Leawood, Kansas-based Tallgrass Energy has raised $1.2 billion through its IPO. Baker Botts, its legal counsel, says it is the “year’s largest IPO” thus far.
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Andrews Kurth, Locke Lord, Simpson Thacher and Paul Hastings Advise in $7.5 Billion Merger
Houston-based Crestwood Equity Partners and Crestwood Midstream Partners announced earlier this week that the two limited partnerships will combine to simplify Crestwood’s corporate structure.
TX Foster Care Reform Trial Concludes
A district judge heard closing arguments Thursday in Dallas from lawyers for the State of Texas and advocacy group Children’s Rights on how she should provide federal oversight to reform Texas’s long-term foster care system.
Thursday morning’s closings were the denouement of a two-week bench trial that occurred in December after lawyers from Children’s Rights in New York, Yetter Coleman in Houston and Haynes and Boone in Dallas partnered up to bring a class-action lawsuit against the State of Texas to advocate for the more than 12,000 foster children in the state’s long-term foster care system.
Locke Lord Chair Jerry Clements First Woman to Win Baylor Lawyer of the Year Award
The law school hosted a luncheon on Tuesday in Austin to honor Clements as a “distinguished leader in her professional achievements and service to the community.”
J.C. Penney Lawyer Seeks Patent Reform in U.S. Senate
Diane Lettelier, senior managing counsel for the Plano-based retailer, told Senators Thursday that the company is so frequently targeted by unfounded patent lawsuits and threatening demand letters concerning its use of technology that it now shies away from using technology marketed by small tech firms. Adopting new technology makes the company a target for so-called patent trolls, she said.
Tax Expert Rejoins Kelly Hart
Sean Bryan, who spent the last 18 months at Akin Gump, said Kelly Hart was a “better fit.”
Morgan Lewis Further Strengthens Government Enforcement Practice, Adds Two Contracts Experts
Sheila Armstrong and Robert Sherry, who also join from K&L Gates, will be reunited with Danny Ashby, Steve Korotash, Gregory Jackson the rest of the team that jumped to Morgan Lewis in April.
Schiff Hardin Continues Dallas Growth
The firm announced on Monday the addition of Stephen Sapp, a corporate and securities lawyer.
Winstead Honors Winners of Juris Doctor Scholarships
Mariana Yee-Trejo of the University of Houston Law Center, Kirsten Johansson of the University of Texas School of Law and Jake Torres of SMU’s Dedman School of Law were honored at three separate receptions hosted by Winstead.
Stephenson Fournier Announces Juli Fournier as New Managing Partner
Juli Fournier assumes the leadership role from Jim Stephenson.