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Foley Gardere Taps Texas Politics Vet to be Director of Public Affairs
Craig Chick, founder of Capitol Partners Consulting with more than 20 years of experience in state politics as a senior adviser in the Texas House and Senate, has joined the recently combined firm as director of public affairs.
Austin Law Firm Adds Name Partner
The new firm will be called Slack Davis Sanger.
Mack Strother Retires
Lawyers at McGuire, Craddock & Strother spent this past week celebrating the firm’s 25th birthday as well as the retirement of one of its founding partners, Mack Strother. The Texas Lawbook sat down with Strother to discuss his story, his career and the firm he is so proud to have helped create a quarter century ago. Details here.
Texas Lawbook Exclusive: Gardere and Foley Reach Merger Agreement
The move had been anticipated for months, but an agreement has finally been reached. Dallas-based Gardere Wynne Sewell is combining with Milwaukee’s Foley & Lardner, effective April 1. The new firm will be known as Foley Gardere in Texas. The combined firm, with 1,100 lawyers, 24 offices and revenues of $850 million, will rank among the AmLaw 50. The Texas Lawbook has exclusive details on Gardere’s search for a national partner, Foley’s big Texas gambit, and in-depth interviews with the top lawyers at both firms.
White & Case Lures Houston Corporate Partner
Steven Tredennick was previously the chair of Paul Hasting’s Houston corporate practice.
Corp. Deal Tracker Weekly Round-Up: 10 Firms and 92 TX Lawyers Advise on 9 Deals Worth $4B
Claire Poole left for vacation after writing most of last week’s roundup, and it appears Texas’s deal attorneys followed her. Texas lawyers advised on nine deals worth $4 billion, which was a 44 percent drop in dealflow from the previous week. Some firms still formed some biggies, though. Details here.
Hopper-1, JP Morgan-0 in Post-$8B Probate Verdict Rulings
A Dallas probate judge on Wednesday ordered J.P. Morgan Chase Bank to pay $5.5 million in attorneys’ fees to the widow of an American Airlines executive for an $8 billion jury verdict she and her stepchildren won against the bank last fall.
Concho & RSP Permian Have Gibson Dunn and V&E Lead $9.5B Shale Oil Deal
In the biggest M&A deal in the history of the Permian Basin, Midland-based Concho Resources is buying rival oil producer RSP Permian for $9.5 billion in an all stock transaction.
Carter Arnett Clears Nonprofit of $224 Million Antitrust Claim in SA Trial
A federal jury in San Antonio has ruled that a local allergy testing and immunotherapy provider take nothing on $224 million worth of antitrust claims it had brought against a patient advocacy nonprofit group.