Apr 5, 2011 | Moves News | 
Corporate Partner Joins Latham & Watkins’ Energy Industry Practice in Houston

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Ryan J. Maierson has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Maierson’s practice includes advising on mergers and acquisitions, representing sponsors and portfolio companies in private equity investments, representing issuers and underwriters in securities offerings, and advising on corporate governance matters (more…)

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Apr 1, 2011 | Breaking BigLaw News | , ,
Gordon & Rees Opens in Austin, Expands in Houston, and Deepens National Product Liability Practice
Gordon & Rees LLP, a full-service litigation and business transactions firm, continues its national expansion with a new 10-attorney office in Austin and two additional attorneys in the Houston office.  Austin is the firm’s 19th U.S. office, closely following the opening of an office in Atlanta in February 2011.  The 12 attorneys join Gordon & Rees from Clark, Thomas & Winters and will increase Gordon & Rees’s presence in Texas to more than 40 attorneys in Austin, Dallas and Houston.

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Mar 18, 2011 | Breaking BigLaw News | 
Winston & Strawn Adds More Than 40 Howrey IP and Commercial Litigation Attorneys, Establishes Houston Office
Winston & Strawn, LLP announced today that it is being joined by more than 40 Howrey intellectual property and commercial litigation attorneys whose groups complement Winston’s own global IP and litigation practices.
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Jan 10, 2011 | Recent Deals | 
Weil’s Dallas Office Wins String of Pro Bono Asylum Cases
Within the past two years, including most recently in December 2010, the Dallas office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has established a solid track record of victories in asylum cases, winning pro bono matters on behalf of victims of persecution based on political beliefs or sexual orientation. The attorneys have won three asylum cases and one “no deport” outcome for clients ranging from individuals to families of dissidents from Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
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Jan 7, 2011 | Recent Deals | 
Weil, Gotshal & Manges – Darling Int’l Inc. Completes Acquisition of Griffin Industries
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP was counsel to Darling International Inc., a leading provider of rendering, recycling and recovery solutions to the nation’s food industry based in Irving, Texas, in its acquisition of Griffin Industries, one of the largest privately owned rendering, bakery by-product and used cooking oil recycling companies in North America. 
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Jan 5, 2011 | Recent Deals | 
Davis Polk – El Paso Corporation Debt Tender Offers
Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC as dealer managers in connection with tender offers for seven series of outstanding notes issued by El Paso Corporation. The aggregate amount of the consideration paid for the notes accepted for purchase was approximately $800 million. 
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Jan 3, 2011 | Breaking BigLaw News | ,
McGuireWoods Announces Expansion into Texas

McGuireWoods LLP announced today that it has completed its planned agreement to combine operations with the Houston, Texas-based firm of Nickens Keeton Lawless Farrell & Flack LLP (Nickens Keeton). In addition to officially opening the firm’s first Houston office, McGuireWoods is also announcing the establishment of a presence in Austin, Texas, and welcoming several new partners in the insurance and energy industries.

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