Katie Tullis was the firm administrator for Greer, Herz & Adams for the past five years.
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CDT Roundup: Only 15 Deals? Are We Already On Spring Break?
Two monster power deals–one involving four years of negotiation– ended quietly last week. So did a tepid week of new deals in Texas. The deals were far-flung and diverse, but at $3.3 billion over 15 transactions, Lone Star billables made us believe that someone was getting ready for Spring Break. Claire Poole bears both the bad news and the sordid details in The Texas Lawbook.
A Three-Minute Call & Two Multi-Billion-dollar Wire Transfers – EFH Closes Oncor Sale to Sempra & $42B Bankruptcy Ends
At 7:03 a.m. Friday, Energy Future Holdings GC Andy Wright leaned into a conference room phone on the 41st floor of Energy Plaza in downtown Dallas and spoke six simple words: “EFH has signed off. We release.” Two hours later, two wire transfers totalling $9.4 billion were received. At 9:34 a.m., EFH officially sold its 80 percent ownership in Oncor Electric and the four-year-long, $42 billion corporate bankruptcy came to an end.
The Texas Lawbook was in the conference room and provides exclusive details about one of the most complex and expensive business bankruptcies in U.S. history.
Mayer Brown Grows Houston Litigation Practice
Jon Rice is the second partner to leave Norton Rose Fulbright for Mayer Brown this year.
SEC Charges North Texas Energy Firm, Execs with Securities Fraud
The SEC’s Fort Worth office has charged Dallas-based Americrude and two of its executives with defrauding 17 investors out of $950,000 in an oil and gas offering scheme. The alleged scammers created a boiler room of sales employees who cold called potential investors, “using a combination of high-pressure and deceptive sales pitches and false and misleading offering materials.” The Texas Lawbook has details.
Updated – CHRISTUS Health CLO Moves to Bracewell
Nancy LeGros led a legal department that advised on strategic transactions in the United States and Latin America; conducted regulatory investigations; advised on establishment of Medicare Advantage and Healthcare Exchange plans; implemented a physician contract management system; assumed management of all claims and litigation; and advised senior leadership and multiple boards of directors on compliance and governance matters.
Texas Law Leaders Predict More Mergers, More Competition from Nat’l Firms
A new survey by the legal industry consulting firm Zeughauser Group shows that Texas-based business law firms are facing extraordinary competitive pressures from out-of-state corporate legal operations and one-third predict they will need to merge with larger law firms in order to survive or thrive. The survey shows that younger partners are pushing firms to either consider merging or face losing young talent to competitors.
Ex-Managing Partner of Cozen O’Connor’s Houston Office Laterals to Littler
Charles Wilson represents national and international companies against discrimination and harassment claims, wage and hour matters, whistleblowing and retaliation, workplace injury and trade secret matters.
Munsch Hardt Adds Dallas Real Estate and Finance Shareholder Melissa Jenner
Melissa Jenner was previously senior counsel at Thompson & Knight.
Larry Anders’ Firm Sues Transamerica in Dallas Federal Court
Life insurance giant Transamerica has had its share of legal troubles over the past few years after getting hit with class action lawsuits for sharply raising premiums on tens of thousands of policyholders. Now, Transamerica will have to lawyer up in Dallas since its major general agency, Summit Alliance Financial, has just filed suit against the Iowa-based insurer.