Continuing its strategic growth in Texas, the international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP has added a top-tier team of five attorneys and one director across various practice areas including real estate, energy regulatory, corporate & securities and government law & policy to its Austin office. The team, whose experience further enhances the firm’s highly regarded multi-practice capabilities, includes shareholders Joshua Bernstein, Todd Kimbrough and Elizabeth Rogers along with associates William Teten, Jr. and Katie Van Dyk. Rounding out the group is Government Law & Policy senior director, Dr. Jennifer McEwan. More >>

Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) assets in North Louisiana and East Texas for a purchase price of $278 million from Hunt Oil Company. The properties consist of approximately 23,000 net acres that are currently producing approximately 17.5 MMcfe per day, with approximately 67% natural gas and 33% oil and NGLs. The effective date of the acquisition is June 1, 2014, and the anticipated closing of the acquisition is on or before October 1, 2014.
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Pillsbury is pleased to announce the opening of our Austin office as the next step in our firm’s strategic focus and our unwavering commitment to our clients throughout the state of Texas and the Gulf Coast.

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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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