Several Texas attorneys were involved in the big utility merger announced late Wednesday in which Canada’s Hydro One Ltd. is acquiring Avista Corp. of Spokane, Wash., for $5.3 billion. The Lawbook has the details on legal teams and an analyst’s outlook on the deal going through.
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V&E Works on TPG Affiliate’s $220M IPO
New York-based TPG RE Finance Trust, a REIT (real estate investment trust), said Monday evening that it priced its IPO at $220 million. The company is offering 11 million shares of common stock at $20 per share. It began trading today on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker, “TRTX.”
Baker Botts, V&E and Gibson Dunn Advise on $1.3B Select-Rockwater Merger
Under the agreement, Select will issue 37.95 million shares of common stock in exchange for all outstanding shares of Rockwater common stock. The Texas Lawbook has the details on the deal teams, the firms’ history with the companies, and info on both GCs here.
Laura Fontaine Laterals from One Dallas Litigation Boutique to Another
Fontaine, an expert on bankruptcy and receivership-related litigation, has joined Hedrick Kring from Gruber Elrod.
Former Houston Health Care GC Returns to Private Practice at Baker Donelson
Matthew Maruca’s tenure with Nobilis Health Corp., a Houston-based publicly-traded health care facilities and management services provider, spanned more than six years.
Updated – Dallas Appeals Court: ‘No partnership between Enterprise and ETP’
The Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed the 2014 landmark Texas jury verdict that legally established a business version of common law marriage and a $535 million judgment against Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners in favor of Energy Transfer Partners.
T&K Strengthens Corporate and Securities Practice in Houston with Addition of Robert Eickenroht
Eickenroht, who was most recently at Locke Lord, is also a former vice president and assistant general counsel of Enron Corp.
From Rudy Kos Comes A Call: “Let’s Talk After All”
For months, accused pedophile priest Rudy Kos had evaded reporter Brooks Egerton. But the night before his vacation trek to New Mexico comes a call: Rudy Kos wanted to talk. And talk he did.
Sylvia Demarest’s Gift of Disturbing Data
Dallas lawyer Sylvian Demarest could have spent another lifetime representing the victims of pedophile priests. Instead, she decided to bequeath her years of research on the matter to help protect future generations of potential victims.
‘Wake Up the Pope’ – The Historic Jury Verdict Against a Priestly Pedophile that Shook the Catholic Church
Twenty years ago this month, an extraordinary trial took place in a Dallas County court. It pitted 10 young men and the family of another against the Dallas Catholic Diocese. The issue was serial sexual abuse by Rudy Kos, a priest and pedophile whose transgressions had been ignored for years. The resulting verdict of $119 million was a record for its time; but the dramatic 14-week trial helped expose to international public scrutiny the clear and present danger of a pedophile population within the priesthood that had been protected for decades, both by the church bureaucracy and the public trust. This special Texas Lawbook report by Bruce Tomaso tells the story of the trial of Rudy Kos, a remarkable and historic tale of courtroom justice.