Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Duston K. McFaul has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in both its Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy, and Energy practices. Mr. McFaul is an experienced restructuring lawyer with a concentrated practice built around complex business restructurings, negotiated workouts and contested proceedings.

Mr. McFaul takes a solutions-oriented approach to financial restructuring matters in his representation of clients, which include debtors, secured lenders, bondholder committees, other unsecured creditors, and equity sponsors. He also has deep experience representing clients through an array of trials, adversary proceedings and arbitrations resulting from actions, including alleged business torts, contested sales/divestitures, valuation, fraudulent transfer and transactional issues. (more…)

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Continuing its strategic growth in Texas, the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has recently added a top-tier team of nine attorneys across various practice areas including real estate, labor and employment, intellectual property, litigation, and health care. The attorneys, whose experience further enhances the firm’s highly regarded multi-practice capabilities, include shareholders John J. Tucker and Shira R. Yoshor, along with associates Janis E. Clements, Hampton D. Crow, Jr., Alan W. Hersh, Banee Pachuca, Amy E. Simcox, David A. Walker, and Theresa M. Wanat. (more…)

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We are pleased to announce the expansion of our practice as Michael F. Vitris has joined the Firm as an Associate in our Austin, Texas office. Mr. Vitris brings experience with a wide range of environmental matters, with a focus on enforcement and litigation, from his service as a Litigation Attorney at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). While at TCEQ, Michael’s responsibilities included: (more…)

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Sean A. Bryan rejoins Kelly Hart as a partner in the Tax Practice Group. Mr. Bryan has handled complex tax matters for 25 years representing individuals, private business interests, and passive investors seeking limited liability (more…)

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David Heidenreich has joined Carrington Coleman as a Partner focusing on oil and gas and real estate development and investment, with continuing industry interest in the multifamily and hospitality sectors (more…)

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McGlinchey Stafford PLLC is pleased to announce the addition of Monica S. Thompson as Of Counsel in its Consumer Financial Services group in the firm’s Dallas office (more…)

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Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce Marianne Carroll has rejoined the firm as Senior Counsel. She will once again enhance the firm’s Energy & Natural Resources industry team, primarily advising clients on electricity regulation matters. (more…)

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Robert J. (“Bert”) Viguet, Jr. has joined Porter Hedges as a partner focusing on mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance. He also regularly assists clients with securities offerings, private equity financing and syndicated credit facilities. He works primarily for clients in the energy, energy service, and technology industries. (more…)

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Nossaman LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Alan M. Glen and Steven P. Quarles as Partners in the Firm’s Environment and Land Use Practice Group. Mr. Glen will be based in the Firm’s Austin, Texas office and Mr. Quarles will be based in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

Mr. Glen and Mr. Quarles are well known and highly respected environment and land use practitioners, and advise clients on a wide range of critical issues at both the federal and state level. Their extensive experience enables Nossaman to enhance its nationally recognized Environment and Land Use Practice Group and better serve its clients across the United States. Mr. Glen’s and Mr. Quarles’ practice focus includes various areas of federal environmental law, such as wildlife and species protection issues under the Endangered Species Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, as well as federal and state environmental issues that impact renewable and traditional energy, transportation, water law, real estate development, agriculture, forestry, and mining. (more…)

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Schiff Hardin is pleased to announce that Stephen L. Sapp joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate and Securities group. With more than 25 years’ experience practicing law, Mr. Sapp joins Schiff Hardin from Locke Lord LLP and is based in the firm’s new Dallas office. (more…)

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