With only eight deals worth a reported $6.3 billion announced last week, Texas lawyers seemed to lose some of the momentum that was building when 13 deals worth $14.5 billion were announced the week previous.
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Winstead Picks Up Dallas Real Estate Litigation Partner
Kasey Ratliff was previously at Clark Hill Strasburger.
Eversheds Sutherland Continues Building Houston Labor and Employment Practice
Crystal Parker has reunited with four former Jackson Walker attorneys who joined Eversheds in February.
Kansas City Law Firm Adds Dallas Oil and Gas Transactions Vet
Spencer Fane announced on Friday that Dallas oil and gas transactions partner Mark Wasem has joined the firm’s Dallas office.
Akerman Beefs Up Texas Insurance Litigation Practice
Akerman continued its growth in Texas with the addition of four Houston insurance litigation experts led by partners David Clark and Kristen McDanald.
T&K MP Mark Sloan Appointed to SMU Dedman Executive Board
Sloan joins a group of about 70 alumni and community leaders on the board.
Talen Energy Names Andy Wright as GC
(June 8) – The Woodlands-based Talen Energy has hired former Energy Future Holdings General Counsel Andy Wright as its new top lawyer. Wright, who leads a legal team of four lawyers, talks about his reasons for the move after 14 years at EFH in Dallas.
Lawsuit Claims Funeral Home Wrongfully Moved 80-Year-Old’s Parents’ Remains
The 80-year-old scion of a Dallas oil and gas production company has sued the owners of Restland Cemetery for allowing the removal of his parents’ remains to another cemetery without his consent. The suit, though filed against Restland, evolved from a long-simmer business dispute between Dorfman and his late brother’s children. Natalie Posgate has the vivid details.
DBJ: Lawsuit Alleges Fraud by Toyota Music Factory Developer, Seeks to Block Payment of $44M From Irving
Dallas attorney Larry Friedman filed a lawsuit Wednesday attempting to block the North Carolina-based developer of the Toyota Music Factory from receiving $44 million in public money. Friedman filed on behalf of an Irving taxpayer advocacy group, alleging that Charlotte-based ARK Group cut corners during construction to gain certificates of occupancy by certain deadlines. Bill Hethcott of The Dallas Business Journal has the story.
V&E, Latham Advise on Devon’s $3.12B Sale of EnLink Interests to GIP
(June 7) – There was a surprise sale this week. Devon Energy sold all of its interests in publicly-traded EnLink Midstream Partners LP and EnLink Midstream LLC to Global Infrastructure Partners for $3.12 billion. Perhaps not surprising, Texas attorneys from three different firms were involved. Claire Poole has the names.