Baker McKenzie Dallas partner Melinda Phelan named chair of North America Tax Practice Group
Phelan advises multinational companies on international tax planning and transfer pricing matters.
Bracewell boosts upstream oil and gas practice with Houston deal partner Carl von Merz
Von Merz is a former lead in-house attorney at Statoil.
Polsinelli adds depth to restructuring practice in TX with new shareholder Trey Monsour
Monsour will office in both Dallas and Houston.
Locke Lord partners Michelle Earley and Scott Hastings elected to ALI membership
Earley and Hastings are two of six newly-elected ALI members from Texas.
DBA Judicial Evaluation Poll: No ‘A’s’ but Nine ‘F’s”
The Dallas Bar Association’s bi-annual judicial evaluation poll is out and there are only two explanations for the results: Dallas lawyers are very tough graders or the city has a bunch of poor and mediocre civil court judges. The Texas Lawbook has the details.
Greenberg Traurig builds up Austin corporate practice with shareholder Kyle Fox – Updated
Fox was previously at Miller, Egan, Molter & Nelson.
Appellate Vet Gwen Samora Reunites with Former Colleagues at Copeland & Rice
Samora practiced for 20-plus years at Vinson & Elkins, where she worked with Morgan Copeland and Tracey Rice, before running her own firm for the last two years.
Willkie Farr Picks Up Private Equity Pro Kfir Abutbul
Abutbul joins from Kirkland & Ellis, where he made partner last fall.
DLA Piper Lures Houston Energy Capital Markets Guru
Gislar Donnenberg has led high-value deals for clients in the energy sector, including IPOs, public equity and debt offerings and mergers and acquisitions, including “drop-downs” from MLP sponsors.
STCL Students Enjoy "Experience of a Lifetime" with SCOTUS Justice RBG
Justice Ginsburg was the special guest at South Texas College of Law and three other law schools' study abroad program this summer in Malta.
T&K Set to Move to New Houston Digs on Aug. 14
The 70-lawyer office will call the BG Group Place skyscraper on 811 Main Street its new home.
Kirkland Launches Environmental Transactional Practice Group in Houston
The group is led by partner Paul Tanaka and includes associates James Dolphin and Devi Chandrasekaran, who both joined the firm in the last four months.