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.

April 24, 2023 Mark Curriden

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.

April 5, 2023 Michelle Casady

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.

April 4, 2023 Claire Poole

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.

March 30, 2023 Mark Curriden

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.

March 28, 2023 Claire Poole

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.

March 17, 2023 Leane K. Capps

Baytex Energy Expands Eagle Ford Presence with $2.5B Deal; Kirkland, V&E, Latham Advise

Baytex says the transaction nearly doubles both its EBITDA and free cash flow, allowing an immediate step-up in direct shareholder returns, including the introduction of a dividend and increased share buybacks. The Lawbook has the names of the lawyers involved.

February 28, 2023 Allen Pusey

Chesapeake Sheds Eagle Ford Properties to Ineos for $1.4B

Haynes and Boone advised the Oklahoma company and Holland & Knight assisted the British chemical multinational, which marks its entrance as operator into the U.S. onshore oil and gas market.

February 22, 2023 Claire Poole