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A group of Vinson & Elkins and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher lawyers said Wednesday that they advised Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Encino Energy in their equity commitment to form Encino Acquisition Partners, a joint venture between the two companies that will focus on U.S. oil and gas acquisition opportunities.
A group of Vinson & Elkins and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher lawyers said Wednesday that they advised Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Encino Energy in their equity commitment to form Encino Acquisition Partners, a joint venture between the two companies that will focus on U.S. oil and gas acquisition opportunities.
Fort Worth-based TPG Growth said Tuesday that it is acquiring Dallas pipeline company, Discovery Midstream. The financial terms are undisclosed, but the legal teams were public: Weil is representing Discovery, while V&E is representing TPG. Details here.
Fort Worth-based TPG Growth said Tuesday that it is acquiring Dallas pipeline company, Discovery Midstream. The financial terms are undisclosed, but the legal teams were public: Weil is representing Discovery, while V&E is representing TPG. Details here.
NextEra Energy is making one final plea with the Texas Public Utility Commission to reconsider its decision earlier this year that rejected the Florida power company’s $18.7 billion acquisition of Dallas-based Oncor. In a blistering 44-page petition, NextEra argues that the PUC overstepped its authority, ignored evidence, misinterpreted Texas laws and simply used bad judgment when it refused to allow NextEra to purchase Oncor. The Texas Lawbook has complete details.
In a long-running dispute over payments from a gas well mistakenly included in two separate pooled drilling units, the Texas Supreme Court sides with the royalty owners. The court says that Oklahoma-based Samson Exploration’s application of property law to correct a contractual error: “a theoretical construct that holds no water.”
A group of Texas lawyers from Mayer Brown and Thompson & Knight led successful bids for two partnering companies that participated in the most recent auction related to Mexico’s energy reform earlier this week, which involved blocks of shallow water areas of Mexico that were up for grabs for the exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons.
A group of Texas lawyers from Mayer Brown and Thompson & Knight led successful bids for two partnering companies that participated in the most recent auction related to Mexico’s energy reform earlier this week, which involved blocks of shallow water areas of Mexico that were up for grabs for the exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons.
When is a tequila shot before noon warranted? When you facilitate the $1 billion sale of George Clooney's tequila business, of course.
The long and sordid legal drama known as Life Partners took another step toward finality last week when a Fort Worth jury ruled that the company’s former chief executive officer and its general counsel committed fraud and breached their fiduciary duties to investors. The damage award: $65 million.
The long and sordid legal drama known as Life Partners took another step toward finality last week when a Fort Worth jury ruled that the company’s former chief executive officer and its general counsel committed fraud and breached their fiduciary duties to investors. The damage award: $65 million.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is outraged that an elected California official is using his office for political purposes and he is threatening to use Texas taxpayer dollars to sue to stop such outrageous conduct. Paxton says California Insurance Commissioner David Jones should “cease and desist from requiring insurance companies to publicly disclose investments in fossil fuels.”
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