Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is pleased to announce that a seven-partner team will be joining the firm’s Dallas office. Soon to join the firm’s corporate practice are Tom Yang, Garrett DeVries and Matt Zmigrosky, who will continue their focus on strategic mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and securities, including private equity transactions. Soon to join the firm’s litigation practice are Marty Brimmage Jr., Mike Warnecke, Arnold Spencer and Sarah Teachout, who will continue their focus on white collar, government investigations, antitrust, false claims matters, bankruptcy litigation and commercial litigation. All seven are partners in the Dallas office of Haynes and Boone, LLP (more…)
BakerHostetler announced today that Ed Friedman has joined the firm’s Employment and Labor Group as Partner in its Houston office. He comes to BakerHostetler from Locke Lord LLP (more…)
McGuireWoods LLP announced the addition of Jeffrey A. Gollomp and Bryce D. Linsenmayer, who have joined the firm’s energy team in Houston as partners (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented ArcLight Capital Partners, an energy focused private equity firm, and its affiliates, in the sale of Cinco Pipe & Supply, LP, a distributor of oil country tubular goods and related services, to Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. for $65 million in cash and the payment of $82 million of Cinco’s indebtedness (more…)
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP represented Venoco, Inc. in the financing of its going-private merger (more…)
Continuing its unrelenting drive to the top echelon of international legal markets, Houston saw several major legal job changes in September.
Fulbright was pleased to announce new trusts and estates hire Celeste Lawson. Formerly at Duane Morris in Philadelphia, Lawton is a graduate of Baylor University School of Law and holds an LLM in taxation from NYU.
Growing firm Andrews Myers has recruited Timothy Ross as a new Senior Counsel. The attorney focuses on all aspects of construction law.
Jennifer Sickler joined Thompson & Knight’s intellectual property group as a partner. She brings 20+ years of patent prosecution and trademark experience to the firm and is a graduate of Tulane University School of Law.
These moves make up just a small portion of the exciting legal recruiting news in Houston. Contact Kinney Recruiting today to learn more about how this relates to your career possibilities.
The Dallas legal jobs market is on a continued growth pattern. Here are some of the major attorney career moves that continued the trend in September.
Paul Downey and William Morton joined Kane Russell’s real estate practice. They bring years of broad real estate experience to the group.
Partner Tracey Davies joined Gibson Dunn from V&E. Her practice focuses on IP litigation, particularly in life sciences. “Tracey will be a terrific addition to the firm,” said Rob Walters, Co-Partner in Charge of the Dallas office. “A splendid trial lawyer and widely recognized in the life sciences arena, Tracey is an emerging star in Texas and nationally.”
In another major IP move, Paul Storm was recruited to Gardere to continue his long IP litigation career. A graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, Storm was previously practicing in a boutique he founded in 2005.
If you are a Dallas attorney looking for a new job, or are considering a move to Dallas from another top legal market, now could be the best time to talk to an attorney headhunter. Contact Kinney Recruiting today to learn more about this news and other hot topics relating to your job search.
Austin maintained its record several major career moves a month in September. Here is a summary of some of the biggest legal recruiting news.
Sedgwick added a group of six attorneys with a variety of environmental, land use, and commercial litigation experience. The group includes partners Alan Glen, Michael Klein, and Lisa Michaux Magids.
Partner Brian Flood and of counsel Wendy Keegan were recruited to Brown McCarroll’s health care team. The lawyers bring years of experience in health care policy, operations, compliance, risk, and fraud.
Continuing its growth in Texas, Dykema Gossett hired Kimberly Kiplin for the firm’s Government Policy group. Kiplin joins from her job as General Counsel of the Texas Lottery Commission.
The Austin legal jobs market is steady and strong. If you would like to discuss career possibilities, now could be the best time to talk to a legal recruiter at Kinney Recruiting!
Veteran environmental and technology lawyer Susan Snyder has rejoined Vinson & Elkins LLP as a partner in Austin, bringing with her longstanding knowledge of the environmental and natural resources issues affecting the firm’s clients (more…)
Jackson Walker successfully represented its client Zachry Holdings, Inc. in the acquisition of Houston-based JV Industrial Companies, a major industrial services provider that serves Fortune 500 clients, primarily in the refining and petrochemicals sector (more…)
Jackson Walker successfully represented its client Repros Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: RPRX) in the offering of $23.6 million in unregistered shares of common stock (more…)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP advised a special committee of MetroPCS’ board as that company signed an agreement with Deutsche Telekom to combine T-Mobile USA and Texas-based MetroPCS into one unit under the “T-Mobile” name. If consummated, the deal would represent one of 2012’s largest deals to date in terms of transaction value (more…)
