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UPDATE: Gardere, Weil and Latham Advise in $450 Million Merger Agreement
Dallas corporate attorneys from the two firms are advising Southcross Energy LLC and TexStar Midstream Services, LP as they combine and form a new company.
Texas Attorney General’s Office Wins NAAG Best Brief Award
© 2014 The Texas Lawbook. By Brooks Igo Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook (June 12) – The Texas Solicitor General’s Office won its 11th consecutive “Best Brief Award” from
Texas Attorney General's Office Wins NAAG Best Brief Award
© 2014 The Texas Lawbook. By Brooks Igo Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook (June 12) – The Texas Solicitor General’s Office won its 11th consecutive “Best Brief Award” from
SEC Probe of Key Energy May Expand
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Houston-based Key Energy Services for possible violations of federal bribery laws involving its operations in Mexico and Russia, according to corporate documents filed with the SEC.
HayBoo and Reese Gordon Marketos Score a Victory for TGI Fridays
A Dallas jury ruled in favor of the Carrollton-based restaurant chain regarding a bitter joint venture dispute involving restaurants at the DFW Airport.
Greenberg Snags James Leahy, Four Others for Houston Office
Leahy, a former fullback for the Texas Longhorns and long-time energy trial lawyer, has moved his legal practice from Locke Lord to Greenberg Traurig in Houston.
Norton Rose Fulbright Elects Linda Addison as US Managing Partner
Linda Addison, the daughter of two Holocaust survivors, became the first woman to be named managing partner of Norton Rose Fulbright’s U.S. operations. A trial lawyer who splits her time between Houston and New York, Addison once climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. She replaces Dallas lawyer Ken Stewart.
Baker Botts Advises Chesapeake in Oilfield Services Spin Off
Chesapeake turned to Baker Botts partner and capital markets expert Hillary Holmes to leads its legal efforts to spin off its oilfield services operations, Seventy Seven Energy.
UPDATED – Porter Hedges Leads Two Aubrey McClendon Shale Deals for $4.25 Billion
Jeremy Mouton, a Porter Hedges partner for less than a year, is advising Oklahoma City-based American Energy in two big transactions announced Monday: $2.5 billion to acquire 63,000 acres in the Permian Basin and $1.75 billion to buy 75,000 acres in the Utica and Marcellus shale plays. Baker Botts and Latham & Watkins represented the respective sellers in the two transactions.