Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP represented BP in its sale, announced on Sept. 10, 2012, of interests in a number of oil and gas fields in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico to Plains Exploration and Production Company for a total of $5.55 billion (more…)
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing Plains Exploration & Production Company (PXP) in the acquisition financing related to PXP’s agreement to acquire Gulf of Mexico interests from BP Exploration & Production Inc. and BP America Production Company (BP) and from Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell) (more…)
Plains Exploration & Production Company (PXP) has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire from BP Exploration & Production Inc. and BP America Production Company (“BP”) all of their interests in certain deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil and gas properties for $5.55 billion, as detailed in the press release below issued by PXP (more…)
Austin saw two big legal job changes last month:
The corporate and securities practice at Jackson Walker has recruited associate attorney Nicole Brennig to the firm’s Austin office. Ms. Brennig comes to Jackson Walker from Proskauer Rose, LLP.
Gardere Wynne & Sewell LLP has announced the recruitment of former Department of Energy counsel Erika Benson to the firm’s government affairs practice. Ms. Benson joins the firm as a partner.
August proved to be another busy month for the Houston legal jobs market–here are some of the highlights:
Baker Hostetler recruited Dennis Duffy, former chair of the labor and employment practice at Baker Botts, LLP. Mr. Duffy joins the firm as a partner.
The Houston office of Jones Day announced the legal recruitment of William Prescott Mills Schwind as a partner in the firm’s energy practice. Mr. Schwind was previously a partner in the Houston office of Thompson & Knight, LLP.
Daniel Nossa has been recruited as a partner to the energy practice and derivatives group at Jackson Walker in Houston.
King & Spalding continued the expansion of the firm’s Houston office this month with the hiring of Erika Serran Toussaint as a partner in the firm’s global disputes practice. Ms. Serran Toussaint joins the firm as a counsel.
The Dallas legal jobs market has been on a steady growth path. Here are some of last month’s major moves:
Cox Smith Matthews, Inc. recruited two new partners–attorneys Eduardo Espinosa and Michael Napoli joined the firm as shareholders in the corporate and litigation practices of the firm’s Dallas office. Both attorneys were previously with K&L Gates.
The business litigation and labor and employment practices of Wilson Elser in Dallas welcomed award winning investigative journalist, Valeri Williams to the firm.
Jeff Ansley, formerly of Curran Tomoko Tarski LLP, has been recruited to Bell Nually & Martin LLP in Dallas. Mr. Ansley joins the firm’s litigation and white collar defense practice as a partner.
Adam Dougherty has been recruited to Winstead, PC from Baker & McKenzie, LLP. Mr. Dougherty joins the firm’s labor, employment and immigration practice as a partner.
Littler Mendelson, P.C. announced the recruitment of Jarrett Andrews to the firm’s Dallas office. Mr. Andrews, formerly managing counsel for Energy Future Holdings Corp, joins the firm’s labor and employment practice as a partner.
John Dickey has been recruited to the Dallas office of Dykema as a partner in the firm’s corporate practice. Mr. Dickey joins from Greenberg Traurig, LLP where he was a shareholder and the practice group leader of Greenberg Traurig’s corporate and securities practice.
Andrews Myers PC, known for its core range of legal services critical to mid-market businesses, announces that Timothy C. “Tim” Ross has joined the firm as Senior Counsel (more…)
A trusts and estate-planning attorney has joined the Houston office of Fulbright as senior counsel (more…)
Haynes and Boone, LLP won a significant appellate victory yesterday for the firm’s client, ARGO Data Resource Corporation. The Dallas Court of Appeals reversed a judgment in a shareholder oppression case and rendered a take-nothing judgment in favor of ARGO. The court also reversed and rendered a take-nothing judgment on contract and derivative claims the minority shareholder asserted against Max Martin, ARGO’s majority shareholder (more…)
Dykema today announced the addition of Kimberly L. Kiplin, former General Counsel of the Texas Lottery Commission, as Senior Counsel in the Firm’s Government Policy practice group. Kiplin, who retired from the Texas Lottery Commission effective August 31, will be based in Austin (more…)
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is pleased to announce the addition of intellectual property litigator Paul Storm as a partner in the Firm’s Dallas office. He joins Gardere’s prominent roster of trial lawyers, bringing his extensive experience and significant courtroom expertise in trying patent infringement cases as well as copyright, trade secret, and trademark disputes (more…)
