Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Kyle D. Hawkins has rejoined the firm as a partner in the Houston office. Hawkins recently served as the Solicitor General of Texas and will focus on appellate and constitutional law, class actions and commercial litigation.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its growing Houston office with a new team of partners. Jason Rocha and A.J. Ericksen join White & Case’s Global Capital Markets Practice and will work closely with the Firm’s Energy Industry Group. They join White & Case from Baker Botts.
Reed Smith today announced the addition of four partners – Edward Rhyne, Robert Phillpott, Efren Acosta and Ron Scharnberg – to its Global Corporate Group in its 70 lawyer Houston office. The team brings decades of private equity, middle-market mergers & acquisitions (M&A), and business tax capabilities, including a wealth of experience in the Texas market. All were formerly partners with Baker Botts.
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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery announced that Jack Langlois and Jibin Luke have joined the Transactions Practice Group as partners based in the Houston office. These hires diversify our robust energy practice and add strength in a geographically critical area as clients weigh business opportunities with potential federal energy regulations on the horizon. Jack and Jibin both join from DLA Piper where Jack served as US co-chair of the firm’s energy sector and managing partner in Houston.
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Global law firm Shearman & Sterling today announces that Emily Leitch has joined the firm as a partner within the Capital Markets practice in Houston. Leitch joins Shearman & Sterling from Jones Day LLP in Houston.
Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced today that Julie Mayo has joined the Energy Projects & Transactions (EPT) Section of the Global Projects Department in Houston. Ms. Mayo joins the firm from Norton Rose Fulbright, where she was the leader of the U.S. oil and gas practice and a member of the partnership committee.
Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced today that David R. Eastlake has joined the firm as a partner in the Financial Restructuring Practice, based in Houston. Eastlake joins the firm from Greenberg Traurig, where he was a shareholder in the Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice.
Skadden is pleased to announce that Cody Carper has joined the firm’s corporate practice as a partner in its Houston office. Mr. Carper’s practice focuses on complex energy and infrastructure transactions, including representing private equity sponsors and management teams in acquisitions and divestitures of upstream and midstream oil and gas assets, energy financings and equity joint venture transactions. He regularly advises both investors and operators in drilling partnerships and other joint development arrangements. Prior to joining Skadden, Mr. Carper was a partner in the Houston office of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, primarily advising on transactions in the energy sector.
Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce the addition of veteran insurance litigator Wendy B. Hall to the Global Insurance practice. Hall brings nearly two decades of insurance litigation in the oil and gas sector having represented domestic insurance companies, Lloyd’s Underwriting Syndicates, London Companies, offshore drilling and subsea construction companies, and energy and oil service companies. She has been a trusted resource for advising insurers through a myriad complex coverage and claims handling issues. A veteran of both domestic and international insurance disputes, Hall has handled coverage litigation in first and third-party cases, including political risk, pollution, operators extra expense, control of well, general liability, and professional indemnity policies, as well as litigating subrogation matters. Hall was a founding shareholder of Hall Maines Lugrin, PC.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has added Taylor Pullins as a partner in its Environment & Climate Change practice and Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice in Houston. He will also work with the Firm’s Energy and Power Industry Groups. Prior to joining White & Case, Pullins served as managing counsel at Noble Energy.
