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By Brooks Igo
(June 26) – Thompson & Knight recently announced that it is boosting its real estate and banking practice group in Houston with the addition of Bruce Merwin.
Merwin expects his clients will benefit from his move to join forces with a core group of T&K lawyers he has worked with for more than 35 years.
“The firm has a great platform in Houston real estate,” said Merwin, who arrives at T&K from Haynes and Boone. “I lost out by not having more lawyers in Houston.”
The University of Texas School of Law graduate said 50 percent of his practice is dedicated to construction-related transactions. Merwin, a self-described “24/7 lawyer,” said he stays busy when the economy is going well – currently, he said he is working on 15 to 20 major projects.
A native Houstonian, Merwin has actually worked on two of the buildings he has practiced in – Wells Fargo Plaza and Three Allen Center, where he will office at T&K. He has also worked on contracts for the Toyota Center and NRG Stadium (formerly Reliant Stadium) in Houston and the Joule Hotel in Dallas.
Merwin said there is continued development of multi-family and high-end retail mixed used developments in the Houston area, such as the Galleria, Kirby, Pearland and The Woodlands. High-end residential is also very strong, he says.
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