Houston attorney Greg Bopp, who represents energy giants such as Kinder Morgan in megadeals, has been named as Bracewell’s new managing partner. He will assume his new role July 1.
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Baker Botts Advises in $300M Solar Power Investment
Lawyers from Baker Botts said Wednesday that they helped Sunnova Energy Corporation, a Houston-based power company, secure a $300 million equity commitment from Energy Capital Partners this week.
Winstead Names New Houston Managing Shareholder
Winstead said Thursday it has named commercial litigator Tom Van Arsdel as the new managing shareholder of the firm’s Houston office.
Duane Morris Gets New Houston Leadership, Eyes Texas Growth
Intellectual property partner Thomas Sankey will lead Duane Morris’ Houston office as its new managing partner, the Philadelphia-based law firm said this week.
Updated – Akin Gump and Latham Advise in $420M TX/LA Shale Assets
Houston-based EP Energy Corp. said Monday it has agreed to sell all of its assets in the Haynesville and Bossier shale plays in Texas and Louisiana to the privately-held exploration & production company, Covey Park Energy, for $420 million.
Plano Oil Lawyer Takes on Sandbranch Clean Water Case for Free
Mark McPherson is no Erin Brockovich. The Plano environmental lawyer, 50, has represented land developers and helped oil and gas companies secure water for fracking. So what’s he doing taking on — as his first-ever pro bono case — the plight of Sandbranch, an impoverished Dallas County community that lacks running water?
EDTX Jury Returns Goose Eggs to Huge Telecom Equipment Makers in Patent Dispute
A pair of squabbling telecom equipment makers asked a Marshall panel for damages totaling $62 million on respective infringement claims of a combined 10 patents. Instead, they got a verdict killing parts of six of those patents.
Kirkland and V&E Advise in $1.7B Deal
Fort Worth-based TPG Capital said Monday it would sell its Woodlands-based chemical and plastics portfolio company, Nexeo Solutions Holdings, to WL Ross Holdings Corp. (WLRH) for $1.67 billion.