Encana’s $7.7 billion purchase of Newfield Exploration is the third billion-dollar-plus merger between publicly traded oil and gas producers announced this week. Kirkland advised The Woodlands-based Newfield. Claire Poole talked with Kirkland partner Sean Wheeler about the deal.
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KRCL Paves Departure of 20-Lawyer Litigation Group
In an era characterized by the zig of headlong expansion, the Texas-based firm of Kane Russell Coleman Logan has found a way to zag. In unusually amicable fashion, senior director Zach Mayer is departing from the 26-year old firm and, with the blessing of its founding management, taking as many as 20 lawyers with him. More in The Texas Lawbook
Trinity Industries Promotes Teachout to CLO, Richardson to Corp. Secretary
Dallas-based Trinity Industries promoted deputy general counsel Sarah Teachout to chief legal officer Thursday and Jared Richardson to the post of corporate secretary. Long-time CLO Theis Rice retains the title of senior VP and will serve as the industrial supply company’s chief corporate compliance officer. The Texas Lawbook has the details.
Review: Federal Commercial Litigation Treatise has Strong Texas Influence
Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts is breathtaking in its scope and breadth. This 14-volume treatise is edited by New York litigator and scholar Robert Haig, but its authors include several leading Texas lawyers, including David Beck, Judge Barbara Lynn, David Coale, Rod Phelan, Van Beckwith and Chip Babcock.
Clark Hill Strasburger Receives LCLD’s Inaugural Compass Award
Clark Hill received the inaugural Compass Award, given to an LCLD member who demonstrates an exemplary commitment to the Council’s goal of creating a diverse legal profession, at the Ninth Annual LCLD Membership Meeting last week in Washington, D.C.
Dallas Firm Hires Ex-DEA Attorney to Strengthen Opioid Litigation Expertise
Jonathan Novak, who most recently practiced at McNamee Hosea in Maryland, was a litigator in the DOJ’s Drug Enforcement Administration from 2011 to 2015.
Locke Lord Partner Paul Coggins Named President-Elect of NAFUSA
Coggins, co-chair of the firm’s white collar criminal defense and internal investigations practice group, has been named president-elect of the National Association of Former United States Attorneys
Holland & Knight Adds Dallas Corporate Tax Partner
Mark Melton, who was formerly at Hunton Andrews Kurth, has jumped to Holland & Knight and will be a partner.
Hon. Dale Tillery: The Dallas Judge Always Free for a Lunch Hearing
Judge Dale Tillery of the 134th District Court is easily the busiest civil trial judge in Dallas County. But it’s not easy being the busiest. It involves relentless punctuality, the occasional 3 a.m. hearing and a willingness to eschew lunch. Natalie Posgate profiles the judge who presided over Reavis v. Toyota.
Chesapeake Energy Buys WildHorse Resource Development in $4B Deal
In a second merger this week between publicly traded oil and gas producers, Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. said Tuesday that it had agreed to buy WildHorse Resource Development of Houston for nearly $4 billion in cash, stock and debt. Claire Poole has the names of Texas lawyers involved in the deal.