Exco Resources is paying its legal and financial advisors $4 million a month to help guide the company through bankruptcy. Since the Dallas oil and gas operation filed for Chapter 11 protection last year, Exco has paid the lawyers and other restructuring experts $61.6 million. The Texas Lawbook has exclusive details.
DBJ: Exco Resources to Emerge from Bankruptcy in ‘Coming Weeks’ After Court Reorgnization
The Dallas oil and natural gas company expects to complete the financial restructuring process in the coming weeks. Exco will reduce its leverage by more than $1.1 billion.
Updated – Shearman Adds Restructuring Pro from Baker Botts
Prior to joining Shearman, Lucky McDowell practiced for his entire 17-year career at Baker Botts.
Frisco tech firm files for bankruptcy, owes up to $50M
Frisco’s Skinny IT – once a rising star in North Texas – has filed for bankruptcy, the Dallas Business Journal reports.

Adeptus GC Tim Mueller: IPO, Bankruptcy, Private Equity in Three Years
Adeptus Health General Counsel Tim Mueller has seen good times and bad times. During a three-year period, Adeptus experienced wild expansion, did an IPO, had its market cap hit $1 billion, filed for bankruptcy and restructured with a new plan for steady growth. Through it all, Mueller’s legal counsel has been both sound and poised. The Lawbook has the story.
O&G Bankruptcies Fall Nearly 40 Percent
A Haynes and Boone study shows that North American oil and gas bankruptcies fell to just 43 filings in 2018, down from 70 in the prior year. The Houston Chronicle’s Jordan Blum explains.
Dallas Bankruptcy Law Firm Adds Named Partner
The Law Offices of Judith W. Ross, a bankruptcy law firm in Dallas, has announced that Frances A. Smith has joined the firm as a named partner. The new firm will be called Ross & Smith, PC.
DBJ: DFW’s largest bankruptcies of 2018 include taco chain, energy firm
Taco Bueno’s bankruptcy may have been one of the most notable in North Texas during 2018, but it wasn’t the biggest.
SEC: Houston Developers Fraudulently Misused Investor Funds
The SEC announced Wednesday that America Modern Green Senior, America Modern Green Community and America Modern Green Residential have agreed to settle charges that they improperly used $49.5 million they raised from 90 Chinese investors for a project under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program.
Chron: Parker Drilling Filing for Bankruptcy
Houston-based Parker Drilling said Wednesday it’s filing for bankruptcy and losing its listing on the New York Stock Exchange. The financially hobbled onshore drilling contractor has struggled mightily since the
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