Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP (“Tallgrass”), announced today that it has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP) to buy Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission, Trailblazer Pipeline Company, the Casper-Douglas natural gas processing and West Frenchie Draw treating facilities in Wyoming, and KMP’s 50 percent interest in the Rockies Express Pipeline (“REX”)

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Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Erika D. Benson as a partner in the Firm’s Austin office, where she will continue her work representing a variety of clients in matters involving government affairs.

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A team of Haynes and Boone, LLP attorneys from four offices advised Panda Power Funds on the completion of secured financing to develop a natural gas-fired power plant in Temple, Texas. This generation will be important to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) power region in adding much-needed new capacity as a result of rapidly declining reserve margins.

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Jackson Walker L.L.P. recently represented clients Acton Municipal Utility District and Johnson County Special Utility District in the acquisition of a Surface Water and Treatment System (SWATS) Plant from the Brazos River Authority.

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National law firm Ryan Law hired Mark W. Eidman for an Austin legal job, according to a press release.

Eidman joins the practice as a senior partner in the Austin office of the firm that specializes in corporate tax litigation. His experience includes hundreds of administrative appeals and court cases in more than 40 U.S. states and he now owns the biggest volume of pending tax cases in Texas, the press release states.

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Molly Cagle, who represents clients on a wide array of major environmental issues before government agencies and in federal and state courts, has joined Baker Botts L.L.P. as a partner in the firm’s Austin office.

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Haynes and Boone, LLP has bolstered its highly respected media law group with the addition of two nationally recognized attorneys, Laura Lee Prather and Catherine Robb.

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Sutherland Asbill & Brennan has hired Sean D. Jordan to a fill an Austin legal job in the firm’s office in the state capital, according to a press release.

Formerly the principal Deputy Solicitor General in the Office of the Attorney General of the Lone Star State, Jordan moves into a partner position and will be one of two leaders of the appellate practice of the law firm.

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Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP announced today that Sean D. Jordan, previously the Principal Deputy Solicitor General in the Office of the Attorney General of Texas, has joined the firm as a partner in Sutherland’s Austin Office and will co-lead the firm’s Appellate Practice.

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