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The transactions of the past week were generated in more varied sectors than the usual oil and gas industry. Rental, healthcare, tradeshow, food and real estate deals all made a showing – evidence that Texas is no one-trick pony.
The Woodlands-based chemicals and plastics distributor Nexeo Solutions announced Monday it had agreed to be purchased by Univar of Illinois for $2 billion, including debt.
Friends, family and colleagues were there to celebrate the remarkable career of a lawyer who has done it all: from convicting a famous serial killer to winning confirmation from a highly partisan U.S. Senate, 96-0.
Thomas Caufield was not a character in J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, but the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says he has been up to no good nonetheless.
The jury found that church leaders violated a legally binding commitment it made to its former executive pastor of 20 years and his wife.
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Vinson & Elkins and Kirkland & Ellis lawyers from Houston and Dallas were involved in the big $6.4 billion utilities merger between Canada-based AltaGas and Washington, D.C. based WGL Holdings. AltaGas will acquire WGL in an all-cash transaction
Vinson & Elkins and Kirkland & Ellis lawyers from Houston and Dallas were involved in the big $6.4 billion utilities merger between Canada-based AltaGas and Washington, D.C. based WGL Holdings. AltaGas will acquire WGL in an all-cash transaction
Pector specializes in handling high-stakes business disputes in the energy industry, and also represents clients in health care and technology.
The Houston-based firm promoted attorneys in its corporate, litigation, energy litigation, bankruptcy and energy finance sections.
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