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Keeping Corporate Bankruptcies Home

Dynegy and American Airlines are multibillion-dollar corporations based in Texas based companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November. Their restructurings are predicted to be lengthy and highly complex, meaning that legal fees could approach $100 million each.

November 27, 2011 Mark Curriden

Chairman Smith: The Man Behind Bankruptcy Venue Reform

Rep. Lamar Smith remembers his first election as precinct chairman in San Antonio. He knocked on just about every door in the district and personally asked for people’s vote.

November 27, 2011 Mark Curriden

Business Bankruptcies Down, But Probably Not Why You Think

The number of businesses seeking the protection of Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas declined significantly for the first nine months of 2011.

November 27, 2011 Mark Curriden

Chapter 11: Entering a New Generation

Here we are in 2011, thirty-three years after the enactment of the federal Bankruptcy Code.

November 27, 2011 Mark Curriden

The Fine Art of the Benchslap

by John Browning, Lawyer Contributor Lawyers frequently compare notes about judges, particularly those with a reputation for being tough or demanding.

November 27, 2011 Mark Curriden

Jones Day, Latham & Watkins and Simpson Thatcher Lead KKR’s $7.2 billion Purchase of Samson Investment Company

A large contingent of Texas corporate lawyers kicked off the Thanksgiving holiday in style with the announcement that Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Natural Gas Partners, Crestview Partners and Itochu Corporation had agreed to purchase $7.2 billion in assets from Oklahoma-based Samson Investment Company, which is a large oil and gas exploration and production company.

November 23, 2011 Mark Curriden

Jones Day, Latham & Watkins and Simpson Thatcher Lead KKR’s $7.2 billion Purchase of Samson Investment Company

A large contingent of Texas corporate lawyers kicked off the Thanksgiving holiday in style with the announcement that Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Natural Gas Partners, Crestview Partners and Itochu Corporation had agreed to purchase $7.2 billion in assets from Oklahoma-based Samson Investment Company, which is a large oil and gas exploration and production company.

November 23, 2011 Mark Curriden

Texas Energy Lawyers Lead $1.15 billion Seaway Pipeline Deal

Three major law firms — Fulbright & Jaworski, Morgan Lewis and Vinson & Elkins — were involved in a $1.15 billion deal that allowed Enbridge to acquire a half stake in the Seaway Pipeline, jointly held with Enterprise Products, and to reverse its flow.

November 17, 2011 Mark Curriden

Houston Energy Lawyer Darrell Taylor Takes Practice to Jones Day

Houston energy lawyer Darrell Taylor is taking his Capital Markets Practice from Baker Botts to Jones Day.

November 17, 2011 Mark Curriden

National Law Firms Try Again in Texas

Prominent national law firms such as Chadbourne & Parke and Jenner & Block tried for three decades to crack the Texas legal market. They were lured by the milk and honey of corporate law: boatloads of billable hours from cash rich oil and gas businesses that do not blink at paying top rates.

November 14, 2011 Mark Curriden

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Alan Albright
Alan Alexander
William Aronin
Victoria Bahrami-Negad
Gina M. Benavides
Bill Benitez
Anya Bidwell
Will Bos
Jamila Brinson
Robert Burford
Ian Bushner
Zachary Carlson
David Castro
Jack Chadderdon
Nathan Chapman
Michelle Chiu
Jason T. Contreras
Cody Conwell
C. Celeste Creswell
Cassandra Cuellar
Matthew C. Daly 
Chad Davis
Lowell Denton
Jeff Diamant
Becky Diffen
Michael Dorf
Stuart Kyle Duncan
Mark Dundon
Kurt D. Engelhardt
Yong Eoh
Patrick M. Jaicomo
Scott C. Faciane
Archie Fallon
Analisa Figueroa
Murray Fogler
Tyler Frankel
Gabriela Garcia
Sameer Ghaznavi
Shayna M. Goldblatt
Michelle Gray
Steven Haas
Kendall Hayden
Alia Heintz
Benjamin Hershkowitz
Patrick E. Higginbotham
Tara Higgins
Allyson Ho
James Ho
Kenneth Hoyt
Robert Hughes
Martin S. Hyman
Andrew Ingram
Ralph Janvey
Geetika Jerath
Shawn Johnson
Cyril Jones
David Keltner
Jim Kennedy
Elizabeth Kiernan
Dan Komarek
Kenneth J. Lambert
Sang Lee
Andrew LeGrand
David Levy
Alec Manzer
Peter Marshall
Amos Mazzant III
Levi McCathern
Daniel McEntee
Robert McNamara
Tom Melsheimer
Andres Mena
Katherine Montoya
Veronica Moyé
Robert J. Myers 
Jason Nasra
Brennon Nelson
Stephen Noh
Pete O'Brien
Stephen Pate
Sam Peca
Lionel Aron Peña Jr.
Brent Perry
Connie Pfeiffer
Ravi Purohit
Clint Rancher
Brian Rosenthal
Kevin Sadler
David Salmons
Jody Sanders
Akash Sethi
Gregory Shamoun
John J. Shaw
Barry Shelton
Lande Spottswood
Amy M. Stewart
Tim Taylor
Mike Telle
Jaime E. Tijerina
Scott Tschirhart
Jon Waldrop
Camille Walker
Sean Wheeler
Debbie Yee

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Baytex Energy
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Bison Oil & Gas
Burford Perry
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Clark Hill
Copenhagen Infrastructure
Cozen O'Connor
Dell
Denton Navarro Rocha
Fogler Brar O’Neil 
Gibson Dunn
Golenbock Eiseman
HBS
Hedrick Kring
HSBC
Hunton AK
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Institute for Justice
International Entertainment
Invenergy
IRG
Jackson Walker
JP Morgan
Kabat Chapman & Ozmer
Kasowitz
Kelly Hart
Kirkland
Landry's
Latham
Lemoine
Lotus Infrastructure 
Marriott
Mastercard
McCathern
McGuireWoods
Morgan Lewis
Myers & Shaw
NeuVentus
Norton Rose Fulbright
Paymentech
PBF Energy
Providence Equity Partners
Quantum Energy Partners
Ranger Oil
Shamoun & Norman
Shearman & Sterling
Sidley
Stewart Law Group
TD Bank
UTRGV
V&E
Visa
VMware
Wafra
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Willkie
Winston & Strawn
WSOU Investments 
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