As part of Andrews Kurth’s long tradition in Latin American energy, Andrews Kurth LLP (Andrews Kurth) served as primary development counsel and primary finance counsel to international energy companies, AEI and Pattern Energy Group LP(Pattern), for the $245 million development and financing of Parque Eólico El Arrayán SpA’s 115 MW wind power project (more…)
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing WashingtonFirst Bankshares, Inc. in its acquisition of Alliance Bankshares Corporation (more…)
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP represented ConocoPhillips in the spin-off of Phillips 66, which is now an independent downstream energy company with industry-leading businesses in refining and marketing, midstream, and chemicals (more…)
Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC is pleased to announce that Eliot Walker has joined the Firm as an Associate practicing in the Litigation section of the Dallas office (more…)
Mayer Brown LLP has snagged a former Thompson & Knight LLP partner as part of its efforts to expand its corporate and securities practice amid a climate of increasing drilling activities in 2012 and ongoing mergers and acquisitions in the oil and gas sector, the firm said Monday (more…)
Godwin Ronquillo PC, the noted Texas litigation and appellate law firm, with offices in Dallas and Houston, is proud to announce the addition of new Shareholder, Keeli L. Rule (more…)
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ETP) and Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE: SUN) have announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby ETP will acquire Sunoco in a unit and cash transaction valued at US$50.13 per share, or a total consideration of approximately US$5.3 billion, based on ETP’s closing price on April 27, 2012 (more…)
Trimble Navigation Ltd. announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire SketchUp, a 3D modeling platform, from Google. Global law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges represented Trimble on the transaction, which is expected to close in the second quarter 2012 subject to customary closing conditions. Financial terms were not disclosed (more…)
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE: SPH), has announced a definitive agreement with Inergy, L.P., Inergy GP, LLC and Inergy Sales & Service, Inc. to acquire the sole membership interest in and to Inergy Propane, LLC, now owned by Inergy, including certain wholly owned subsidiaries of Inergy Propane, LLC, and the assets of Inergy Sales (more…)
Morgan Lewis today announced that Charley Moore—a leading oil and gas litigation and regulatory practitioner who is a former General Counsel of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)—has joined the firm as a partner in its Energy Practice, resident in Houston (more…)