Thompson & Knight Leads $1.45 billion Halcon Acquisition
For the second time in seven months, T&K partners are advising Houston-based Halcón in a billion-dollar transaction.
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For the second time in seven months, T&K partners are advising Houston-based Halcón in a billion-dollar transaction.

For the second time in seven months, T&K partners are advising Houston-based Halcón in a billion-dollar transaction.
Houston-based Permian Mud Service, Inc. announced that it has entered a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Minnesota-based Ecolab for approximately $2.2 billion.
Houston-based Permian Mud Service, Inc. announced that it has entered a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Minnesota-based Ecolab for approximately $2.2 billion.

MPC has signed an agreement to acquire some of BP's integrated refining and marketing assets located in Texas and the Southeast.

Lawyers for Richardson-based MetroPCS have worked on a highly complex agreement for several weeks.

Plano-based Denbury Resources Inc. has agreed to sell shale assets in North Dakota and Montana to ExxonMobil.

Plano-based Denbury Resources Inc. has agreed to sell shale assets in North Dakota and Montana to ExxonMobil.

The two privately held oil and gas exploration and production companies are working out a deal that involves selling natural oil and gas assets.

The two privately held oil and gas exploration and production companies are working out a deal that involves selling natural oil and gas assets.
HOUSTON - Hired by rig owner Transocean just days after the deadly Deepwater Horizon explosion, Rachel Giesber Clingman approached the case with her trademark relentless preparation. Her early work proved critical, as she faced a maze of complex litigation, Congressional hearings and the challenge of leading a team of independent trial lawyers. For Clingman, the case she is reluctant to discuss is the high point of a 20-year career, showcasing, and at times testing, the skills that have propelled her from a small Texas Hill Country town to her current position, at age 45, as the go-to defender of energy companies in trouble.

Latham partner Jeffrey Munoz represents Plains. Gardere partner Douglas Eyberg advises BP.
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