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Corporate Deal Tracker: 2016 = More M&A Action for TX Lawyers

Texas-based M&A lawyers worked on 24 percent more deals last year than they did in 2015, new data from The Texas Lawbook’s Corporate Deal Tracker shows.

This article highlights everything you need to know about the data – from the percentage increase and reasons behind energy deals doing better, to which other sectors saw a significant increase in deals, to what is anticipated for deal flow in 2017.

January 27, 2017 Mark Curriden

Corporate Deal Tracker: 2016 = More M&A Action for TX Lawyers

Texas-based M&A lawyers worked on 24 percent more deals last year than they did in 2015, new data from The Texas Lawbook’s Corporate Deal Tracker shows.
This article highlights everything you need to know about the data – from the percentage increase and reasons behind energy deals doing better, to which other sectors saw a significant increase in deals, to what is anticipated for deal flow in 2017.

January 27, 2017 Mark Curriden

Kirkland and V&E Handle $6.4B Utilities Deal

Vinson & Elkins and Kirkland & Ellis lawyers from Houston and Dallas were involved in the big $6.4 billion utilities merger between Canada-based AltaGas and Washington, D.C. based WGL Holdings. AltaGas will acquire WGL in an all-cash transaction

January 26, 2017 Mark Curriden

Kirkland and V&E Handle $6.4B Utilities Deal

Vinson & Elkins and Kirkland & Ellis lawyers from Houston and Dallas were involved in the big $6.4 billion utilities merger between Canada-based AltaGas and Washington, D.C. based WGL Holdings. AltaGas will acquire WGL in an all-cash transaction

January 26, 2017 Mark Curriden

Joe Ferretti, VP & Chief Counsel, Global Trademarks at PepsiCo, Named President of INTA

Ferretti, who is based in Dallas, joined PepsiCo, leads a team that is responsible for all trademark, copyright and domain name work for PepsiCo.

January 26, 2017 Mark Curriden

Joe Ferretti, VP & Chief Counsel, Global Trademarks at PepsiCo, Named President of INTA

Ferretti, who is based in Dallas, joined PepsiCo, leads a team that is responsible for all trademark, copyright and domain name work for PepsiCo.

January 26, 2017 Mark Curriden

Morgan Lewis Adds Houston Litigation Partner Michelle Pector

Pector specializes in handling high-stakes business disputes in the energy industry, and also represents clients in health care and technology.

January 26, 2017 Mark Curriden

Porter Hedges Elects Five New Partners

The Houston-based firm promoted attorneys in its corporate, litigation, energy litigation, bankruptcy and energy finance sections.

January 26, 2017 Mark Curriden

State Bar Honors McAllen Attorneys Dan Worthington and Victor Flores

Flores and Worthington were recognized for their outstanding service to the legal profession and the greater McAllen community.

January 26, 2017 Mark Curriden

New Norton Rose Fulbright RE Transactions Partner has “Massive” Optimism for Austin Market

Joshua Bernstein, who recently lateraled with two associates from Greenberg Traurig, discusses trends in his practice, including private equity firms expanding their target markets.

January 26, 2017 Mark Curriden

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  • KBR’s Kriste Sullivan Instrumental in ‘Mighty Big’ Win  - When a federal jury in Houston hit KBR with a $71 million verdict in a trade secrets case involving processes used to manufacture polycarbonate, the engineering and construction firm’s senior counsel Kriste Sullivan didn’t flinch. 

    She knew the plaintiffs had taken a big gamble. And she knew she had an ace in the hole. But it wasn’t just the luck of the draw that resulted in KBR eventually completely pouring out Trinseo’s $360 million trade secrets case.

    Citing that win, the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Houston Chapter and The Texas Lawbook have honored Sullivan, KBR and the lawyers at Susman Godfrey and Bracewell the 2026 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for Business Litigation of the Year. 
    May 28, 2026Michelle Casady & Mark Curriden
  • Phillips 66’s Vanessa Sutherland & Michael Voutsinas — The New World of Legal Operations - Energy company legal departments have a lot on their agendas in 2026, including ever-changing tariffs, turmoil in the Middle East, constant reversals in federal regulatory schemes, threats of cybersecurity and intellectual property theft and constantly rising hourly rates from outside counsel. As companies struggle to manage or keep up, Phillips 66 GC Vanessa Sutherland and Legal Ops Director Michael Voutsinas have taken a different approach: It has dramatically upgraded its entire legal operations team that deals with effective financial management of legal work, employee performance management, technology adoption and usage, outside vendor management, information governance, e-discovery and data analytics to optimize legal services delivery. The reforms have resulted in several internal and external successes.

