DBJ: PE/M&A Lawyers Switch Firms, Talk How to Get Deals Done

Two Dallas lawyers who recently jumped firms to expand O’Melveny & Myers’ new Dallas presence said they’re seeing creative structures and practices to speed up mergers and acquisitions in an “ultra competitive” environment.

Partners Whit Roberts and Jack Jacobsen, along with three other lawyers on their team, moved from Locke Lord LLP to help grow Los Angeles-based O’Melveny’s local office earlier this month. The all-partner team  — Roberts, Jacobsen Will Becker, Jason Schumacher and Chrissy Williford Metcalf — specializes in M&A, private equity, capital markets, energy and tax.