There were many reasons Yolanda Garcia decided to get involved in the controversial “sanctuary city” litigation, but a conversation she had with her 14-year-old son was certainly one catalyst for her desire to take on the case.
Kelly Hart, Gibson Dunn Work on $150M Sony Anime Deal
Anime enthusiasts would be jealous of the lawyers at Kelly Hart & Hallman and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher who just handled Sony Pictures’ majority stake purchase of Flower Mound-based Funimation, the anime distributor giant behind titles such as “Dragon Ball Z,” “Cowboy Bebop,” and “One Piece.”
Andrews Kurth Kenyon and V&E Work on $1.1B MLP Exchange Transaction
A group of Houston lawyers on Monday handled a complex transaction for the coal industry’s first publicly-traded master limited partnership and its general partner that is worth around $1.1 billion.
Bell Nunnally Joins Associate Salary Hike, Raises First-Year Pay to $180K
The 54-lawyer firm is matching the first-year pay adjustments made last summer by more than a dozen much larger firms in Texas after New York powerhouse Cravath, Swaine & Moore – considered the precedent setter for BigLaw pay – announced that it would increase its first-year associate salaries to $180,000.
Gibson Dunn Advises in $205M Eagle Ford Deal
Houston-based Penn Virginia Corp. said Monday that it will acquire Eagle Ford Shale assets from Devon Energy Corp. for $205 million in cash. The deal is part of a $1 billion divestiture program that Devon recently announced.
Gibson Dunn, Jones Day Advise on $170M Propane Deal
Houston-based American Midstream Partners said Monday that it will sell its propane marketing and services business to Netherlands-based SHV Energy NV for $170 million in cash.
Baker Botts, Locke Lord Advise on $450M Quanta-Stronghold Deal
A cluster of Houston-based lawyers from Baker Botts and Locke Lord said Friday that they closed Quanta Services’ $450 million acquisition of Stronghold Specialty, a La Porte-based services provider for clients in the refining and petrochemical industries.
V&E Works on TPG Affiliate’s $220M IPO
New York-based TPG RE Finance Trust, a REIT (real estate investment trust), said Monday evening that it priced its IPO at $220 million. The company is offering 11 million shares of common stock at $20 per share. It began trading today on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker, “TRTX.”
Baker Botts, V&E and Gibson Dunn Advise on $1.3B Select-Rockwater Merger
Under the agreement, Select will issue 37.95 million shares of common stock in exchange for all outstanding shares of Rockwater common stock. The Texas Lawbook has the details on the deal teams, the firms’ history with the companies, and info on both GCs here.
Lone Star Funds Buys Ceramic Glaze Maker for $693M
Dallas-based Lone Star Funds said Thursday that it will purchase Esmalglass, a supplier of intermediate products for the ceramic industry, to Bahrain-based Investcorp for 605 million euros ($693 million).