Jackson Walker successfully represented client NuStar Energy L.P. in the sale of its San Antonio refinery and related assets to Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. for $100 million, plus closing date inventory of approximately $15 million. The deal closed on Jan. 2, 2013. The related assets included a terminal in Elmendorf, Texas, and a pipeline connecting the terminal and refinery (more…)
Wick Phillips Gould & Martin, LLP, a full-service business law firm, announces a complete defense verdict for client TXU. Following a week-long trial in the 68th Judicial District Court in Dallas County, Honorable Martin Hoffman, Presiding, the jury rejected the Plaintiff’s claims of gender discrimination and harassment against TXU Retail Services Company (more…)
Oil and gas production company Gulfport Energy Corp. was advised by a team from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in its acquisition of additional working interests in the Utica Shale in eastern Ohio (more…)
Jackson Walker is pleased to welcome new attorney Jeffrey S. Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton joins the Wealth Planning group in the Dallas Office (more…)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP advised Hicks Equity Partners in a partnership it established with The Riverside Company to form H-D Advanced Manufacturing Company, a holding company specializing in heavy-duty, precision-engineered industrial components. The former CEO of a Hicks portfolio company will lead H-D (more…)
A team of Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers advised Rise Energy Partners, LP in connection with its sale of interests in various oil and gas producing properties offshore southern California to Memorial Production Partners LP (MEMP) for a purchase price of about $271 million (more…)
Attorneys with the law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP represented Dallas-based Cardinal Midstream LLC in the company’s recent $600 million sale of its natural gas processing, treatment, and pipeline systems in the Woodford Shale region of southeastern Oklahoma to Atlas Pipeline Partners L.P. of Philadelphia (more…)
The WhiteWave Foods Company (“The Company”) (NYSE: WWAV) announced that it has agreed to sell certain assets owned by the Company to Morningstar Foods for $60 million, net of taxes, in connection with the separately announced sale by Dean Foods Company of its Morningstar business to Saputo Inc (more…)
Jackson Walker L.L.P. successfully represented Select Milk Producers, Inc., a cooperative of 87 large family-owned dairies, in a joint venture with The Coca-Cola Company to operate a health and wellness company known as Fair Oaks Farms Brands (more…)
On December 1, 2012, Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) entered into an agreement to sell its credit services unit to Equifax Information Services LLC, a subsidiary of Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX), for $1 billion in cash (more…)
Here are some of the major stories making headlines in the Dallas legal career market:
Marcos Ronquillo was recruited by Beirne Maynard & Parsons. The partner, well known from his management role at Godwin Ronquillo, brings a wealth of litigation experience to the firm. Jose Gonzalez, Todd Parrish, and Ramona Soto also joined. Said Martin Beirne, chairman of the firm, “Marcos is one of the most respected and sought-after litigators in the region, known for his integrity and leadership. His experience and presence within the legal and business community brings great value to our clients and to the firm.”
Winstead hired Brent Clifton for its tax practice. The partner attended Southern Methodist University and joins from Locke Lord.
Wilson Elser added three counsels, significantly growing its presence in the market. Jay Brandt and Brenda Jeffers Damuth joined the litigation practice group and Andrew Forstenzer the insurance group.
Matthew Harper took a new legal job with SNR Denton. The partner practices primarily in patent litigation for the telecom and high-tech industry.
Shackelford Melton McKinley brought Scott Conrad into the firm’s Real Estate development and finance practice.
The attorney recruiters at Kinney Recruiting are always happy to discuss your legal job search as it relates to the developments and others. Contact us today to learn more!
Shackelford, Melton & McKinley, LLP, is pleased to announce the addition of commercial transactions partner Scott J. Conrad in the firm’s Dallas office (more…)
