HOUSTON – Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of distinguished capital markets and M&A lawyers Eric Johnson and Michael Blankenship as partners in the firm’s Houston office. Eric and Mike bring to the firm more than 30 years of experience advising public and private companies and private equity investors and their portfolio companies on a wide range of corporate matters in the oil and gas industry.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that leading executive compensation and employee benefits attorney Rob Fowler has joined the Firm’s Houston office as a partner. Mr. Fowler joins Kirkland from Baker Botts LLP. More >>
Mayer Brown announced today that oil and gas lawyer Vera de Gyarfas has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate & Securities practice in Houston. Previously, Ms. Gyarfas was a partner at King & Spalding. More >>
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Bradley is pleased to announce that Robert Ford has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. The Houston office has added 13 new attorneys since April of this year. Prior to joining Bradley, he was a partner at Fogler, Brar, Ford, O’Neil & Gray LLP. More >>
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Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli has continued to grow the firm’s Texas presence with the additions of Shareholder Liz N. Boydston, who jointly offices in Dallas and Houston, and Shareholder Edward T. Laborde, Jr., who is based in Houston. Boydston comes to the firm from K&L Gates, while Laborde will join Polsinelli from the Houston office of Dentons. More >>
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Phyllis Young, an accomplished transactional lawyer who advises public and private companies, commercial banks and investment funds in financing transactions and has extensive energy industry experience, has joined McGuireWoods’ debt finance practice as a partner in the firm’s Dallas and Houston offices. She joins McGuireWoods from Akin Gump. More >>
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Baker Botts, L.L.P., a leading international energy and technology law firm, announced today the addition of a prominent group of environmental, health and safety (EHS) crisis response lawyers. Steve Solow, Nadira Clarke, Lily Chinn, Greg Dillard, Natalia Sorgente, Anne Carpenter, Scott Elliott, Matthew Baker and Danny Worrell have joined the firm as partners in the Litigation Department’s Environmental Section and White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations practice group, residing in Baker Botts’ Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Houston and Austin offices. The team joins Baker Botts from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that energy-focused transactional partners Ned Crady and David Peterman have joined the firm as partners, based in Houston. Their arrival adds to the power of the firm’s leading M&A, capital markets, finance and private equity capabilities in Houston and adds to a steady stream of corporate partner additions across the firm’s global platform. Crady and Peterman both practiced at the Houston office of Baker Botts. More >>
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