Robert Shearer recently advised Houston oilfield services giant Schlumberger in its $430 million purchase of Weatherford International’s U.S. hydraulic fracturing business.
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Corp. Deal Tracker Weekly Round-Up: 12 Firms and 92 Texas Lawyers Open 2018 with 12 Transactions Worth $16.5B
Fueled by Dominion Energy’s Jan. 3 agreement to purchase Scana for $14.6 billion, the first week of transactions for the new year was a strong one. Claire Poole has the names, the firms and all the numbers in her weekly roundup in The Texas Lawbook.
Norton Rose Fulbright Elevates 10 to Partner, including Four in Texas
The firm promoted two partners each in Houston and Dallas.
Bracewell Appoints Houston Partner to Management Committee
Stephen Crain has chaired Bracewell’s litigation section since 2014.
Locke Lord Austin Managing Partner Named Chair-Elect of Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce Board
C. Brian Cassidy has previously served as the chamber’s general counsel and a member of its Finance and Transportation Committees.
Reed Smith Promotes One to Partner in Houston
Reed Smith’s class of new partners totaled 23 firmwide.
Mayer Brown Lures Houston Financial Institutions and Insurance Litigation Pro
Robert Harrell previously led Norton Rose Fulbright’s U.S. financial institutions and insurance litigation practice.
DBA Launches New DVAP Endowment
DBA President Michael K. Hurst decided to create the DVAP Endowment to help maintain long-term funding to secure legal aid to the poor and guard against future federal and state funding cuts.
Gary Kennedy & ‘Twelve Years of Turbulence’ as American Airlines GC
As the general counsel of American Airlines for a dozen years, Gary Kennedy has some stories to tell. In his new book, Kennedy gives readers unprecedented access to closed-door internal discussions with executives, confidential legal strategy meetings and secret – and many times contentious – negotiations between American officials, its labor unions and executives with US Airways.
Most importantly, Twelve Years of Turbulence provides a provocative insider’s description of the most successful corporate bankruptcy and restructuring in U.S. history.
Hurst and Pettit File Lawsuit for Texas Tech Football Coach Firing Probe
In a lawsuit filed Monday in Lubbock County against Texas Tech University, longtime Houston television reporter-turned communications consultant Wayne Dolcefino seeks the court to issue a declaratory judgment that will require university officials to hand over a series of public records requests Dolcefino filed on behalf of Leach this past fall.