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In a deal that received some notice in October 2019, Houston's Kraton Corp. sold off one of its signature polymer businesses, Cariflex, to a Korean concern. This week, Kraton itself was acquired by that same Korean industrial company in the Corporate Deal Tracker Deal of the Week.
Baker Botts corporate partner Mollie Duckworth, who was partner-in-charge of the firm's Austin office and deputy chair of the firmwide corporate department until earlier this year, is expected to join Latham before the end of the year, The Texas Lawbook has learned. She will be the fourth corporate partner lateral to join Latham's newly opened Austin office.
The Texas Lawbook is sharing some changes for readers to be aware of heading into the fall. And in last week's transactions, Texas lawyers took part in a few SPAC IPOs, a proposed juggernaut of a Permian Basin asset sale and a handful of capital commitments.
After practicing law for 40 years, corporate attorney Chris LaFollette reflects on her career, coming up in Houston and focusing on energy transactions from 1980 to 2020.
The Texas energy economy is in an undeniable era of transition — from oil and gas dominance to sustainability. The Lawbook's Nushin Huq talks to three young lawyers who have been making that transition along with their clients, and what they see coming to Texas' energy future.
A periodically updated list of Capital Markets transactions reported to the Texas Lawbook through June 30, 2021. It reflects deals handled by the Texas offices of law firms or deals involving Texas companies.
Hunton Andrews Kurth's Jordan Hirsch and Mike O'Leary look into their crystal balls at what's ahead for M&A through the end of the year and how we got here. And in this week's Roundup, more than 90 Texas-based lawyers took part in $16.6 billion worth of deals.
In a $9.5 billion all-cash deal, Houston's ConocoPhillips is snapping up Shell's remaining assets in west Texas. Baker Botts and Norton Rose Fulbright advised.
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