Bracewell Giuliani, Baker Botts, Vinson & Elkins and Weil, Gotshal & Manges played key legal advisory roles in Kinder Morgan Inc.’s $44 billion series of acquisitions that energy M&A experts say is the largest oil and gas transaction since Exxon’s 1999 merger with Mobil for $74 billion.
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Jones Day and Locke Lord Advise in $500 Million Pipeline Deal
Dallas-based Regency Energy Partners LP and American Energy – Midstream LLC have entered a joint venture agreement to build a pipeline in the Utica Shale.
Baker Botts Advises in Three Deals Totaling $1.2 Billion
The firm advised in two IPOs and one acquisition of assets in the Hugoton Basin and V&E, Latham and Bracewell were on the other ends of the deals.
Nat’l Law Firm Invasion into Texas Changes Legal Marketplace
More than 600 Texas lawyers during the past five years have left local based firms to start or grow the Texas practices of national law firms. About 30 out-of-state law firms have opened in Dallas, Houston and Austin since Feb. 2010. Virginia-based LeClairRyan and California-based Quinn Emanuel opened Houston offices in July.
The national law firms have offered multimillion-dollar guaranteed contracts to senior partners with large books of business. Even mid-level associates with no portable business were offered signing bonuses as high as $75,000.
The Texas Lawbook examines the trend and how it impacts the legal marketplace.
Locke Lord and V&E Lead $600 Million Investment for Zenith Energy
Zenith is receiving the investment from global private equity firm, Warburg Pincus.
Locke Lord and V&E Lead $600 Million Investment for Zenith Energy
Zenith is receiving the investment from global private equity firm, Warburg Pincus.
Winstead represents Waste Management in $2 Billion M&A Deal
Houston-based Waste Management is selling its subsidiary, Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., to an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners.
Winstead represents Waste Management in $2 Billion M&A Deal
Houston-based Waste Management is selling its subsidiary, Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., to an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners.
Meet the New Boutique in Town: Gardner Haas PLLC
The firm’s founders are Michael Gardner and Eric Haas, two veteran attorneys from Bickel & Brewer.
SMU Dedman Opens Patent Law Clinic
Starting this fall, law students at SMU and other Texas schools will provide free legal services to start-up companies and individual inventors in obtaining patents and trademarks.