Q&A: Will Marsh, GC, Cactus Inc
For Premium Subscribers Will Marsh is general counsel at Cactus, Inc., a Houston-based company that manufactures and sells pressure-control equipment. On the final day of 2022 he cemented for Cactus
Premium Subscriber Q&A: Eleox GC Becky Gottsegen
When they needed a GC for their new joint venture to solve mutual operational inefficiencies, the six energy companies who created Eleox chose Becky Gottsegen. The choice was so successful that Gottsegen is a finalist for the 2023 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for General Counsel of the Year for a Solo Legal Department. Texas Lawbook founder Mark Curriden had the opportunity to ask Gottsegen a few questions about the unusual venture, and what she looks for when hiring outside counsel.
Q&A: Sarah Menendez, BMC Software
For Premium Subscribers BMC Software GC Pat Tagtow and his senior counsel, Sarah Menendez, spent five years litigating and two weeks at trial claiming that competitor but sometimes business partner
Q&A: Patrick Tagtow, BMC Software
For Premium Subscribers BMC Software GC Pat Tagtow and his senior counsel, Sarah Menendez, spent five years litigating and two weeks at trial claiming that competitor but sometimes business partner
Q&A: Raymond Chang
For Premium Subscribers: When Raymond Chang noticed in the spring 2022 that a wave of key workers at DistributionNOW were leaving in a “coordinated mass exodus,” he felt the need to investigate. That investigation revealed that the employees, including a senior executive, were planning to create a competitive venture using stolen company property. The result was a lawsuit that resulted in a $9 million jury verdict. . Lawbook founder Mark Curriden asked Chang, has been named 2022 ACC General Counsel of the Year for a Midsized Legal Department, about his experience, what he looks for in outside counsel and his other successes at DistributionNOW.
Premium Q&A: Dionne Hamilton, GC, Honeywell Smart Energy and Thermal Solutions
Dionne Hamilton is general counsel at Honeywell Smart Energy and Thermal Solutions, a unit of the global conglomerate Honeywell International. She advises senior corporate leadership on all legal issues, new regulatory activities and geopolitical subjects that impact operations, works on M&A and joint ventures and manages all aspects of the legal budget. Mark Curriden, founder of The Texas Lawbook, had a recent chance to discuss that experience with Hamilton.
Bill Moss is Talos Energy’s ‘Quarterback’
For nearly all of 2022 and the first few months of 2023, Talos Energy GC Bill Moss guided the Houston company through the negotiations and highly complex $1.1 billion acquisition of EnVen, a fellow deep-water operator in the Gulf of Mexico. “It was a difficult deal to get done,” said Moss, who has corporate law in his DNA. Citing the complexity of the deal, the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Houston Chapter and The Texas Lawbook named the Talos acquisition, led by Moss and Vinson & Elkins as outside counsel, as a finalist for the 2023 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for M&A Transaction of the Year. This article looks at the Talos acquisition and the GC behind it.
Government Reaches $144.5M Proposed Settlement in Sutherland Springs Case
If approved by the court, the settlement would bring an end to litigation brought by more than 75 plaintiffs in the wake of the shooting that left 26 dead.
CDT Roundup: 21 Deals, 12 Firms, 178 Lawyers, $18.7B
That Texas has created an increasingly diverse economy is no secret. But the CDT Roundup this week notes something surprising: that Texas added more tech workers to its workforce in 2022 than any other state. What has that to do with dealmaking? Apparently, lots. Claire Poole takes a look at the rise in Texas-led tech deals that paralleled the rise in tech workers. Or was it vice versa? That, along with a look at the week in deals and the names of the 178 lawyers who worked on them.
Q&A: Lynne Puckett of Celanese
The Lawbook visited with the 2022 DFW Corporate Counsel M&A Transaction of the Year Award winner about what she looks for in outside counsel, hourly rates, pro bono and diversity.
CDT Roundup: 15 Deals, 10 Firms, 141 Lawyers, $8.8B
Inflation results in more than high prices for tomatoes and toilet paper. After nearly a decade in which the price of money hovered near zero, persistent inflation has apparently hammered down the appetite for M&A from private equity, dropping global M&A by 48 percent and global private equity deals by 57 percent — 46 percent in the U.S. Claire Poole analyzes reasons for the current drought in this week's Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup, along with the names of the lawyers who fought the headwinds against last week's deals.
Five Tips Female Attorneys Need to Hear Today (And Every Day) to Thrive in Sports Law
We’ve come a long way in women’s collegiate sports, and I’ve enjoyed seeing similar strides for women in sports and entertainment law. Today, there are so many more exciting opportunities. Women are handling sports-related litigation, negotiating the next big sports contract or serving as general counsel or chief legal officer. Here are my five tips for female attorneys interested in pursuing a career in sports law.