Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Jimmy Vallee has joined the firm as a partner with the M&A practice in Houston. Mr. Vallee joins from Jones Day, where he was a partner. He is a highly regarded M&A lawyer with a diverse energy client base (more…)
Burleson LLP, the largest law firm in the country devoted primarily to the oil and gas industry, announced today that Brandy Manning has joined the firm as a partner in its Midland office. The addition further strengthens Burleson’s Litigation Practice Group and reinforces its regional strategy of delivering a comprehensive range of energy-specific legal services to companies with interests in the Permian Basin (more…)
Jeff Weems has joined Porter Hedges as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. After years of working on rigs and as a landman, he has practiced energy law for over 23 years, concentrating on litigation. Mr. Weems primarily represents working interest owners in a variety of energy-related disputes. He also represents service companies, midstream companies and royalty owners (more…)
Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that it is expanding its platform with a new office in Austin, the firm’s second in the state. The office will be in the Chase Bank Tower, 221 West Sixth Street, in downtown Austin (more…)
Burleson LLP announced today that it has completed a move into its new offices in Midland Tower, the latest step in the energy law firm’s ongoing commitment to serving clients in the Permian Basin.
Burleson now occupies the fourth floor of the building at 223 West Wall St. The firm’s attorneys in Midland focus almost exclusively on all aspects of oil and gas law, including litigation, condemnations, title examinations, acquisitions, divestitures, environmental issues, water issues, and ad valorem taxation disputes (more…)
Andrews Myers PC today announced its expansion in Texas with the opening of an office in San Jacinto Center at 98 San Jacinto Blvd, Suite 300, Austin. The new office is the culmination of a longstanding desire by Andrews Myers to enter the capital city’s progressive and entrepreneurial market and the Central Texas region. Many of the firm’s Texas corporate law clients have operations in the Central Texas region, and this office will allow Andrews Myers to improve service to those clients and develop new relationships. The Austin office opens with Jason Spencer, new firm Shareholder and Texas construction law attorney. He is formerly a Shareholder of the local office of Ford Nassen & Baldwin, leading the initial group of Austin-based attorneys.
McGuireWoods LLP today announced that Kevin Duddlesten has joined the firm’s Labor and Employment Department as a partner in Austin, where he will represent employers in all areas of labor and employment law (more…)
Holland & Knight announced the opening today of its 18th U.S. office in Dallas, Texas. The office will initially include 12 partners who practice in the areas of corporate and commercial finance, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and bankruptcy: James C. Chadwick, M. Matthew Fontane, Michelle White Suarez, Robert W. Jones, Scott C. Wallace, Kenneth M. Vesledahl, Fred S. Stovall, James L. Baker, Eric W. Kimball, Anthony J. Herrera, Brent R. McIlwain, and Eric M. Pfeifle. The firm also has hired 10 associate lawyers and a senior counsel to practice in the new office, and expects to make additional hires in the future (more…)
On June 27, 2013, Bowie Resources, LLC (“Bowie”) entered into a purchase agreement with Arch Coal, Inc. (“Arch”) under which Arch will sell to Bowie its wholly-owned subsidiary, Canyon Fuel Company, LLC (“Canyon Fuel”), for $435 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments for working capital and other items (more…)
Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated (“Cox Smith”), the largest law firm in San Antonio, today announced that attorneys Maureen Gonima, Erin Jansen, Rachel Skinner and Federico Vielledent have joined the firm’s San Antonio headquarters (more…)
Jackson Walker L.L.P. successfully represented Repros Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: RPRX) in an underwritten public offering of common stock, which closed on June 25, 2013 (more…)
Polsinelli welcomes health care attorney Joi-lee K. Beachler to Dallas as an associate where she will concentrate her practice on general health care transactional and regulatory issues. Prior to joining the firm, Beachler served in the general counsel’s office of an Illinois hospital system (more…)
