National labor and employment law firm Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP welcomes attorney Arthur V. Lambert to its Dallas office as partner in the firm’s litigation practice. Constangy has experienced tremendous expansion since 2010, with more than 30% total growth and seven new offices. (more…)

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Dentons announced that Stuart Blaugrund has joined its Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice as a partner in the Dallas office. He joins from Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, where he was also a partner. (more…)

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At the end of 2013, Chief Oil & Gas and its working interest partners, Enerplus Resources (USA) and Tug Hill Marcellus, acquired MKR Holdings LLC from a subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy Corporation for about $500 million. (more…)

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Akin Gump advised Blackhawk Midstream LLC in a pair of deals announced in the past week. (more…)

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The Dallas technology and complex litigation firm Munck Wilson Mandalais proud to announce the addition of experienced intellectual property lawyer Harry Hwa-Joong Kimin the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group. (more…)

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A team of Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers advised WhiteWave in its just-announced $600 million acquisition of the organic food brand Earthbound Farm from its existing shareholders led by Kainos Capital and founders Drew & Myra Goodman. (more…)

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Akin Gump advised U.S. Concrete, Inc. in the company’s 144A/Reg. S offering of $200 million aggregate principal amount of 8.500% senior secured notes due 2018 (the “New Notes”). The New Notes are senior secured obligations of the company and are guaranteed by the existing and future subsidiaries of the company. The company used a portion of the net proceeds from the offering to repay all of the outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility and to redeem all of its outstanding 9.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2015.  U.S. Concrete will use the remaining net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes (more…)

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McGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce that Emily Stroope has joined the firm’s consumer financial services litigation team in Dallas, Texas. The national law firm now has thirty-three attorneys practicing in Texas, with eighteen lawyers in its Dallas office and fifteen in Houston (more…)

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Jackson Walker successfully represented an affiliate of its client, Virtus Real Estate Capital, in the formation of a programmatic joint venture with a multi-national real estate operator to develop a new brand of senior living facilities. The joint venture’s initial project is currently under development in Orem, Utah (more…)

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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Courtney Solcher Marcus has rejoined the Firm as a partner in the Firm’s Global Finance Practice, based in the Dallas office (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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