Law firm Winstead PC welcomes shareholder and environmental attorney Christopher B. Pepper, previously a staff attorney for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and a senior research associate with the Institute of Environmental and Human Health in Lubbock, Texas (more…)
Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that it is representing Sinochem Petroleum USA LLC, a US subsidiary of the Beijing-based Sinochem Group, on a $1.7 billion transaction to purchase a 40% undivided interest in approximately 207,000 net oil and natural gas leasehold acres held by Pioneer Natural Resources Company in the highly prospective horizontal Wolfcamp shale play within the Spraberry Trend of the Midland Basin in west Texas. Under the agreement, Sinochem will acquire approximately 82,800 net acres of leasehold with development rights for all the horizontal Wolfcamp shale play and deeper horizons (more…)
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP announced that Jeffrey B. Andrews has joined the firm as a partner in the technology practice in Houston. Andrews’ practice focuses on the highly specialized fields of outsourcing, sourcing and technology transactions, and his clients span a wide range of industries, including energy, financial services, consumer products, retail, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, commercial aviation, and telecommunications (more…)
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP) in its announced agreement to acquire Copano Energy, L.L.C. (NASDAQ: CPNO), a midstream natural gas company with operations primarily in Texas, Oklahoma and Wyoming. KMP will acquire all of Copano’s outstanding units for a total purchase price of approximately $5 billion, including the assumption of debt. The transaction will be a 100 percent unit for unit transaction with an exchange ratio of 0.4563 KMP units per Copano unit (more…)
In a noteworthy capital markets transaction, law firm BakerHostetler has advised CO2 enhanced oil recovery leader Denbury Resources in a $1.2 billion debt offering. The 10 ½ -year, senior subordinated notes were priced to yield 4.625 – according to the underwriters, that represents the lowest yield on record for a non-investment grade subordinated notes offering. The sale is expected to close on February 5 (more…)
The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce the addition of C. Walker Brierre as an Associate in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group in the Firm’s Houston office (more…)
A Weil team led by Dallas M&A partner R. Jay Tabor advised Kinder Morgan, the third largest energy company in North America, in its $5 billion (including assumption of debt) acquisition of Copano Energy LLC, a midstream natural gas company which owns an interest in or operates approximately 6,900 miles of pipelines and nine processing plants primarily in the south central US (more…)
Attorneys with Haynes and Boone, LLP advised American Airlines in its just-announced, 12-year capacity purchase agreement with Republic Airways Holdings, the first large regional jet service deal of its kind in American’s history (more…)
Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that William T. Heller IV and Harry R. Beaudry have joined the firm as partners in its Corporate & Securities practice in Houston. Previously, Mr. Heller and Mr. Beaudry were partners at Thompson & Knight (more…)
Baker & McKenzie’s client the Dallas Stars recently announced the successful completion of a $95 million refinancing with a syndicate of banks led by Bank of America and including BBVA/Compass Bank, Comerica and HSBC (more…)
On December 20, 2012, Contran Corporation majority-owned subsidiary, Titanium Metals Corporation, was acquired by Precision Castparts Corporation pursuant to a negotiated cash tender offer commenced under a merger agreement between Timet and PCC and a related support agreement between Contran and PCC (more…)
Strasburger & Price, LLP (Strasburger) is pleased to welcome Margaret Jones Hopson to its San Antonio office (more…)
