Attorneys with the law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP represented TEAK Midstream, L.L.C. (“TEAK”), a privately owned midstream natural gas company based in Dallas, in the execution of a $1 billion definitive agreement with Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (“Atlas”). The transaction, announced on April 16, 2013, is awaiting regulatory approval and expected to close in the second quarter of 2013 (more…)
Vinson & Elkins partner Kaam Sahely advised and continues to advise Dyno Nobel Inc., a subsidiary of Incitec Pivot Ltd. (IPL), on all aspects of the development of an $850 million anhydrous ammonia plant in Louisiana. The 800,000 metric ton per annum ammonia manufacturing plant will be situated on a brownfield site, which is part of Cornerstone Chemicals Company’s chemical complex in Waggaman, LA, situated on the industrial corridor along the Mississippi River (more…)
Texas trial and appellate law firm Godwin Lewis PC is pleased to announce the addition of bankruptcy attorney Sidney H. Scheinberg as a shareholder in the firm’s Plano and Dallas Texas offices (more…)
Baker Donelson announces the addition of Susan Mathews to the Firm’s Houston, Texas office (more…)
National law firm Polsinelli Shughart welcomes health care and commercial litigation attorney Sherri T. Alexander as a shareholder in the firm’s Dallas office. With more than 25 years of experience, Alexander has successfully represented public and private companies in both state and federal courts and before arbitration panels and government agencies.
The Houston office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Arthur A. Howard as a partner in the firm’s corporate/M&A practice. He joins K&L Gates from Haynes and Boone, LLP.
On April 8, 2013, NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG), entered into an agreement with a consortium of affiliates of Atlantic Power Corporation, John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.), and Rockland Capital, LLC to acquire the Gregory cogeneration plant in Corpus Christi, Texas (more…)
A Weil team led by Corporate partners R. Jay Tabor and Danielle Do is advising longtime client General Electric in connection with its proposed $3.3 billion acquisition of Lufkin Industries Inc., a Texas-based publicly traded provider of artificial lift technologies for the oil and gas industry and a manufacturer of industrial gears, broadening GE Oil & Gas’ artificial lift capabilities and complementing GE’s existing product line. GE will pay Lufkin shareholders $88.50 per share in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2013 (more…)
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing Lufkin Industries Inc. in connection with an agreement and plan of merger pursuant to which, upon the satisfaction of certain closing conditions, General Electric Co. will acquire Lufkin, a leading provider of artificial lift technologies for the oil and gas industry and a manufacturer of industrial gears, for approximately $3.3 billion (more…)
The complex commercial litigation and intellectual property boutique Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C. (or AZA) has hired three more highly qualified young lawyers from Big Law firms in Texas and Washington, D.C (more…)
Champe Fitzhugh joins Munsch Hardt’s Corporate & Securities practice as a Shareholder. Throughout his career, he has been involved in jury and bench trials, and arbitrations, involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, misrepresentation and personal injury claims, as well as a jury trial for a test group in a mass tort case, most frequently in the energy and construction industries. Most notably, Champe has participated in three International Chamber of Commerce arbitrations in front of tribunals sited in London, all in international matters, as well as some Texas-sited American Arbitration Association matters concerning primarily construction disputes (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented BMO Capital Markets as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner, and Bank of Montreal, as the administrative agent in connection with a $1 Billion amended and restated senior secured revolving credit facility for WildHorse Resources, LLC (more…)
