Sarah Morgan’s to-do list this week: Get promoted to partner and co-lead with Marcia Backus a $1.5 billion joint venture Dallas-based Caiman Energy II.
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Jones Day Leads $240 Million International Deal
The attorneys of Jones Day’s Dallas office play a big role in an international oil and gas deal.
Andrews Kurth Adds James Edward Maloney as Partner
James Edward Maloney has joined Andrews Kurth as a partner in the firm’s litigation section in Houston. Maloney previously served as chair of the Securities Litigation Section at Baker Botts
Andrews Kurth Elects Six Lawyers to the Partnership
Andrews Kurth has elected six of its Texas lawyers to the partnership effective Jan. 1, 2013. They are: Stephanie C. Beauvais, whose practice focuses on capital markets, corporate, debt financing,
Baker Botts Promotes 15 Associates, Nine in Texas
Baker Botts will promote 15 lawyers to partnership status effective Jan. 1, 2013. Nine of those lawyers are from either the firm’s Houston or Dallas office. They are: James Chenoweth,
Godwin Lewis PC Announces Two New Shareholders in Dallas
Godwin Lewis PC will promote Senior Attorneys Timothy Alford and W. Ira Bowman to shareholder status effective Jan. 1, 2013. Alford, a civil litigator, focuses his practice on complex commercial,
Jason Billeck Becomes Partner at Weil
Weil, Gotshal & Manges names Jason Billeck partner of Complex Commercial Litigation for its Houston office effective Jan. 1, 2013. Billeck currently serves as Counsel in the Litigation department of
Latham Advises ETE in $1 Billion Asset Sale
Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners is selling its Missouri Gas Energy and New England Gas companies to Laclede Group, which is based in St. Louis, for $1 billion.
Fiscal Cliff Could Endanger Access to Federal Courts
Federal judges in Texas say that sequestration could have devastating effects on people’s access to the court system and the administration of justice. “If you furlough the garbage collectors, no one is surprised when the garbage starts piling up,” says Judge Patrick Higginbotham of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. “These cuts are going to have the same impact on the federal courts.”
Jeff Schlegel of Jones Day Leads Two Midstream-Oriented Energy Deals
December is a busy time for transactions, which is keeping the energy attorneys’ plates full.