Bracewell & Giuliani LLP announced today that Shamoil T. Shipchandler, former Deputy Criminal Chief for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas, has joined the firm as a partner in its Dallas office. Prior to joining the firm, Shipchandler served for almost more than 10 years as an Assistant United States Attorney, where his district-wide leadership responsibilities included serving as the Attorney-in-Charge of the Plano office and as the Asset Forfeiture Chief. (more…)
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP represented Baker Hughes Incorporated in the acquisition of Weatherford International Ltd.’s pipeline and specialty services business for $250 million. The transaction involves $241 million in cash and $9 million in working capital. (more…)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced today that it has expanded its corporate practice with the addition of leading M&A corporate attorney Andrew T. Calder, formerly a partner in Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s Houston office. Mr. Calder joins as a partner in the Firm’s new Houston office. The office marks the Firm’s seventh in the United States and twelfth worldwide. (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 Merritt Chastain as a shareholder in the firm’s Houston office. Chastain joins Ogletree Deakins from the Houston office of Gardere Wynne Sewell, where he was a partner. His arrival at the firm will immediately strengthen the firm’s Employment Law and Workplace Safety and Health Practice Groups in Texas. (more…)
The Firm represented Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., as the initial purchasers, in connection with the Section 3(a)(2) exempt offering of $175 million aggregate principal amount of 5.25% Subordinated Notes due 2026 by Texas Capital Bank, N.A. (“Texas Capital Bank”). The offering closed on January 31, 2014. (more…)
The Firm represented Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., as the underwriters, in connection with a public offering of 1,700,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (“TCBI”). The offering closed on January 29, 2014. (more…)
Simpson Thacher advised the underwriters on a $500 million debt offering by EXCO Resources, Inc. J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo Securities, BofA Merrill Lynch and BMO Capital Markets were the joint book-running managers for the offering. (more…)
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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP represented BOH Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiary, Bank of Houston, in an agreement to sell its operations to Independent Bank Group, Inc., the holding company for Independent Bank, for $243 million. The merger consideration consisted of $34 million in cash and 3,636,060 shares of Independent Bank Group common stock. (more…)
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP announces its upcoming relocation of the Firm’s Dallas office to Crescent Real Estate Holdings LLC’s planned McKinney & Olive building, located in Uptown next to the Ritz-Carlton, Dallas. Gardere’s approximately 109,000 square foot lease will kick-start the development at 2021 McKinney Avenue. Gardere will move into the new building in the Fall of 2016. (more…)
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Dean W. Harvey has joined the firm’s Dallas office as a partner in the Technology Transactions & Privacy practice. Before joining Perkins Coie, Harvey was a partner with Andrews Kurth in Dallas. Harvey is the sixth partner and tenth attorney to join the Dallas office in the last 12 months. (more…)
Jackson Walker LLP is pleased to welcome Wes Strickland to the firm as a partner in the Environmental and Legislative practice group. Mr. Strickland will work in the firm’s Austin office and focus on permitting, development and financing of water and other infrastructure projects across the United States. (more…)
