Jeffrey H. Wood, the former acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Environment & Natural Resources Division, has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
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Retired U.S. Navy Admiral to Headline 2019 Higginbotham Lecture
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Preparing for the Storm: Unleash Recession-Proof Assets and Shore Up Liquidity with Litigation Finance
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CDT Roundup: 18 Deals, 14 Law firms, 91 Texas Lawyers, $6.45B
Baker Botts called 2018 “the year of the special situation.” It was certainly that, with activists everywhere, especially in the O&G and the power and utilities markets. So what does that mean for 2019? More activist-incited M&A? Maybe. Claire Poole has the scoop along with her weekly Roundup of Texas deals.
Buc-ee’s to Shell Oil – 2019 Houston Corporate Counsel Awards Finalists Announced
GCs from Apache, ConocoPhillips, Halliburton, CenterPoint, LyondellBasell and 18 other Houston area businesses have been selected as finalists for the 2019 Houston Corporate Counsel Awards, which are hosted by the Houston Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and The Texas Lawbook. The awards recognize the successes of corporate in-house counsel.