Cox Smith today announced that attorney Jaime Ramón has joined its Dallas office as a shareholder in the firm’s Labor & Employment Law practice. He was previously a partner in K&L Gates’ Dallas office. (more…)
Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Gary C. Johnson as a partner in the firm’s Energy & Natural Resources Industry Group. Johnson will work from the firm’s Houston office. He was formerly a partner and Corporate Practice Group Leader at Burleson LLP. (more…)
National law firm Polsinelli welcomes William H. Church, Jr. as shareholder to bolster the firm’s commercial litigation capabilities in Texas and nationally. Church has 25 years of experience in all aspects of handling business litigation matters and serves clients in the oil, gas and electric industries. He joins a growing Dallas office, and a national team of attorneys with long history of representing Fortune 500 companies in state and federal courts, as well as ADR forums and foreign jurisdictions. (more…)
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that seasoned trial and dispute resolution attorney Brian Antweil will join the firm’s Litigation practice as a partner based in Houston. (more…)
On April 29, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a final greenhouse gas emission permit to FGE Texas LLC for the construction of two natural gas-fired combined-cycle electric generation plants near Westbrook in Mitchell County, Texas. The total investment will be $1.2 billion. (more…)
Akin Gump helped McLean, Virginia-based Mars, Incorporated move towards carbon neutral operations by advising the company in its agreement with Sumitomo Corporation of America on a new 200-megawatt wind farm.
The Mesquite Creek Wind farm, which will have 118 turbines, was jointly developed by Sumitomo and BNB Renewable Energy. Located near Lamesa, Texas, and with a footprint of 25,000 acres, Mesquite Creek represents the biggest long-term commitment to renewable energy use of any food manufacturing business in the United States. (more…)
Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP is expanding its Houston office with three hires, including a senior associate who is returning to the firm after a brief hiatus. Monica M. Moussighi left the firm prior to its merger with Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP in 2013 and is returning to assist with the firm’s Litigation and Trademark Practice Groups. Meanwhile, associates Cole T. Duncan and Phillip M. Rice will assist in supporting the firm’s Asia Pacific Practice Group. (more…)
Davis Polk is advising Pattern Energy Group Inc.’s (Pattern Energy) Conflicts Committee of independent directors in connection with Pattern Energy’s acquisition of the Panhandle 1 wind power project from its majority shareholder, Pattern Energy Group LP, for a consideration of $125 million in cash. Panhandle 1 is being built in Carson County, Texas, and consists of 118 General Electric 1.85 MW wind turbines. Panhandle 1 will, when completed, add 179 MW (or 14%) in owned capacity to Pattern Energy’s portfolio. The acquisition is expected to close upon commencement of commercial operations in June 2014.
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Akin Gump advised EP Energy Corporation in an acquisition from an undisclosed seller of certain producing properties and undeveloped acreage directly offsetting existing Wolfcamp operating areas in Reagan and Crockett Counties in the Southern Midland Basin. The firm also served as counsel to EP Energy in its agreement with a separate company to divest certain non-core assets in the Arklatex Cotton Valley and South Louisiana Wilcox areas. (more…)
In response to client demand for expanded insurance litigation services across the country, Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. announces the addition of veteran trial attorney Patrick M. Kemp, who joins the firm’s Austin, Texas, office as a shareholder. (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner, with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent, in connection with a $600 million senior secured revolving credit facility for Lario Oil & Gas Company. (more…)
Akin Gump advised the conflicts committee of El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s (EPB) general partner, El Paso Pipeline GP Co. LLC, in a deal in which EPB said it will acquire Kinder Morgan, Inc.’s 50 percent stake in Ruby Pipeline, 50 percent stake in Gulf LNG and 47.5 percent stake in Young Gas Storage. The transaction is valued at approximately $2 billion, including $1.012 billion of proportionate debt at Ruby and Gulf LNG, resulting in an equity purchase price of $972 million. (more…)
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