John Goodgame is having a very good year. The corporate partner at Akin Gump has led more mergers and acquisitions (11) during the first seven months of 2015 than any other lawyer in Texas, according to The Texas Lawbook’s Corporate Deal Tracker. Learn why he’s doing so many energy transactions.
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Locke Lord Advises NextEra in Purchase of NET Midstream
Florida-based NextEra Energy Partners made a huge splash in the Texas energy market Monday when it announced is acquiring seven natural gas pipelines owned by Houston-based NET Midstream for $2.1 billion.
NextERA General Counsel Mitch Ross turned to the energy M&A group at Locke Lord to advise the company on the highly complex transaction.
Former UT President Bill Powers Joins Jackson Walker
Bill Powers, the former law dean at the University of Texas in Austin, said he will continue teaching at UT but will also work with appellate lawyers and those who specialize in corporate governance at Jackson Walker. The firm’s managing partner, Wade Cooper, said that Powers “would top just about anyone’s list of the most influential attorneys” in Texas.
JC Penney Slashes Corporate Legal Dept. Staff
The Plano-based retailer laid off about two-dozen lawyers and staff last week. The company had about 50 in-house lawyers just three years ago, but now has less than 25 after deciding to outsource most litigation, employment and labor law and tax law needs.
Inside the Case Against Ken Paxton: The Lawyers
The criminal securities fraud case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is only getting started, but it already features some of the best lawyers in the state. At the same time, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has conducted its own inquiry into Servergy.
The two cases have attracted A-list white-collar lawyers, including former federal judge Joe Kendall, Houston criminal defense lawyers Kent Schaffer and Brian Wice, SEC enforcement attorneys Samantha Cox Martin and Matthew Gulde, and securities litigators Jason Lewis and Kit Addleman. We have all the details.
XTO and BofA Score Mandamus Win in Derivative Royalty Trust Lawsuit
XTO Energy and Bank of America scored a win this week in a Dallas appellate court when a three-judge panel ruled that a trial court abused its discretion by allowing a derivative action lawsuit to continue with an investor of XTO’s publicly-traded royalty trust.
Meet the 2015 Class of New Partners and Shareholders
The Texas Lawbook takes a look at 145 newly minted partners and shareholders in Texas.
Magazine: Norton Rose Fulbright and V&E Among Best Firms for Working Women
Working Women magazine measured flexible work arrangements, paid parental leave, compensation parity and percentage of women equity partners.
Magazine: Norton Rose Fulbright and V&E Among Best Firms for Working Women
Working Women magazine measured flexible work arrangements, paid parental leave, compensation parity and percentage of women equity partners.
DWLA Honors Male Lawyer with Top Honor for First Time in 46-Year History
The Dallas Women Lawyers Association selected Michael Hurst as the recipient of the 2015 Louise B. Raggio Award, which is given to an individual who has made significant contributions to the advancement of women attorneys.