Having recently added a top-flight patent litigation team from Weil Gotshal in Washington D.C., the international law firm Greenberg Traurig grew both its international technology practice and its Texas platform with the addition of Weil Gotshal senior patent litigators Kevin Kudlac and Amber Lee Hagy as shareholders and attorney Rene Anthony Treviño as of counsel. Kudlac joins the firm today; Hagy and Treviño have announced they will join on December 30. The three had worked closely together and will continue to do so at Greenberg Traurig. The move comes shortly after the firm celebrated its 10th anniversary in Texas, where it maintains a strong presence in Houston, Dallas and Austin.

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Michael Adams is a partner in the Litigation and Intellectual Property groups at Jackson Walker. For more than 25 years, Mr. Adams has practiced patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret law, with an emphasis on the litigation, procurement, and licensing of intellectual property rights. His practice has focused on those intellectual property issues arising in the following industries: computer, semiconductor, electronics, software, e-commerce and internet. Mr. Adams has participated in patent infringement trials before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern (Marshall) and Western (Austin) Districts of Texas and the Eastern District of Virginia, and appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

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Procopio is at it again. Just months after opening a new office in the heart of Silicon Valley, Procopio announces the opening of a new office in another key technology center, and a gateway to Latin America – Austin, Texas. To lead the development of the office, Procopio welcomes seasoned international corporate attorney Alejandro Suarez to the firm. With over ten years of experience working in international corporate law, Mr. Suarez’s experience includes structuring and documenting new businesses, mergers, acquisitions and private equity agreements.

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Austin IP Boutique Pirkey Barber PLLC is pleased to announce the addition of Chris Kindel, Rebecca Younger and Megan Myers. Founded in 2006 by Louis Pirkey, Bill Barber and Steve Meleen, Pirkey Barber has grown to 18 attorneys and supports some of the most recognizable and valuable brands nationally and abroad.

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American Energy – Utica, LLC (“AEU”), an affiliate of American Energy Partners, LP, raised approximately $1.7 billion in private equity commitments and term loan proceeds to pursue a business plan focused on the Utica Shale. AEU’s lead equity investor is The Energy & Minerals Group based in Houston, and additional equity was provided by First Reserve Corporation based in Greenwich, CT and others. The term loan facility was led by GSO Capital Partners based in New York and additional debt investors, including Magnetar Capital and BlackRock, Inc.

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Waller, a nationally recognized law firm with offices in Austin, today announced that healthcare attorney Amanda K. Jester has joined its Austin office as partner. Formerly a partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, in Miami, Fla., Jester focuses her practice on advising and representing a vast range of healthcare clients including private equity funds, physician practices, hospital and health systems, ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care centers and pain management clinics.

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that prominent environmental attorney Danny Worrell will join the firm as a partner in Austin, Texas, where he currently is based, focusing on environmental siting and permitting, especially in contested case hearings before the Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings.

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Jackson Walker L.L.P. successfully represented ST Financial Group, Inc. and its subsidiary, Spirit of Texas Bank, in its merger with Peoples Bank, which was completed on July 12, 2013.

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Andrews Myers PC today announced its expansion in Texas with the opening of an office in San Jacinto Center at 98 San Jacinto Blvd, Suite 300, Austin. The new office is the culmination of a longstanding desire by Andrews Myers to enter the capital city’s progressive and entrepreneurial market and the Central Texas region. Many of the firm’s Texas corporate law clients have operations in the Central Texas region, and this office will allow Andrews Myers to improve service to those clients and develop new relationships.  The Austin office opens with Jason Spencer, new firm Shareholder and Texas construction law attorney. He is formerly a Shareholder of the local office of Ford Nassen & Baldwin, leading the initial group of Austin-based attorneys.

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