Global law firm Reed Smith today announced the addition of a 15-person team from Norton Rose Fulbright to its Life Sciences Health Industry Group (LSHI). As part of this expansion, Reed Smith will open an office in Austin, Texas, its second in Texas and 28th worldwide. (more…)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that R. David Wheat will join the Firm’s Houston office as a partner in the Tax Practice Group. (more…)
Oklahoma City-based law firm Phillips Murrah announces it has opened an office in Dallas with the addition of new Director Mark Golman to the Firm. Golman, who is leading the expansion efforts south of the Red River, focuses his practice on the purchase and sale of businesses and assets, the negotiation of long-term supply agreements and financing arrangements, corporate counseling, and bankruptcy and insolvency-related matters. (more…)
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that it has expanded its Corporate and Litigation practices with the arrival of five new attorneys in its Dallas office. Greg Hidalgo is a partner in the Corporate practice. Barrett R. Howell and Brandon N. McCarthy are partners in the Litigation practice, while former federal Judge Jorge A. Solis joined as special counsel. Aaron P. Pinegar is special counsel in the firm’s Transactional Tax Planning practice. Hidalgo previously was a partner at McDermott Will & Emery. Howell and McCarthy were partners at Bracewell LLP. Pinegar formerly was a senior associate at Baker Botts LLP. (more…)
Shearman & Sterling launches an office in Houston with six partners – its second Texas office following its Austin office opening in March. The Houston-based team significantly expands the firm’s existing global energy capabilities with a focus on oil and gas transactions and projects, in complement to the firm’s existing highly regarded global energy group, particularly in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Latin America. (more…)
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Mark L. Johansen has joined the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice as a partner in Dallas. Born and raised in Dallas, Mark was most recently a name partner at litigation trial boutique Gruber Hail Johansen Shank, which he helped found in 2006. (more…)
Bracewell LLP announced today that James P. Plummer has joined the firm’s San Antonio office as a partner in the public finance department. He joins Bracewell from Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP. (more…)
Lloyd “Buddy” E. Ferguson is the newest partner in Barack Ferrazzano’s Litigation and Motor Vehicle Groups. Representing the Firm from its new office in Austin, Texas, Buddy focuses his practice on civil litigation and administrative law with an emphasis on motor vehicle manufacturers and distributors. He has over 30 years of experience representing clients in state and federal court, as well as before the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, Motor Vehicle Division. (more…)
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP announced today the opening of an office in Dallas – the firm’s eleventh in the United States and sixteenth worldwide. (more…)
Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, further expanded its presence in Texas with corporate partners Todd Reed, Bentley Harris and associate Amy Simmons in Austin, Texas. They complement Akerman’s core strengths in M&A and corporate governance across dynamic client sectors, including financial services, real estate, restaurant and retail. A veteran corporate lawyer and advisor to private and public companies, Reed also will serve as Akerman’s Austin office managing partner. (more…)
McKool Smith, one of the nation’s leading trial firms, has announced that trial lawyer J. Wiley George has joined the firm as a Principal in its Houston office. Mr. George focuses on bankruptcy and restructuring matters along with complex commercial litigation, including business torts. (more…)
Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce the firm has added 14 Texas-based lawyers—including eight partners—to its offices in Austin, Dallas and Houston. The group represents a major expansion of the firm’s capabilities in the Texas legal market, particularly in the areas of insurance, banking and finance, eminent domain, government affairs, and governmental disputes. All attorneys join Husch Blackwell from Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP. (more…)
