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 and Latham Advise in $839 Million Nitrogen Fertilizer Deal
Sugar Land-based CVR Partners announced Monday that it will acquire all outstanding units of Los Angeles-based Rentech Nitrogen Partners for approximately $839 million.
Littler Opens Austin Office – Updated
Dallas shareholders Steve McCown, Allan King and Kevin Mullen will launch the office, the firm’s third in Texas.
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.
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.
Seven months into 2015, The Texas Lawbook’s Corporate Deal Tracker leaderboard shows which Texas lawyers are doing the most business mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and securities offerings. We have all the details.
A Word with John Goodgame: The Top M&A Dealmaker in 1H 2015
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.
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.