Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison announced that leading M&A lawyer Sean T. Wheeler will join the firm as a partner, co-chair of Global M&A and head of the firm’s new Houston office. Houston M&A lawyer Debbie P. Yee will also join the firm as a partner, the duo come to the firm from Kirkland & Ellis. Establishment of a Houston office complements the firm’s significant work in energy M&A and infrastructure transactions.
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Husch Blackwell announced today the continued growth of its national Consumer Financial Services practice with the addition of a three-attorney litigation team led by partner Matt Manning. Based in Houston, the group joins from McGlinchey Stafford.
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Sidley is pleased to announce that Ivana Rouse has joined the firm as a partner in its Investment Funds practice group in Houston. She joins from Latham & Watkins LLP, where she was a partner in their Corporate Department and member of the Investment Funds Practice.
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Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology, and life sciences law firm, has added Cody Carper as a partner in its Houston office, where he will serve as co-chair of the Oil and Gas Practice, strengthening the firm’s capabilities in upstream and midstream oil and gas transactions driven by private equity investment. Carper joins from Weil, Gotshal & Manges, where he led complex energy transactions for private equity sponsors and management teams, as well as public and private oil and gas companies.
Orrick today announced that Nick Woodruff has joined the firm’s Energy & Infrastructure team as a partner in the Houston office. Woodruff, who joins from Skadden, brings extensive experience in strategic and public M&A and private equity across the oil & gas, power, renewables, and infrastructure sectors. His arrival underscores the continued momentum of Orrick’s global platform, which saw the addition of 18 partners across 12 markets last year.
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to bolster its Public Finance & Infrastructure Practice with the addition of Taylor Klavan as a shareholder in its Houston office. She joins the firm from Squire Patton Boggs LLP.
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Highly regarded energy transactional attorney Adam Dempsey has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in Houston as a partner in the firm’s national oil and gas corporate and transactions practice. Formerly from Bracewell, Dempsey most recently served as GC with Cotton Holdings Inc.
Tags: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | HoustonBaker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology, and life sciences law firm, has added veteran energy partner Anna Irion to its Global Projects Department in Houston. Irion brings deep midstream experience guiding clients through complex midstream oil and gas transactions, including advising data centers on natural gas supply and power generation. Irion joins from Jackson Walker, where she spent more than a decade representing a variety of clients in the midstream space as well as technology industry leaders entering the energy sector.