    "It has become more critical for staff functions to be both a good corporate steward of capital and a partner that generates value,” Sutherland said. ACC Houston and The Texas Lawbook have named Phillips 66 as the recipients of the 2026 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for Legal Innovation.
    May 27, 2026Mark Curriden

GCs, Lawyers & Firms

  • Catching Up with Kelly Rentzel as In-house Veteran Joins Bradley’s Dallas Office - Bradley continues to expand its presence in Dallas by hiring Kelly Rentzel as counsel in the firm's banking & financial services practice group. A financial services in-house veteran, she brings rare firsthand experience managing internal legal operations, capital markets transactions and complex M&A.

    The Texas Lawbook caught up with Rentzel about her move to Bradley, the trends she’s seeing and more.
  • Chevron Appoints Scott Keller as Next GC
  • Haynes Boone Associates Get a Trial Run
  • Winston & Strawn Adds Former Baker Botts Partner to Its IP Roster
  • Houston Maritime Litigation Partner Moves to SBSB
  • Houston Employee Benefits Partner Returns to Norton Rose
  • Dallas Regulatory Partner Moves from Haynes Boone to Holland & Knight 
  • Dallas SALT Partners, Senior Counsel Lateral to Holland & Knight 
  • Hello, Larry: Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s New Managing Shareholder Seeks Strategic Growth
  • Houston Commercial Litigation Partner Moves from Kirkland & Ellis to Latham & Watkins
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Chip Babcock
Chris Bankler
Jamie B. Beaber
David J. Beck
Bill Benitez
Jessica Berkowitz
Brent Bernell
Tyler Bexley
Shawn Blackburn
Michael Blankenship
Jeffrey Brill
Anita Brown
Ian Brown
Stuart Campbell
Jack Chadderdon
Paul Clement
Erin Nealy Cox
Scott Craig
Kevin Crews
Shamus Crosby
Hannah M. Crowe
Geoffrey Culbertson
Sean Cunningham
John Daywalt
Rajiv Dharnidharka
James Ducayet
Brian K. Erickson
Scott Everett
Weiru Fang
Elizabeth Freeman
Tad Freese
Melanie Fry
Geoff Gannaway
Paul Genender
John J. Gilluly III
Rodney Gilstrap
Andrew Gorham
John Greer
Joseph Grinstein
Matthew Haddad
Colleen Haile
Breen Haire
Shahmeer Halepota
Dionne Hamilton
Troy Harder
Rusty Hardin
Michael Hawes
Nathan Hecht
Stephen Hessler
Hillary Holmes
Marc Jaffe
Lauren Jenkins
David Jones
Atma Kabad
Susan Kennedy
David Kinder
Justin King
Allan Kirk
Melanie Koltermann
Doug Kubehl
Joe Laurel
Sang Lee
Steven Lockhart
Arthur Lotz
Barbara Lynn
Mike Lynn
Nora McGuffey
Stephanie McPhail
Mark Melton
Jeri Leigh Miller
Kimberly A. Moore
Mark Moore
Shelby Morgan
Alia Moses
Davis Mosmeyer III
Darren Nicholson
Eamon Nolan
Ivy Nowinski
Holland O’Neil
George Padis
Ian Peck
Jonathan Platt
Chase Proctor
Doug Rayburn
Joel Reese
Kevin Richardson
Andrew Rodheim
Seth Rubinson
Mazin Sbaiti
Ana Sanchez
Vincenzo Santini
Jeffrey Scharfstein
Robert Schroeder III
Scott Seidel
Steven Sexton
Ahmed Sidik
Robert Slovak
Emily Smith
Melissa R. Smith
Jonathon Soler
Robert Soza
Lande Spottswood
Craig Stanfield
Justin Stolte
Josh Teahen
Kelly Tidwell
Linda Tieh
Rafael B. de Toledo
Monica Uddin
Rhett Van Syoc
Rahul Vashi
Gabe Vazquez
Patrick Venter
Sarah Walden
Kandace Walter
Kyle Watson
Mikell Alan West
Noël Wise
Meng Xi

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Boies Schiller Flexner
Bracewell
Bradley Arant
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Clement & Murphy
Condon & Forsyth
DLA Piper
Dykema
Foley & Lardner
Gibson Dunn
Gillam & Smith
Haynes Boone
Holland & Knight
Jackson Walker
King & Spalding
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Lynn Pinker
Mayer Brown
MoloLamken
Pamela Welch PLLC
Patton Tidwell Culbertson
Paul Hastings
Porter Hedges
The Probus Law Firm
Reese Marketos
Rusty Hardin & Associates
Sbaiti & Company
Sidley Austin
Simpson Thacher
Skadden
Squire Patton Boggs
Sullivan & Cromwell
Susman Godfrey
Troutman Pepper Locke
Vinson & Elkins
Weil
Willkie
Winston & Strawn

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