Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that Kelly D. Hine has joined its Litigation practice as a partner in Dallas. Hine is the latest attorney that is part of Katten’s substantial investment in Texas with the opening of its Dallas office in February. (more…)

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Akin Gump is pleased to announce that Jocelyn D. Tau has joined the firm as a tax partner in its Houston office. Ms. Tau has extensive experience working on matters pertaining to the taxation of master limited partnerships (MLPs), private equity transactions and structures, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and capital market transactions, particularly within the energy industry. She comes to Akin Gump from Hunton Andrews Kurth. (more…)

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Global law firm White & Case LLP has added new partner David Strickland to its Global Project Finance Practice and its Global Oil & Gas Industry Group in Houston. Strickland comes to White & Case from King & Spalding, where he advised owners of major petrochemical and refinery, LNG, oil & gas and power projects around the world. (more…)

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Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today further advanced its Houston expansion with a leading group of four insurance litigators, including experienced partners David Clark and Kristen McDanald. They enhance the capabilities of the national Litigation Practice Group, at a time when Corporate Counsel ranked Akerman first among the top 10 law firms dedicated to financial services and insurance clients. Alongside associates Rick Gene Boepple and Mark Shutt, their arrival more than doubles Akerman’s Texas headcount since 2016. Akerman has grown to 65 litigation and transactional lawyers in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin. (more…)

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Morgan Lewis today welcomes Jeff S. Dinerstein, a veteran corporate lawyer with an extensive background in representing clients in mergers and acquisitions, continuing the robust expansion of the firm’s Houston office. (more…)

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Haynes and Boone, LLP is opening an office in The Woodlands, a fast-growing corporate hub near Houston. (more…)

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