Durham C. McCormick Jr. has joined McGuireWoods LLP’s Tax and Employee Benefits Department as a partner in the firm’s Houston office.
McCormick brings nearly a decade of experience advising clients in the energy industry with significant engagements for the development and financing of renewable energy projects, including wind, solar and geothermal facilities. He advises clients on production and energy investment tax credits, project development agreements, project acquisitions and sales, power purchase agreements, financings, and federal and state tax planning and structuring, and other transactional matters. (more…)
Jackson Walker L.L.P. welcomes John Ransom as a partner in its Houston office. Mr. Ransom adds considerable strength to the firm’s Tax practice, whose deep bench includes some of the pre–eminent tax lawyers in the state. (more…)
The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Jeff Dinerstein and Arthur Nathan have joined the Firm’s Houston Office as partners in its M&A Practice. Mr. Dinerstein and Mr. Nathan were previously partners in the Houston office of Haynes and Boone, LLP, where Mr. Dinerstein was co-head of that firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. (more…)
Akin Gump advised Sanchez Energy Corporation in its agreement to acquire assets in the Eagle Ford trend of South Texas from wholly-owned subsidiaries of Royal Dutch Shell plc for approximately $639 million in cash.
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Akin Gump advised Cimarex Energy Co. in the pricing of an offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2024, which will carry an interest rate of 4.375 percent. Cimarex intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay in full amounts outstanding under its revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes. The deal is expected to close on June 4, subject to customary conditions. (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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP represented Baker Hughes Incorporated in the acquisition of Weatherford International Ltd.’s pipeline and specialty services business for $250 million. The transaction involves $241 million in cash and $9 million in working capital. (more…)
