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Henry Gilchrist, a legendary transactional lawyer who represented Clint Murchison and the Dallas Cowboys and helped raise the profile of the legal market in Dallas, passed away over the weekend. He was 92.
A Swiss businessman and former Dallas resident who was a fugitive abroad for nine months last year will plead guilty to one count of perjury in a federal bankruptcy proceeding, according to papers filed by his lawyers and the U.S. government late last week.
A group of Bracewell lawyers based in Houston said Wednesday that they were involved in the merger agreement between two Calgary-based energy companies that entails Pembina Pipeline Corp. purchasing Veresen for about $7 billion, or $9.7 billion in Canadian dollars.
The Texas Lawbook is pleased to announce an exciting new editorial partnership with the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel. The ACC-DFW chapter, which has more than 900 corporate in-house lawyers as members, selected The Lawbook as because of its emphasis on unique and substantive content on business law in Texas. Read for full details.
The Texas Lawbook is pleased to announce an exciting new editorial partnership with the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel. The ACC-DFW chapter, which has more than 900 corporate in-house lawyers as members, selected The Lawbook as because of its emphasis on unique and substantive content on business law in Texas. Read for full details.
Capital markets lawyers mostly sat on the sidelines through the better part of the recent energy slump, watching their M&A partners at least get some deals done. New data from the Corporate Deal Tracker, however, shows CapM practitioners are back in the starting lineup and busier than ever (particularly for the S-1 process) as oil companies rebound in a stabilizing commodity environment. They may even score more three-pointers as IPOs make a comeback. The Texas Lawbook has the details.
Porter Hedges represented Noble Energy in its $1.2 billion Marcellus Shale divestiture as well as Oildom Publishing Company in its sale to Gulf Publishing Company.
Sam Baxter of McKool Smith led a trial team in East Texas to a $43 million antitrust verdict over industrial giant GE. Fundamentally, the trial played out in the usual grind of evidence and narrative. But the case turned on a dramatic admission made from the witness stand. The Texas Lawbook broke first details on the GE verdict Friday. This update tells how the case went down.
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