Tom Mason and Tonja De Sloover and their legal department at Energy Transfer Equity are finalists in the 2017 Outstanding Corporate Counsel Awards for Business Litigation of the Year. And they’ve had a lot of that to deal with: In Delaware, a $33 billion fight over a failed merger: in North Dakota, endless legal struggles over the Dakota Access Pipeline; in Texas, they’re leading the battle to restore a $535 million jury verdict on appeal. Learn more about the philosophy behind their aggressive approach to litigation in The Texas Lawbook.
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Michelle Brookshire: Preventing Litigation is Better than Winning
Michelle Brookshire says she had no idea what lawyers did. But her thoughtful approach to legal issues at LSG Sky Chefs has earned her a nod as a finalist in the 2017 Outstanding Corporate Counsel Awards. The Texas Lawbook has details of her work in an unusual and highly-regulated food services company.
Judge David Counts: Meet the Western District’s Newest Article III Jurist
U.S. Magistrate Judge David Counts in Midland heard two felony pleas agreements Thursday morning and recommended to the U.S. District judge that they be accepted. After lunch, Judge Counts accepted the pleas of a handful of criminal felony defendants. Between the two court appearances, he was sworn in as the new U.S. District judge for the Western District of Texas. The Texas Lawbook has an exclusive interview with Judge Counts.
Norton Rose Fulbright Global Chair: ‘Texas Lawyers are Bigger than Life’
Tricia Hobson was in Dallas Thursday and Houston – a mere 8,581 miles from her law firm’s office in Australia. Her new position as Global Chair of Norton Rose Fulbright requires that she visit the firm’s offices in 58 cities around the globe. She says the lawyers in Texas are unique from those anywhere else in the world. The Texas Lawbook has the exclusive interview.
EFH, Oncor, Vistra – A Corporate Restructuring for the Decades
In some ways, it was more saga than bankruptcy: A four-year-long, $45 billion corporate restructuring that included the elimination of more than $20 billion in debt, four corporate M&A divestitures valued at $18 billion each, heated battles with state regulators that caused two of those deals to collapse, and the $20 billion spin-off of two subsidiaries. And now its a finalist in the Outstanding Corporate Counsel Awards. Mark Curriden describes the EFH journey through the courts in The Texas Lawbook.
Winston & Strawn Deepens Energy Transactions Bench in Houston
Douglas Atnipp lateraled over from Greenberg Traurig, where he was co-managing shareholder of the firm’s Houston office and co-chair of the energy practice group.
Baker McKenzie Promotes Three to Partner in Texas
The firm announced 20 new partners around the world.
Dena Stroh & NTTA’s Law Firms Finalists for Biz Litigation and M&A Deal of Year
Dena Stroh says she had no idea that government law could be fascinating. But in 2017, she guided the North Texas Tollway Authority through one of the largest government bond issues in the U.S., as well as a potentially major class-action lawsuit. For that, and more, she and what she calls her “excellent lawyers” are nominated in two categories of the 2017 Outstanding Corporate Counsel Awards. Read the details in The Texas Lawbook.
Michael Sukenik is ‘Adept at Operating Across Diverse Markets’
Michael “Misha” Sukenik travels a lot. He’s the legal officer behind two of the best known franchise names in the Yum! Brands inventory in 120 countries. He’s also a finalist in the Outstanding Corporate Counsel Awards. Read about him in The Texas Lawbook.
Corp. Deal Tracker Weekly Round-Up: Eight Firms and 49 Texas Lawyers Back to Work on 10 Transactions Worth $6.28B
It was clearly back to work for Texas attorneys in the second full week of January with eight firms working on ten transactions worth a total of nearly $6.3 billion. As she does each week, Claire Poole has all the details in The Texas Lawbook.