By Mark Curriden – (July 11) – Chicago-based Kirkland & Ellis made it official Wednesday. It is opening an office in Dallas. To staff its North Texas operation, Kirkland has hired nine corporate transactional lawyers from four elite law firms – Jones Day, Vinson & Elkins, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, and Winston & Strawn – and one accounting firm, KPMG.
Kirkland Steals Capital Markets Leader In Houston
The Kirkland & Ellis hiring rampage in Texas continued Tuesday. The Chicago-based firm is once again revealing its deep pockets by luring one of the nation’s leading capital markets legal advisors to leave the Houston office of Latham & Watkins, where he is reportedly one of the firm’s highest paid partners. Kirkland, which only opened in Texas four years ago, now has nearly 150 lawyers operating in the state. The Texas Lawbook has the details.
DBA Named Dick Sayles 2018 Trial Lawyer of the Year
Sayles is the co-founder of Dallas trial boutique Sayles Werbner.
Jackson Walker Adds M&A Duo in Dallas
Larry Glasgow and Richard Waggoner have jumped to Jackson Walker from Foley Gardere. They each bring more than 30 years of experience with their mergers and acquisitions practices.
K&L Gates Powers Up in Houston
Robert George and Edmundo de la Fuente have lateraled to the firm from Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, where George was managing partner.
EnLink Midstream Promotes Alaina Brooks to Executive Leadership Team
Brooks has been named executive vice president, chief legal and administrative officer and secretary. She will lead the company’s legal, regulatory, human resources, public and industry affairs and environmental, health and safety departments.
Three Dallas Attorneys Recognized as ACBJ Influencers in the Law
Bille Ellis of Winston & Strawn, Jim Griffin of Weil and Larry Hall of Baker Botts are included in a list of 100 Influencers highlighted by American City Business Journals.
Sidley Expands Houston Office Space
Commercial real estate giant CBRE recently announced that Sidley Austin signed a long-term lease renewal and added 30,000 square feet to its Houston office footprint at Wells Fargo Plaza.
Cantey Hanger Associate Named Chair of People’s Law School
The People’s Law School is a program offered each year by the Tarrant County Bar Association and the Tarrant County Bar Foundation that provides free seminars on common legal issues.
‘Mami, Por qué dejas que me lastimen?’ – Corp. Lawyers Help Anguished Parents & Children at the Border
Lawyers arrive in the early morning hours at the Port Isabel Detention Center in an attempt to meet with detained parents from Central America who fled their homes in fear
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