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By Brooks Igo
(July 29) – Greenberg Traurig recently announced that it enhanced its energy and corporate practices with the addition of three lawyers in Dallas and Houston.
Energy lawyer Derek Anchondo, previously at Adams and Reese, and corporate lawyer Christina Tate, formerly of Vinson & Elkins, join Greeberg Traurig as shareholders in Houston and Dallas, respectively. Hiba Kazim signed on as a litigation associate in Houston.
Anchondo says his new firm provides a great platform for his oil and gas and energy transactional practice.
“Greenberg’s emphasis on and strength in Mexico and Latin America will help further my practice in those regions and the services I can provide to my clients,” he said. “Additionally, my broad oil and gas and energy experience, particularly in the areas of upstream exploration and production, are a great fit for the firm.”
The University of Houston Law Center graduate is seeing an increased focus on regulatory and enforcement actions in the energy sector from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. He added that safety and security for personnel continue to be “serious issues.”
In the past year, he has worked on a transaction for an offshore production facility that is jointly owned by several independent operators, the joint bidding process for an international oil and gas tender for several offshore blocks and the formation of an international joint venture for the procurement and development of several offshore blocks off the coast of West Africa.
Tate, a SMU Dedman School of Law graduate, focuses her practice on public and private mergers and acquisitions with an emphasis on representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies.
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