Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Triten Energy Partners (TEP), a new energy company in Houston specializing in downstream infrastructure projects, on a US$150 million equity commitment from Tailwater Capital, an energy-focused private equity firm based in Dallas. (more…)
Genesis Energy, L.P. recently announced that the company plans to invest approximately $300 million to expand its existing Granger production facility to increase soda ash production by approximately 750,000 tons per year. Following the expansion, the Granger facilities are expected to be one of the lowest cost soda ash production facilities in the world. In conjunction with the expansion, Genesis entered into agreements with funds affiliated with GSO Capital Partners LP for the purchase of up to $350 million of preferred interests in an unrestricted subsidiary of Genesis holding Genesis’ alkali business. A team from Akin Gump advised Genesis in the matter. (more…)
Global law firm White & Case LLP continues to grow its Houston office with the addition of new partners Rodrigo Dominguez and Bill Parish. They join as part of the Firm’s Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice. Rodrigo and Bill are expected to work closely with White & Case’s Global Oil & Gas Industry Group, and the Latin America Interest Group, both areas in which they are experienced practitioners and trusted advisors. (more…)
Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce that renowned corporate energy lawyer Jimmy Vallee has joined the firm’s Houston office. Jimmy joins Winston from Paul Hastings where he was a partner in the Corporate Department. He has advised clients in more than $100 billion worth of global energy transactions. (more…)
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP is pleased to announce that Patricia B. Tomasco has joined the firm as a partner in the Houston office. (more…)
McKool Smith, one of the nation’s leading trial firms, announced that veteran trial lawyer William D. (“Willie”) Wood has joined the firm as a Principal in its Houston office. Willie is one of the nation’s most prominent energy trial lawyers and represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex business disputes and arbitration matters throughout the United States, Mexico, and Latin America. (more…)
Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Ivana K. Rouse has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the Corporate Department and member of the Investment Funds Practice. Rouse’s practice covers a broad range of private funds, including private equity-style energy, credit and mid-market funds, cryptocurrency funds and hedge funds. Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, Rouse was a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in Houston. (more…)
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. (Munsch Hardt) is pleased to announce the addition of three new Shareholders to its Houston office: Well-known Energy Litigation Shareholders Richard “Dick” Schwartz and Todd S. Frank, as well as Tax attorney and City of West University Place Mayor, Susan V. Sample. (more…)
Global law firm White & Case LLP continues to expand its Houston office with the addition of new partner Byron Romain. Romain will be part of the Firm’s Global Project Development and Finance Practice and will work closely with its Global Oil & Gas Industry Group. Romain joins White & Case from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, where he was previously the head of its North American oil & gas A&D practice. (more…)
Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Jonathan Castelan has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the Corporate Department and member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Castelan represents private equity firms and energy companies in acquisitions, divestitures and strategic joint ventures involving midstream assets. Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, Castelan was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Houston. (more…)
King & Spalding today announced that David Lang has joined the firm as a partner with the Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group in the Houston office. Lang, who previously served as global head of Baker McKenzie’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) practice in Houston, began his career at King & Spalding. (more…)
Judge Randy Wilson, an original partner of Susman Godfrey when the firm was founded in 1980, has returned to the firm as a partner after 15 years of service as a Harris County District Judge. In his 23 years at Susman Godfrey, Wilson tried some of the largest cases in the country and was widely regarded as one of the top trial lawyers in the state. He was Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Before Wilson took the bench in 2003, Chambers USA named him one of the Leading Commercial Litigators in America (more…)
