Norton Rose Fulbright Mints Eight Texas Partners
Norton Rose Fulbright minted 46 new partners globally.
McKool Smith Announces Six Principal Promotions in Texas
The prominent commercial litigation firm minted new principals from each of its three Texas offices.
Bracewell Elects Houston Partner Will Anderson to Management Committee
Anderson co-chairs the firm’s corporate and securities department and leads its financial institutions practice.
Health Care GC Joins FisherBroyles in Houston
Janna King will practice in the cloud-based law firm’s health and pharmacy group.
DBJ: Dallas Lawyers to Lead Video Game and Esports Practice at Greenberg Traurig
Steve Walkowiak and P. William Stark, both litigation shareholders with the firm, will lead the multi-office, cross-practice Video Game and Esports Group, according to a release. The formation of the
Bracewell Adds Employee Benefits & Executive Comp Expert in Houston
Matthew Grunert, who received his law degree from SMU, lateraled over from Hunton Andrews Kurth.
Bill Nelson-Led Capital Markets Group Officially Joins Shearman
Shearman & Sterling officially announced this week that it has bolstered its capital markets practice in Houston with a team of four attorneys from Haynes and Boone led by partners
V&E Elects Eight New Partners, including Six in Texas
Of the six newly-promoted Texans, half are based in Dallas and the other half office at the firm’s Houston headquarters.
Gibson Dunn and Kirkland Promote Five Texans to Equity Partner
Two of the largest and most profitable law firms in the world – Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Kirkland & Ellis – are each promoting two lawyers from its Texas to equity or share partner.
Akin Gump and Sidley Austin Each Promote Two Texas Attorneys to Partner
Houston is home to three of the newly-promoted Texans, while one is based in Dallas. All four have corporate transactional practices.
Seyfarth Shaw Signs Intellectual Property Duo in Houston
Lisa Meyerhoff, who led Baker McKenzie’s intellectual property group in Houston, and Myall Hawkins, a former engineer for aerospace and aviation manufacturers, were formerly at Baker McKenzie.
Locke Lord Partner George Bowles Named Fellow of American College of Construction Lawyers
Bowles, also a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, focuses his litigation practice on construction, breach of contract, fraud, intellectual property and business torts.