The Los Angeles-founded law firm, which reported $835 million in 2020 revenues, is breaking into the Texas market with four energy lawyers from Thompson & Knight.
Reese Marketos Lands High-Profile U.S. Prosecutor
Andrew Wirmani is leaving the U.S. Attorney’s office to become a partner at Dallas litigation boutique Reese Marketos. Wirmani was lead prosecutor in several high-profile investigations, including that of the Forest Park Medical Center.
Arash Mostafavipour, New CLO at Tabani Group
The commercial real estate-focused Tabani Group has hired a new chief legal officer – former Capital One financial services division chief counsel Arash Mostafavipour. “I love deal-making and they are always doing deals and looking at new deals,” Mostafavipour said. “It is a fast-moving and acquisitive operation.”
Gibson Dunn Dallas Hands Reins to Two New Partners-in-Charge
Two partners will split the role of leading Gibson Dunn’s Dallas office. One is a female partner who has been described as an “absolute rockstar” and joined the firm’s partnership ranks just two-and-a-half years ago. The other is an experienced male trial lawyer whose name was on the door at a litigation boutique before joining Gibson Dunn as the pandemic began last year.
Q&A with Whitney Fogle Lewis, Tiedemann’s New Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy GC
Lewis was previously at Dallas-based alternative asset management firm Carlson Capital, where she was deputy chief legal officer.
Munsch Hardt Adds Healthcare In-House Counsel
Ryan Revisore was most recently the legal counsel and chief compliance officer at Houston-based Principle Health Systems.
At ‘Inflection Point,’ Holt Foster Joins Sidley Austin
After 26 years at Thompson & Knight, Holt Foster has joined Sidley Austin’s energy and infrastructure group as a partner in the Dallas office.
Kirkland Adds Corporate Partner in Austin Office
Kirkland & Ellis has added the former co-chair of Baker Botts’ private equity pillar as a partner in its all-new Austin office.
Litigator Mary Nix Moves To Lynn Pinker
Mary Goodrich Nix, a major league litigation partner with all-star credentials, is leaving Holland & Knight for Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann. Her last day at H&K was Monday.
The move comes more than a month after the Miami-headquartered firm publicly acknowledged merger talks with Dallas-based Thompson & Knight. But that’s not the reason for the move, according to Nix. The Texas Lawbook has the story.
Two More Corporate Transactions Partners Leave TK for Akin Gump
Akin Gump has added two new partners to its corporate transactions practice, including the former leader of Thompson & Knight’s Fort Worth office.