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HayBoo Advises WhiteWave in $195 Million ‘Non-Dairy’ Acquisition
WhiteWave Foods Company will now be able to appeal to more lactose-intolerant customers with its recent acquisition announcement of So Delicious Dairy Free for $195 million.
Godwin Lewis Lays Off 17 Lawyers, Victims of Success
Only a month ago, Don Godwin and his legal team won one of the biggest environmental legal disputes ever. Today, 17 lawyers from that team are out of work.
Andrews Kurth and V&E Advise in Enterprise-Oiltanking $4.4 Billion Deal
Two teams of Houston lawyers led the transaction — Andrews Kurth for Enterprise Products and V&E for Oiltanking Holdings Americas, Inc. Both firms have handled previous transactional work for the two companies.
Andrews Kurth and V&E Advise in Enterprise-Oiltanking $4.4 Billion Deal
Two teams of Houston lawyers led the transaction — Andrews Kurth for Enterprise Products and V&E for Oiltanking Holdings Americas, Inc. Both firms have handled previous transactional work for the two companies.
Fox Rothschild Mergers its Way into Dallas
The Philadelphia law firm has been seeking to open an outpost in Texas for years, but officially did so Wednesday when it merged with David & Goodman, an 18-lawyer firm in Dallas.
Clinton J. David said if he merged his firm, it would need to be with a compatible culture, he said. “I found that in Fox Rothschild,” David said.
Sidley Leads PE Investment in Crude by Rail Deal
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.
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.