Carrington Coleman is pleased to announce that Marc Myrin has joined the firm as a Partner. As Carrington Coleman continues implementing its plan for strategic growth to better serve its growing client base, Mr. Myrin will bring new capabilities to the firm and extend its existing capacity. Mr. Myrin is in the Real Estate and Transactions practices at Carrington Coleman. (more…)
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP announced today that nine trial lawyers, with diverse civil litigation backgrounds, will join the firm’s Houston office. The attorneys will start at the firm on January 5. Their arrival continues the firm’s expansion in Houston and strengthens Vorys nationally recognized litigation and energy groups. (more…)
The Firm represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as the underwriters, in connection with a public offering of 2,523,128 shares of common stock of Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (“TCBI”). The offering closed on November 18, 2014. Proceeds will be used to provide capital support for the growth of Texas Capital Bank and for other general corporate purposes. (more…)
Norman R. Miller joins the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a shareholder in its Corporate and Securities Practice. Miller will maintain offices in Houston and Dallas. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Miller was a partner at Winstead.
“I am very pleased to welcome Norman Miller to Greenberg Traurig. With his strong corporate securities background, Norman will be a real asset to our corporate practice in Texas,” said Douglas C. Atnipp, Greenberg Traurig co-regional operating shareholder for Texas and co-managing shareholder in Houston. (more…)
In a deal that closed December 10, Akin Gump advised Alliance Data Systems Corporation in its purchase of Conversant, Inc. for $2.3 billion in cash and stock. (more…)
Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, represented the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in a competitive procurement for and structuring of a public-private partnership (PPP) for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of Texas SH 183 managed lanes project, located in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. (more…)
Winston & Strawn LLP has announced that Jonathan Judkowitz has joined the firm’s corporate transactions group in Houston. Mr. Judkowitz, who joins Winston as a partner, was most recently a banking and finance partner at Mayer Brown.
“We’re excited to have Jonathan join our team in Houston. His reserve-based lending experience is a welcome addition and will support and add depth to the firm’s finance practice,” said John Keville, Winston & Strawn Houston office managing partner. (more…)
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Ted Meyer as a shareholder in the firm’s Houston office. Meyer joins Ogletree Deakins from Meyer Moser Lang LLP, where he was a founding and managing partner. He is the sixth attorney and second shareholder to join Ogletree Deakins’ Houston office in 2014, a testament to the firm’s strategic growth in the market in response to client demand. Shareholder Merritt Chastain joined the firm in April. (more…)
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) in connection with the completion of its acquisition of the outstanding equity securities of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP), Kinder Morgan Management, LLC (NYSE: KMR), and El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. (NYSE: EPB) for approximately $76 billion in total transaction value. The transaction was initially announced on August 10, 2014. (more…)
Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Michael G. Keeley, a corporate and regulatory banking lawyer, has joined its Dallas office as a partner.
Keeley comes to Norton Rose Fulbright from Hunton & Williams LLP, where he was a partner. He focuses his practice on banking, corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. (more…)
Sidley Austin LLP announced today David B. Denechaud and Joe F. Flack III have joined the firm as partners. Mr. Denechaud will be a member of Sidley’s Private Equity practice and Mr. Flack, a member of its Energy practice. Both will reside in Sidley’s Houston office. Mr. Denechaud focuses his practice on private equity and energy (oil and gas) M&A transactions, while Mr. Flack has built his practice around oil and gas acquisition and disposition transactions. (more…)
Baker Botts lawyers represent Halliburton in one of the largest energy deals of 2014.
Under the deal, Halliburton will acquire all the outstanding shares of Baker Hughes in a stock and cash transaction. The transaction is valued at $78.62 per Baker Hughes share, representing an equity value of $34.6 billion and enterprise value of $38.0 billion, based on Halliburton’s closing price on November 12, 2014, the day prior to public confirmation by Baker Hughes that it was in talks with Halliburton regarding a transaction. Upon the completion of the transaction, Baker Hughes stockholders will own approximately 36 percent of the combined company. (more…)
