James F. (Jamie) Thompson and Charlene B. Wright have joined Shook, Hardy & Bacon as partners in the firm’s national Environmental and Toxic Tort Practice. Thompson will be resident in the Kansas City office. Wright will be resident in Houston. Both were previously partners at Lathrop & Gage in Kansas City (more…)
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has significantly expanded its Environmental practice, landing seven top attorneys and preeminent workplace safety and environmental lawyer Mark Farley. The move broadens both the legal skillsets and national reach of that rapidly growing practice and adds a new office in Houston, Texas (more…)
The Houston office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Anthony F. Newton as a partner in its energy and infrastructure projects and transactions practice. He joins the firm from Haynes and Boone, LLP (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the administrative agent, in connection with a $100,000,000 senior secured revolving credit facility for Rock Oil Company, LLC (more…)
The Houston office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Bruce A. Blefeld and Trey A. Monsour as partners in the firm’s antitrust and restructuring & bankruptcy practices, respectively. Blefeld joins K&L Gates from Jackson Walker L.L.P., while Monsour joins from Haynes and Boone, LLP (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Gislar Donnenberg has joined the firm as a partner with the Securities and Capital Markets practice in Houston. Mr. Donnenberg joins from Andrews Kurth LLP, where he was a partner. He is one of the leading legal experts in master limited partnerships (MLP), with a strong base of energy clients. His arrival coincides with the one-year anniversary of the firm’s Houston office opening (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and RBS Securities Inc., as joint lead arrangers, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent, in connection with a $300,000,000 senior revolving credit facility for Excel Paralubes Funding Corporation and Excel Paralubes (more…)
William Scott Matney has joined Porter Hedges as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. Scott’s practice focuses on commercial litigation, arbitration and mediation (more…)
Vinson & Elkins partner Kaam Sahely advised and continues to advise Dyno Nobel Inc., a subsidiary of Incitec Pivot Ltd. (IPL), on all aspects of the development of an $850 million anhydrous ammonia plant in Louisiana. The 800,000 metric ton per annum ammonia manufacturing plant will be situated on a brownfield site, which is part of Cornerstone Chemicals Company’s chemical complex in Waggaman, LA, situated on the industrial corridor along the Mississippi River (more…)
Baker Donelson announces the addition of Susan Mathews to the Firm’s Houston, Texas office (more…)
The Houston office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Arthur A. Howard as a partner in the firm’s corporate/M&A practice. He joins K&L Gates from Haynes and Boone, LLP.
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing Lufkin Industries Inc. in connection with an agreement and plan of merger pursuant to which, upon the satisfaction of certain closing conditions, General Electric Co. will acquire Lufkin, a leading provider of artificial lift technologies for the oil and gas industry and a manufacturer of industrial gears, for approximately $3.3 billion (more…)
