The firm’s new office space occupies 42,833 feet on the 42nd and 43rd floors of the recently developed 48-floor skyscraper.
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The HBA earned recognition for expanding the Houston Volunteer Lawyers (HVL) Pro Se Assistance Clinic and for its program on diversity, equality and inclusion from the LGBTQ perspective.
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Updated – Kirkland, Jones Day & Gibson Dunn Advise in Oncor’s $18.1B Sale to Berkshire Hathaway
One minute after midnight Friday morning, Energy Future Holdings announced that it reached an agreement to sell Oncor to Berkshire Hathaway Energy for $18.1 billion. EFH GC Andy Wright and Kirkland partners Andy Calder and John Pitts are advising EFH. Pat Villareal of Jones Day represents. Gibson Dunn is advising Warren Buffet. Oncor GC Allen Nye will be the company’s new CEO.
Updated – Kirkland, Jones Day & Gibson Dunn Advise in Oncor’s $18.1B Sale to Berkshire Hathaway
One minute after midnight Friday morning, Energy Future Holdings announced that it reached an agreement to sell Oncor to Berkshire Hathaway Energy for $18.1 billion. EFH GC Andy Wright and Kirkland partners Andy Calder and John Pitts are advising EFH. Pat Villareal of Jones Day represents. Gibson Dunn is advising Warren Buffet. Oncor GC Allen Nye will be the company’s new CEO.
Texas Lawbook Exclusive: Munck Wilson Acquires Patent Boutique
IP lawyers Bill Munck and Greg Howison have known each other for two decades. They shared clients and sent business to each other. Munck even hired Howison’s son as a lawyer last year. Next week, Howison and the six patent attorneys at Howison & Arnott will officially join Munck Wilson Mandala, making the firm one of the largest patent practices in North Texas. The Texas Lawbook has the details.
Masergy Names Jeff Walker its new GC
Jeff Walker, who spent the past decade in leadership positions in the Energy Future Holdings and RadioShack legal departments, is the new general counsel at Masergy Communications. In an exclusive interview with The Texas Lawbook, Walker discusses his in-house experiences – including having to tell a majority shareholder no and firing his company’s president – his plans for outside counsel at Masergy and his recent family vacation of a lifetime.