018

This week, The Texas Lawbook takes another historic look at M&A activity through our annual CDT rankings, highlighting the firms that have shaped the dealmaking landscape year by year. These leaderboards reflect the volume and significance of transactions handled by the firms going back to 2018, offering a clear view of how the competitive field has evolved over time.

July 7, 2026 Jeff Schnick

Catching Up With Polsinelli’s Ramana Rameswaran

Polsinelli added veteran healthcare lawyer Muthuramanan “Ramana” Rameswaran as a shareholder late last month in its Dallas office as part of the firm’s ongoing national expansion of the practice area.

The Texas Lawbook caught up with Rameswaran about his move to Polsinelli, the trends he’s seeing and more.

July 6, 2026 Jeff Schnick

Texas Lawbook Launches Funding League Tables Alongside CDT Rankings

At the request of multiple firms and dealmakers over 10 months, The Texas Lawbook is now introducing funding league tables alongside our existing Corporate Deal Tracker rankings. Readers can find the firm and individual dealmaker funding rankings in this story, along with updated 2025 CDT rankings for M&A and CapM that hadn't yet been shared beyond The Lawbook's the Sunday CDT newsletter.

June 28, 2026 Jeff Schnick

Vartabedian Handles Chapter 11 Filing for Camp Mystic

Almost a year after the deadly flash flood on the Guadalupe River that killed more than two dozen campers and staff, Camp Mystic has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Southern District of Texas.

The case has been assigned to Bankruptcy Judge Christopher M. Lopez. First-day documents were filed by Martin Sosland, a Dallas partner with Vartabedian Katz Hester & Haynes.

June 24, 2026 Jeff Schnick

In-house Lawyer from Shell Boomerangs to Bracewell

Allison K. Perry has joined Bracewell’s tax department as a partner in the Houston office. The move marks a return to Bracewell for Perry after serving at Shell in-house as the energy giant’s U.S. lead employment tax counsel.

June 2, 2026 Jeff Schnick

GC‑Minded, Fort Worth‑Rooted: Quintin Cassady’s Plan for Munck Wilson’s New Office

Munck Wilson Mandala is staking out new ground in Fort Worth with a familiar face to many of the city’s tech and life sciences companies leading the charge. Veteran GC Quintin Cassady's arrival signals a push to keep more of that legal work from ever leaving Fort Worth.

The Texas Lawbook caught up with Cassady to talk about his move back to a law firm, why it made sense to do it now and more.

June 2, 2026 Jeff Schnick

Catching Up with Kelly Rentzel as In-house Veteran Joins Bradley’s Dallas Office

Bradley continues to expand its presence in Dallas by hiring Kelly Rentzel as counsel in the firm's banking & financial services practice group. A financial services in-house veteran, she brings rare firsthand experience managing internal legal operations, capital markets transactions and complex M&A.

The Texas Lawbook caught up with Rentzel about her move to Bradley, the trends she’s seeing and more.

May 31, 2026 Jeff Schnick

Texas Capital’s Dan Hoverman: The Finance Executive Who Thinks Like a Lawyer

Dan Hoverman built his career by understanding the law and succeeding in high finance, but the Texas Capital executive insists it was never the product of a master plan so much as a habit of following the right mentors at the right moments.

The Texas Lawbook recently sat down with the Kirkland alum to discuss his unique career path, his sports career, the dealmaking environment in Texas and more.

May 24, 2026 Jeff Schnick