Locke Lord Closes $800 Million Sale of TGI Fridays
Mounds of attorneys from the firm's Dallas office helped Carlson Restaurants sell the franchise to two private equity firms.
Bloomberg: EFH May Scrap Initial Reorganization Plan
Lawyers for Energy Future Holdings Corp. told a bankruptcy judge in Delaware today that the Dallas power company may abandoned its pre-negotiated restructuring and reorganization plan it proposed when it filed for Chapter 11 in April.
Weil Leads Closing of PetroLogistic’s $2.1 Billion Sale to Flint Hill Resources
The Houston-based propylene producer was acquired by Kansas-based Flint Hills Resources, which is a subsidiary of the giant private multinational corporation, Koch Industries.
Andrews Kurth, Hogan Lovells and Bracewell Advise in $1 Billion JV
The companies, NRG and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration, claim the JV will build the world’s largest cost-combustion carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) facility on an existing coal plant in Fort Bend County, Texas.
Baker Botts Advises in Noble Spinoff of Paragon Offshore
Following the spinoff, Noble will own and operate one of the most modern, versatile and technically advanced fleets in the offshore drilling industry.
Fifth Circuit Rules for UT in Race Admissions Case – Updated
A federal appeals court ruled late Tuesday that the University of Texas’ use of affirmative action is a fair and constitutionally permissible approach to admitting students.
Quinn Emanuel Opens in Houston with David Gerger
Another new week, another national law firm opens in Texas. Prominent Houston white-collar criminal defense attorney David Gerger, who represented Enron CFO Andy Fastow and now defends BP rig supervisor Robert Kaluza in the Deepwater Horizon explosion, will lead Quinn Emanuel's new Houston office.
T&K Attorneys Named to Leadership Roles in the Federal Bar Association’s Dallas Chapter
© 2014 The Texas Lawbook. By Brooks Igo – (July 14) – Thompson & Knight partner Michael Stockham and associate Mackenzie Wallace have been elected to leadership positions in the