Morgan Lewis announced today that Ryan McConnell, a former assistant U.S. attorney, will join the firm as a partner in its Litigation practice, resident in the firm’s Houston office (more…)
In the first case reaching the merits of a motion to dismiss under the new Citizens Participation Act, the Dallas Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Jackson Walker client Univision 23 KUVN and ordered the trial judge to dismiss the case and award damages and costs to the television station (more…)
Burleson LLP, the largest law firm in the country devoted specifically to the oil and gas sector, announced today that Gary Brown has joined as a Partner in the Litigation Practice Group in the Houston office (more…)
Bracewell & Giuliani is representing Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (KMP) in its announced agreement to sell its one-third interest in the Express-Platte pipeline system to Spectra Energy Corp for approximately $380 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…)
Bracewell & Giuliani is representing Chesapeake Energy Corporation in its agreement to sell a substantial majority of its remaining midstream assets to Access Midstream Partners, L.P. for approximately $2.16 billion. The assets are located primarily in the company’s Marcellus, Utica, Eagle Ford, Haynesville, and Niobrara shale plays (more…)
Bracewell is representing Prosperity Bancshares in the $193.9 million acquisition of Oklahoma City-based Coppermark Bancshares. This transaction expands Prosperity outside Texas for the first time (more…)
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP represented ConocoPhillips and ConocoPhillips Company in a public offering by ConocoPhillips Company of $2 billion of senior notes, consisting of $1 billion of 1.05% notes due in 2017 and $1 billion of 2.40% notes due in 2022 (more…)
Houston continues to expand and solidify its position as one of the world’s top legal centers. November saw several major job changes to reinforce this. Here are some of the highlights:
Mark Matthews joined Baker Donelson as a partner. The attorney brings years of experience in energy transactions. He is a graduate of the South Texas College of Law and joins from Haynes & Boone.
Ahmad Zavitsanos announced the hiring of attorneys Megan Bibb and Kyril Talanov. Bibb is a commercial litigator who focuses on the energy industry. She graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School. Talanov joins the intellectual property group and will focus on patent litigation. He is a graduate of the University of Houston Law Center and hold a B.S. in chemical engineering from Texas Tech.
These are just a few of the numerous attorney career moves happening in Houston. If you would like to discuss your own legal job search, contact some of the best legal recruiters in the Houston market at Kinney Recruiting today!
Bracewell & Giuliani represented Apache Corporation in its public offering of $2 billion of senior notes, consisting of $1.2 billion of 2.625% notes due in 2023 and $800 million of 4.25% notes due in 2044 (more…)
Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce that experienced Houston securities trial attorney James Edward Maloney has joined the firm as a Partner (more…)
The partnerships of Novak Druce + Quigg LLP and Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP, jointly announced today that their merger discussions have progressed ahead of schedule. The firms have officially voted and executed agreements to merge effective January 1, 2013, creating the 7th largest IP boutique in the U.S. The new firm, to be known as Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP, will boast more than 140 attorneys, agents and technical advisors across seven offices (more…)
