On November 13, 2013, LGI Homes, Inc. (the “Company”) completed its initial public offering of 10,350,000 shares of common stock at a price of $11.00 per share, including 1,350,000 shares sold pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares (more…)

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Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Bryan K. Brown and Marlen Whitley as partners in its Houston office (more…)

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The Houston office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes John F. Sullivan III as a partner in the firm’s commercial disputes practice. Sullivan joins K&L Gates from Watt Beckworth Thompson Henneman & Sullivan LLP (more…)

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Akin Gump advised Oryx Energy Projects & Services, a Qatari service provider for the oil and gas, petrochemical and utility sectors, in a joint venture announced today with Stork Technical Services, a Netherlands-based asset integrity services provider for the oil and gas, power and chemical utility industries. The joint venture, to be known as Stork Oryx Turbo Machinery Services LLC, will be based in Ras Laffan, Qatar, and will offer combined technical services capabilities in the Middle East and North Africa market (more…)

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Jackson Walker L.L.P. successfully represented its client, Pacific Northern, Inc., in a recapitalization that involved Pacific Northern’s management and an investor group led by Barton Creek Equity Partners and Tuckerman Capital. Pacific Northern operates manufacturing facilities in China, and has sales activities in the Americas, Europe and Asia (more…)

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Guida, Slavich & Flores, PC. is pleased to announce that John Dugdale has joined the Firm as Of Counsel in its Dallas office. Dugdale has comprehensive experience handling all aspects of environmental remedial and related regulatory compliance issues (more…)

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Haynes and Boone, LLP client TransData Inc., a leading manufacturer of advanced solid-state electricity meters has announced it has licensed its wireless smart electric meter patent portfolio consisting of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,181,294; 6,462,713; and 6,903,699 (the “Smart Meter Patents”) to a leading smart grid solutions provider (more…)

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Procopio is at it again. Just months after opening a new office in the heart of Silicon Valley, Procopio announces the opening of a new office in another key technology center, and a gateway to Latin America – Austin, Texas. To lead the development of the office, Procopio welcomes seasoned international corporate attorney Alejandro Suarez to the firm. With over ten years of experience working in international corporate law, Mr. Suarez’s experience includes structuring and documenting new businesses, mergers, acquisitions and private equity agreements (more…)

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Akin Gump served as U.S. legal counsel to Alliance Data Systems and its LoyaltyOne business in the acquisition of a 60 percent ownership stake in Netherlands-based BrandLoyalty (more…)

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The business and entertainment law firm Shackelford, Melton & McKinley, LLP, is pleased to announce the addition of former Pronske & Patel, P.C., attorneys Rakhee PatelWande Elam andChristina Stephenson to the firm’s Dallas bankruptcy group (more…)

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Winstead PC welcomes Marcus J. Brooks. Brooks is a shareholder in Winstead’s taxation, employee benefits and private business practice group. He was previously a partner at Naman Howell Smith & Lee, PLLC (more…)

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DLA Piper announced today that Teri Donaldson has joined the firm’s Litigation practice as a partner in the Houston office (more…)

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