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Adeptus Health General Counsel Tim Mueller has seen good times and bad times. During a three-year period, Adeptus experienced wild expansion, did an IPO, had its market cap hit $1 billion, filed for bankruptcy and restructured with a new plan for steady growth. Through it all, Mueller's legal counsel has been both sound and poised. The Lawbook has the story.
Interstate Batteries’ Kelvin Sellers has crafted partnership agreements with 200 retail stores, penned sponsorship contracts with NASCAR’s Kyle Busch, engineered the 19 percent acquisition of Aqua Metals and helped the company’s expansion into South America and China. Now, he is a finalist for the 2018 Outstanding Corporate Counsel's GC of the Year Award.
As managing counsel for Toyota Motor North America, Scott Young is the automaker’s leading legal expert on commercial real estate development, lease negotiations and corporate transactions. He's also developed a well-earned reputation for pro bono and public service.
Kimberly-Clark Assistant GC Chasity Henry has been involved in several large corporate M&A, but her most important success is one she started with little fanfare. As founder of the NEW Roundtable, Henry is helping women of color achieve new successes in the legal profession. She is a finalist for the 2018 Outstanding Corporate Counsel's Diversity of the Year Award.
Christina Sanders is just 33 and been an assistant GC at NGP Energy less than a year, but she's already had a big impact at the Dallas private equity firm, including a major role in a $1.65 billion acquisition and an IPO for a portfolio companies. Sanders success, according to ACC-DFW and The Texas Lawbook, make her a finalist for the 2018 Outstanding Corporate Counsel’s Rookie of the Year Award.
Despite being just 45, Dena Stroh has become one of the most influential lawyers in North Texas. She is the GC of the North Texas Tollway Authority, past president of the Dallas Women Lawyers Association, a leading voices in the Texas legal profession for gender and ethnic diversity and a “damn good lawyer.” The DFW Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and The Texas Lawbook are pleased to announce that Stroh is a finalist for the General Counsel of the Year Award for a Small Legal Department.
Mark Berg is one of the most influential lawyers-turned-corporate executives in the entire oil and gas industry. His legal work and dealmaking acumen turned Irving's Pioneer Natural Resources into a $30 billion energy giant. The DFW Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and The Texas Lawbook are pleased to present Berg with its Lifetime Achievement Award at the Outstanding Corporate Counsel Awards on Jan. 24.
As GE's executive counsel for M&A, Houston lawyer Victoria Lazar quietly led the $23 billion integration of the legal departments for the merger of GE Oil & Gas and Baker Hughes. She is now heavily involved in GE's efforts to reposition its corporate portfolio. In an exclusive Texas Lawbook interview, Lazar discusses her Romanian-Jewish family, her extraordinary legal career and big-time dealmaking.
The general counsel and corporate legal departments at Adeptus Health, AT&T, Capital One, EnLink Midstream, Interstate Batteries, J.C. Penney, Kimberly-Clark, Match, North Texas Tollway Authority, NGP Energy Capital, Pier 1 and Toyota are finalists for the 2018 Outstanding Corporate Counsel Awards in North Texas. The Lawbook has details.
Irving-based Nexstar Media Group Inc. will become the largest owner of local TV stations in the U.S. after its $6.4 billion acquisition of Tribune Media Co. announced Monday. The Lawbook's Claire Poole discussed the deal with Nexstar GC Elizabeth Ryder who led the transaction.
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