A small technology firm in McKinney with 22 employees, Servergy came into public view last week when a Collin County grand jury announced the indictment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton related to a deal he had made to sell the company’s stock. But the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been investigating the company before Paxton’s name surfaced. The Dallas Morning News takes an in-depth look at Servergy.
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Kirkland, Baker Botts, V&E and Slew of Firms Involved in $19 billion Oncor Sale
Energy Future Holdings GC Stacey Dore and Deputy GC Andy Wright worked with Kirkland partners Andrew Calder and Amber Meek to lead the largest and most complex M&A deal in Texas so far this year. Baker Botts partner Geoff Newton is the lead legal adviser for Hunt Consolidated.
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V&E IP Partners in Austin Jump to Baker Botts
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V&E IP Partners in Austin Jump to Baker Botts
The IP law section at Baker Botts is about to get bigger. Up to four partners from Vinson & Elkins in Austin are taking their practices to their crosstown rival.
Legal Experts: Ken Paxton Case will go to Trial
Criminal charges probably should never have been brought against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, but now that they have been, he could be at serious risk of going to prison, according to legal experts following the case. More than a dozen former prosecutors and former judges interviewed by The Texas Lawbook say there is little to no evidence that the charges against Paxton are the result of political motivations and they believe there’s a significant chance that the case will go to trial.
Mollie Duckworth – The Queen of Securities Offerings
Mollie Duckworth has been a partner at Baker Botts for only 19 months, but has led seven separate securities offerings that raised $3.8 billion during the first seven months of 2015, which was nearly twice as many offerings as any other lawyer in Texas, according to The Texas Lawbook’s Corporate Deal Tracker. Duckworth talks trends and what she sees for the rest of the year.
Corporate Deal Tracker: Ranking Texas Law Firms and Lawyers on M&A and Securities Offerings in 2015
No corporate transactional lawyers have been busier in 2015 than Mollie Duckworth and John Goodgame.
No Texas law firm came close to advising in more deal making during the first seven months of 2015 than Vinson & Elkins, though Baker Botts, Andrews Kurth and Latham are battling for second place.
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