Nicolas Barzoukas, widely recognized as a leading lawyer on patent litigation in the pharmaceutical field and in industries related to chemistry, electronics, biotechnology, medical devices, lasers and mechanical systems, joined Baker Botts L.L.P. today as a partner in the firm’s Houston office (more…)
Cox Smith, one of the leading business law firms in Texas, today announced the expansion of its Dallas office with the addition of three attorneys, including a new senior counsel in its business litigation practice and two relocations from its San Antonio office (more…)
Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP has added attorneys Jason P. Steed and Joseph J. Funston as associates (more…)
Sean McKenna, a veteran lawyer with almost 15 years of health care experience, has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the firm’s White Collar Defense Practice Group, where his practice will focus on defense of health care fraud and abuse, white collar, and health care regulatory matters (more…)
The Underwood Law Firm, P.C. is pleased to announce the opening of their new office in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, which will be headed by the Firm’s newest shareholder, Melissa Ballou Kates (more…)
Patton Boggs LLP today announced additions to the firm’s Corporate Finance practice that will enhance its existing bench of attorneys in this key area. Gina E. Betts, former partner and chair of the Private Equity practice group in the Dallas office of Locke Lord, has joined Patton Boggs. Ms. Betts is joined by Brad E. Hogan, formerly an associate in the Dallas office of Baker & McKenzie, where he counseled clients in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities and corporate governance (more…)
Jackson Walker L.L.P. successfully guided its client, Dr. Robert Dull, an Austin investor with several significant real estate holdings in Nicaragua, through a real estate transaction that had turned sour (more…)
Dentons announced today that it will open an office in Houston, underscoring the Firm’s commitment to serving energy clients in the US and worldwide. The Firm currently represents the world’s most significant energy companies in all aspects of their business and in all major energy producing, refining, transport and utilization markets. The new office, Dentons’ 16th US location and 79th globally, builds on the recent combination of Fraser Milner Casgrain, Salans and SNR Denton, leveraging the Firm’s worldwide presence across the US, Canada, UK, Europe, Middle East, Central Asia and Africa to serve more than 400 existing clients in Houston (more…)
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced the appointments of two prominent partners to its global White Collar & Securities Defense Practice Group (more…)
Porter Hedges LLP announced today that the firm represented Sequitur Energy Resources LLC (“Sequitur”) in its private equity capitalization, its credit facility, and the closing of its recent oil and gas transaction. Sequitur is engaged in acquiring and developing oil and gas assets in the continental United States (more…)
Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Eric L. Johnson as Of Counsel in the firm’s Dallas office. Mr. Johnson, who serves in the Texas House of Representatives for District 100, covering portions of Dallas and Mesquite, has joined the firm’s Public Law section (more…)
Porter Hedges represented Johnson Rice & Company L.L.C., as the representative of the underwriters, in a public offering by Sanchez Energy Corporation (Sanchez Energy). Total net proceeds to Sanchez Energy were $241.6 million (more…)
