Bracewell Adds M&A Expert Roxanne Almaraz

© 2013 The Texas Lawbook.By Brooks Igo Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook (December 20)–Domestic and international M&A lawyer Roxanne Almaraz joined Bracewell & Giuliani’s Houston office as a partner last week. She lateraled over from Vinson & Elkins. Almaraz, who has represented clients’ transactional matters in the power and utilities, renewables and midstream and upstream oil and gas sectors, said she couldn’t say no to Bracewell’s entrepreneurial spirit and share enthusiasm to provide outstanding client service. “The firm continues to expand its global platform,” she said. “It’s exciting to be a part of a leading energy law firm that is willing to pursue growth avenues if and when those avenues make sense.”The former Vinson & Elkins senior associate said one of the more complex matters she has worked on involved the acquisition by her client, a private equity fund, of half of a power generation facility. “It was a very interesting exercise to sit around a table and consider the various ways in which an owner of one-half of a power plant could, for better or worse, impact the owner of the other half,” she said. “It was both challenging and rewarding to work with my client to build…