Frederic Chang, a real estate transactions expert, will help manage all of the legal activities related to Highland Capital affiliate NexPoint Advisor’s real estate investments.
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The digital age has opened the door for all kinds of things to constitute as evidence, but an old-fashioned business deal signed on a cocktail napkin scored a win for Dallas attorney Brian Hail over the weekend.
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Texas lawyers from two firms won the work on the $1.438 billion sale of a half-stake in the BridgeTex Pipeline Co. by Plains All American Pipeline and Magellan Midstream Partners to an affiliate of Canadian pension fund manager Omers.
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CDT Weekly Roundup: 11 Firms, 53 Lawyers, 10 Transactions Worth $12.4B
A big time acquisition in oil and gas and a sizable semiconductor manufacturing transaction highlighted another respectable week across business sectors for Texas lawyers, who logged 10 transactions valued at $12.4 billion. Eleven firms and 53 attorneys were involved.