Jones Walker is pleased to announce that Cortlan H. Maddux and Lauren J. Harrison have joined the firm’s Houston office. Both Mr. Maddux and Ms. Harrison will practice in the Business and Commercial Litigation Practice Group, and both were elected to partnership effective January 1, 2012 (more…)

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Fulbright represented Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration & Production Corporation, a unit of China’s Sinopec Group, in connection with its purchase from an affiliate of Devon Energy Corporation of an undivided 33.3% interest in, and the development of, approximately 1.2 million acres of oil and gas properties located in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale in Mississippi, the Niobrara in Colorado and Wyoming, the Mississippian in Oklahoma, the Utica Shale in Ohio and the Michigan Basin (more…)

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The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Partner Sarah M. Paxson and Associates Anthony Miller and Justin Welch to the Intellectual Property Practice Group in Dallas (more…)

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The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce that Cole Bredthauer has joined the Firm as an Associate in its Oil and Gas Practice Group in Dallas (more…)

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Jay M. Wallace and E. Adrienne Jackson have joined Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP’s Labor, Employment and Benefits practice (more…)

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Fulbright represented TOTAL E&P USA, INC. in connection with its purchase of an undivided 25% interest in, and the joint development of, 619,000 net mineral acres of oil and gas properties located in the Utica Shale of eastern Ohio from Chesapeake Exploration L.L.C. and certain affiliates of EnerVest Ltd (more…)

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Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. is please to announce the addition of construction litigation lawyers Benton T. Wheatley and Jessica C. Neufeld who join the Austin office of Munsch Hardt as shareholder and associate, respectively. Ben and Jessica have deep experience in the areas of construction/surety, litigation and have represented clients on a national and international basis (more…)

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Haynes and Boone, LLP represented Loomis Armored US, LLC in its recent acquisition of Oregon Armored Service, Inc., a privately-held armored service business. The transaction is worth approximately $5.7 million.

Houston Partner Jeff Dinerstein led the transaction team that included Associates Mike Pancherz and Anna Rogers.

 

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Jackson Walker is pleased to welcome new partner Jay Strimel to the firm (more…)

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The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP has assisted EIG Global Energy Partners (“EIG”) in the purchase of $1.25 billion of perpetual preferred shares of CHK Utica, L.L.C. (“CHK Utica”), a subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy Corporation (“Chesapeake”) (more…)

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Jackson Walker represented GlobalSCAPE, Inc. (NYSE Amex: GSB) in its strategic, $17 million acquisition of mobile file-sharing innovator TappIn, Inc., formerly known as HomePipe Networks Inc (more…)

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Graves Dougherty is pleased to welcome David P. Smith to the firm’s Regulatory, Environmental and Real Estate practices (more…)

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