Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing Spectra Energy Partners, LP in its acquisition of EQT Corporation’s ownership interests of Big Sandy Pipeline, LLC. Spectra will pay approximately $390 million for Big Sandy Pipeline, a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission-regulated natural gas pipeline system in eastern Kentucky (more…)
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. in its approximately $920 million purchase from Petrohawk Energy Corporation of Petrohawk’s 50 percent interest in KinderHawk Field Services and a 25 percent interest in Petrohawk’s natural gas gathering and treating business in the Eagle Ford Shale (more…)
KRCL is pleased to announce that on April 29 Caroline Pace joined the Firm as an Associate practicing in the Litigation Section of the Houston office (more…)
Please check out our new job listings in Houston, Dallas and Austin at kinneyrecruiting.com. There has been a significant increase in associate hiring since January in the major Texas markets, particularly in the corporate (capital markets, M&A, private equity), energy transactions (oil & gas transactions, project finance) and IP litigation space. Out-of-market candidates with national […]
Seyfarth Shaw LLP is pleased to announce that leading labor and employment attorney Wanda Holloway has joined the firm as a partner in its Houston office (more…)
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP announced today that Stuart R. Zismanhas joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in its energy practice (more…)
The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP has provided bankruptcy advice to Hercules Offshore, Inc. in an Asset Purchase Agreement with Seahawk Drilling, Inc. and its affiliates pursuant to which Seahawk sold substantially all of its assets to Hercules (more…)
Morgan Lewis today announced that Stefanie Moll—a past Chair of the Houston Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section—has joined the firm as partner in its Labor and Employment practice, resident in Houston (more…)
Winstead PC is pleased to announce the addition of Rebecca J. Rentz as of counsel in the energy & environmental law practice group. Formerly with Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, Rentz brings over a decade of valued environmental law experience to Winstead’s Houston office. Her focus is on state and federal air quality matters including enforcement, permitting, regulatory proposals, and corporate transactions (more…)
Welcome to the Texas Chronicles, a blog covering Law and Life in the State of Texas featuring up to the minute news on the Texas legal market and related topics. This sister-blog to the Asia Chronicles – Kinney Recruiting’s blog about living and practicing law in Asia and the Pacific Rim – will cover the waterfront […]
A public finance lawyer who has handled transactions for municipalities, counties and school districts, among others, joined Fulbright today as a partner (more…)
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced today that it plans to open an office in Houston, Texas and that Robert R. Rabalais will be joining that office as a partner in the Banking and Credit Practice Group. Establishment of a Houston office will enhance the Firm’s ability to serve clients in the energy sector, including financial institutions, corporate clients and private equity firms involved in oil and gas transactions. In addition, the Houston office’s focus on the energy sector will provide synergies with the Firm’s global offices (more…)
