An old business sector is experiencing a quiet but significant amount of attention from investors: trains. “Crude by rail is a hot story,” said Cliff Vrielink, a Houston lawyer and lead advisers for Energy Capital Partners in a potentially $1 billion investment in Houston-based US Development Group (USDG), one of the first companies to develop a hydrocarbon-by-rail concept.
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Longtime Spurs GC Named Managing Director of Kronkosky Charitable Foundation
Also a longtime Bracewell partner, Tullos Wells said the opportunity was too unique to pass up.
Bracewell and Baker Botts Advise in $235 Million Pipeline Assets Deal
The transaction is between Chevron and EnLink Midstream, a Dallas company that Crosstex Energy and Devon Energy formed together early this year.
Latham and V&E Advise in Encana and Athlon’s $5.93 Billion Agreement
Encana Corporation is gaining more of a presence in Texas with its merger agreement to acquire Fort Worth-based Athlon Energy Inc. for $5.93 billion.
Latham and V&E Advise in Encana and Athlon’s $5.93 Billion Agreement
Encana Corporation is gaining more of a presence in Texas with its merger agreement to acquire Fort Worth-based Athlon Energy Inc. for $5.93 billion.
Don Looper Sees the Future: Energy Transactional Boutiques
Looper, a prominent Houston tax and project finance lawyer, has officially opened the doors to his new law firm: Looper Goodwine & Ballew. The 11-lawyer firm already has its first lateral hires and expansion into other cities.
Busy Days Continue on M&A Front
Jones Day, Baker Botts, Thompson & Knight, V&E, Latham, Simpson Thacher and Norton Rose Fulbright have all completed mid-sized to big dollar deals in the past week.
Busy Days Continue on M&A Front
Jones Day, Baker Botts, Thompson & Knight, V&E, Latham, Simpson Thacher and Norton Rose Fulbright have all completed mid-sized to big dollar deals in the past week.
Mark Werbner’s Pilgrimage Leads to Historic Verdict in Terrorism Lawsuit Against Arab Bank
Dallas trial lawyer Mark Werbner may have won the most important trial of the decade this week. He engineered a 10-year global legal battle against Jordan’s Arab Bank for allegedly financing terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel. The result was a landmark verdict that could change international banking forever. But the victory was not without personal consequences to Werbner, who still has nightmares about what he’s seen and learned.
“I didn’t realize the personal toll it would take on my family and me,” Werbner confides. “This case has been an obsession for me – to the point of being unhealthy.” Read the article for full details.
Texas Court Answers: 10:00 a.m. Means 10:00 a.m.
There are court decisions that change the law, but this is a case that should put the fear of God into those who run a litigation calendar.
The bottom line: Defense counsel should be mindful of the 10:00 AM deadline in the rules, and factor it into their calendaring system.