TX-Based Firms Begin Paying Associate Bonuses
V&E’s bonus amounts, the first from a large Texas-based law firm to be in the public domain, match if not exceed most national or New York law firms that have announced their numbers already.
Haynes and Boone Makes Mile High Move
Firm Managing Partner Tim Powers says Denver is the second most important market in the energy industry.
GC Finds that Life’s a Blog
This lawyer leads two lives. As Amy Howell, she is General Counsel of Zimbra, an email software company near Dallas. As Natasha Osteen, she is the blogger behind “Smells Like Butterscotch,” a sometimes irreverent, often hilarious and always relevant look at life, faith, fear, humor… well, you name it. So, obviously, the first query is: What gives, Amy Natasha Osteen Howell? She laughs and tells The Texas Lawbook about her double-identity adventures.
TPG Capital Hires Fort Worth SEC Lawyer as Corporate Compliance Leader – UPDATE
JoAnn Harris is about to get a big raise. The private equity firm is expected next week to name the SEC assistant director of enforcement as its new deputy director of corporate compliance. “TPG’s footprint is around the globe,” Harris told The Texas Lawbook. “It is definitely going to be a challenge, but it will be fun.”
Charles Eskridge Moves Practice to Quinn Emanuel
After more than 20 years of practicing at Susman Godfrey, Houston litigator Charles Eskridge has agreed to join global litigation boutique Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan as a partner.
Dean Foods Names Marc Kesselman New GC
Kesselman has left PepsiCo and Frito Lay to be the new general counsel and Executive VP at Dallas-based Dean Foods. In exclusive comments to The Texas Lawbook, Kesselman said that "Dean Foods provides a perfect opportunity for me to employ my legal and government experience in food and agriculture to help drive business growth."
Fogler Leaves Beck Redden to Start New Boutique
Houston commercial trial lawyer Murray Fogler is joined at the new firm by four former Beck Redden associates – two of them are only three years out of law school – who are now named partners at the new boutique, which is called Fogler, Brar, Ford, O’Neil & Gray.
10 Quick Tips to Keeping In-House Counsel Happy
McGill was in the corporate legal department at JC Penney and HMS Holdings, where she hired and managed outside counsel. In this article, she shares insights and experiences about the important relationship between in-house and outside counsel.
Joe Dilg Retires from V&E after 38 years
Dilg led many multi-billion-dollar oil and gas mergers and acquisitions, but he will be remember for successfully guiding V&E through the Enron scandal and into record revenues and profits. The general counsel and executives at Plains All American, Energy Trans Partners and Lazard talk about Dilg's career and what made him a great lawyer.
Joe Dilg Retires from V&E after 38 years
Dilg led many multi-billion-dollar oil and gas mergers and acquisitions, but he will be remember for successfully guiding V&E through the Enron scandal and into record revenues and profits. The general counsel and executives at Plains All American, Energy Trans Partners and Lazard talk about Dilg's career and what made him a great lawyer.
Enterprise GC Hildebrandt Goes to Norton Rose Fulbright, V&E’s Murray is new GC
Enterprise Products, one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipeline companies, has named V&E corporate finance partner Craig Murray to replace Stephanie Hildebrandt, who announced she has joined Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner. The Houston midstream company also said that Locke Lord partner Vijay A. D’Cruz is Enterprise’s new head of litigation.
Enterprise GC Hildebrandt Goes to Norton Rose Fulbright, V&E’s Murray is new GC
Enterprise Products, one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipeline companies, has named V&E corporate finance partner Craig Murray to replace Stephanie Hildebrandt, who announced she has joined Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner. The Houston midstream company also said that Locke Lord partner Vijay A. D’Cruz is Enterprise’s new head of litigation.