Jackson Walker successfully represented Prophet Equity LP, a $300 million Texas-based private equity firm, in the acquisition of Hatch Stamping Company and its affiliated entities in a series of five acquisition transactions and two lending transactions. The deals were all closed on December 20, 2012 (more…)

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Law firm Winstead PC hired energy attorney Jon R. Ray, the previous head of Cox Smith Matthews’ energy and natural resources department. Ray is a well-known energy attorney in the San Antonio/South Texas region with 35 years of experience representing operators and producers in exploration and production aspects of oil, gas and mineral law. Ray will work as a shareholder in Winstead’s energy and environmental law practice group (more…)

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Jackson Walker is representing Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. in its deal to acquire Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. On Dec. 11, 2012, the two companies announced that they have reached a definitive merger agreement for Pernix to acquire Somaxon in a stock-for-stock transaction with a total equity value of $25 million. The acquisition, which is expected to close in the first quarter, is subject to shareholder approval and the satisfaction of other terms and conditions (more…)

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Jackson Walker L.L.P. successfully represented Texas homebuilder Darling Homes in its sale to Taylor Morrison, based in Scottsdale, Ariz. The deal closed on Dec. 31, 2012 (more…)

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The Dallas office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Mary R. Korby and T. Gregory Jackson as partners in the firm’s corporate and commercial disputes practices, respectively (more…)

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Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has added former Haynes and Boone partner and section chair, Jonathan C. Wilson as a shareholder in its Dallas, TX office. A seasoned labor lawyer, Wilson brings with him expertise in defending employers in wage and hour cases, discrimination and whistle-blower lawsuits, executive contract disputes and fiduciary and unfair competition claims (more…)

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Jones Walker is pleased to announce that Bradley A. Jackson has joined the Houston office as special counsel in the Admiralty & Maritime Practice Group (more…)

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A Weil team led by Dallas Public Company Advisory Group (PCAG) partner P.J. Himelfarb and Washington, DC PCAG associate Adé Heyliger advised First Quantum Minerals Ltd. on the US aspects of its C$5.1 billion offer for all outstanding shares of Inmet Mining Corp. (Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP acted as lead Canadian counsel on this transaction.) First Quantum is a mining company with a global portfolio of copper and nickel assets in Africa, Australia, South America, and Europe, and Inmet is a global mining company based in Canada. The combined company would have a portfolio of seven producing mines and four development projects in eight countries around the world (more…)

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Bracewell is representing Evercore Partners, advisor to the Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of the general partner of Rose Rock Midstream, L.P., regarding Rose Rock Midstream’s acquisition of a 33.3% interest in SemCrude Pipeline, L.L.C. – which owns 51% of the White Cliffs Pipeline – from SemGroup Corporation for $273.9 million (more…)

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Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Scott D. Deatherage as a partner in the Firm’s Dallas office. Mr. Deatherage focuses his practice on environmental, energy and greenhouse gas regulatory matters (more…)

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A team of Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers, working with attorneys from Shearman & Sterling LLP, assisted Citigroup and Goldman Sachs on state regulatory and environmental aspects of two exchange offers for Energy Future Holdings Corp. (EFH) and Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company (EFIH) for $1.3 Billion in New Notes and an Unsecured Exchange Offer for $124 Million (more…)

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Jackson Walker successfully represented Buffalo Studios LLC, a privately held social and mobile games developer, in the sale of its Bingo Blitz business and Santa Monica, Calif., development studio to Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc (more…)

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