Edel Cuadra has joined LeClairRyan as a partner on the firm’s Labor and Employment team. He is resident in the national law firm’s Houston office. (more…)
Simpson Thacher is representing KKR in connection with its proposed acquisition of Discovery Midstream from TPG Growth for approximately $1.2 billion. The company is being acquired through a newly formed joint venture with Williams (NYSE: WMB) and is being funded primarily through KKR’s energy and infrastructure funds. Williams’ initial economic contribution and ownership will be 40% of the purchase price, while KKR’s initial economic contribution and ownership will be 60% of the purchase price. Williams will be the operator of Discovery and will hold a majority of governance voting rights. Williams has committed to fund additional capital as required to bring its economic ownership to 50/50. (more…)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Sean T. Wheeler has joined the Firm’s Houston office as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. Mr. Wheeler brings more than 20 years of experience handling securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance matters for companies in the energy industry, including master limited partnerships. He has led 23 IPOs in the past five years, and, in 2016 alone, advised issuers and underwriters in over 29 securities offerings, more than any other Texas-based partner. (more…)
Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the addition of partner Lori Nugent to the firm’s national Consumer Financial Services Practice Group. Joining from Greenberg Traurig, she will serve as co-chair of Akerman’s Privacy, Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies Team and will reside in Akerman’s Dallas office. (more…)
Elizabeth Cuneo joins Kelly Hart as an associate in the Fort Worth office’s Litigation Section. (more…)
Robert Castle and Jamie Welton, two experienced commercial litigators, have joined Barnes & Thornburg as partners in the firm’s Litigation Department. The two litigators primarily focus on complex disputes, particularly in the areas of healthcare, finance, and media, among other industries. (more…)
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (formerly Hunton & Williams and Andrews Kurth Kenyon) is pleased to announce the expansion of its Dallas office and its highly ranked energy practice with the arrival of Myles F. Reynolds and Tab R. Urbantke, as partners on the firm’s energy and infrastructure team. (more…)
SBBO announced that Kevin T. Schutte has joined the firm’s Dallas office as a partner. Mr. Schutte’s practice focuses on general commercial and business litigation at both the trial and appellate court levels, as well as arbitrations and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. (more…)
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues its strategic growth in Texas with the addition of Tanya Goins in its Dallas office Corporate Practice as of counsel. Greenberg Traurig has more than 125 attorneys in Texas and continues to grow in the state; serving clients from offices in Austin and Houston, in addition to Dallas. Previously, Goins was with Holland and Knight. (more…)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced today that it is expanding with the opening of an office in Dallas — the Firm’s ninth in the United States, second in Texas and 14th worldwide. Kirkland’s Dallas office will be located in Bank of America Plaza, 901 Main Street. (more…)
Jackson Walker is pleased to announce the addition of Larry Glasgow and Richard Waggoner to the Corporate and Securities practice in Dallas. Larry and Richard each bring to the Firm over 30 years of experience in sophisticated transactions involving mergers and acquisitions and private equity. (more…)
The Houston office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes partner Robert H. George and counsel Edmundo de la Fuente to its power practice. Both lawyers join K&L Gates from Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, where George served as the Houston office’s managing partner. (more…)
