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Clifford Chance has named J. Laurens Wilkes a partner in its Houston office and global head of infrastructure disputes.
The firm also appointed Caitlin Gernert as a Houston partner, adding further depth to its infrastructure, energy and construction litigation team.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett spoke about her book Listening to the Law at the George W. Bush Presidential Center on Southern Methodist University’s campus Monday evening. From clerking for Justice Antonin Scalia to ruling on a death penalty case, Justice Barrett covered a few topics in her book.
Brad Jorgensen, a government contracts partner, has joined Kirkland & Ellis in Austin from DLA Piper. He will focus his practice on government contractor focused mergers and acquisitions, compliance counseling and high-stakes disputes.
The Texas Lawbook caught up with Jorgensen about trends he’s seeing in his practice area and more.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkin, Wharton & Garrison announced Monday that its Houston office has added two major deal lawyers: Aisha Lavinier, from Kirkland & Ellis, to its corporate department and Jim Cole, from Latham & Watkins, to tax.
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, Hunton Andrews Kurth scores a win for Oncor in an appeal of a National Labor Relations Board decision, and the former head of internal audits for a defunct electric vehicle company strikes a deal to settle insider trading allegations.
Following a four-week trial, a jury determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association is liable for negligence in a lawsuit brought by the family of a former Southern Methodist University football player who died of chronic traumatic encephalopathy dementia.
W. Andrew Lanius is joining A&O Shearman in its energy, natural resources and infrastructure practice in Houston and will serve as the head of U.S. energy and infrastructure finance. He comes to A&O from Simpson Thacher & Barlett where he was a partner in that firm’s banking and credit practice.
Dallas data center development and investment platform Related Digital secured financing for its $16 billion campus in Saline Township, Michigan, being built for Oracle.
Kirkland & Ellis advised Related Digital with a team that included Julian Seiguer, Mary Kogut and William Zakhary in Houston with Ieuan List in Austin and Max Baird in Dallas.
For the week ended May 2, the CDT Roundup reported on 13 deals valued at nearly $37.9 billion. The prior week had 11 deals reported with a total value of about $19.7 billion, while a year ago at this time, the Roundup reported on 11 deals valued about $4.3 billion.
On the M&A side, the week proved to be all about power and energy and data centers. That and more in this week’s CDT Roundup.
The Texas Access to Justice Commission’s Champions of Justice Gala in Austin topped last year’s record-shattering haul with $1.05 million raised for legal aid and veterans. Co-chaired by Toyota Motor North America CLO Sandra Phillips and CenterPoint Energy GC Monica Karuturi, the event Thursday honored Texas lawyers for their contributions to advocacy.
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