O’Melveny Continues March into Texas, Opening Houston Office and Adding Three Top Dealmakers

Monday, May 2, 2022

Continuing its expansion in Texas, O’Melveny announced today that it will open an office in Houston—its third new office in the state in just ten months. The office will be anchored by three transactional partners—Angela Olivarez, Steven V. Torello, and Ryan Cicero—who join the firm from Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s Houston office, and partner Monica Hwang, who joined O’Melveny in November. With these additions, O’Melveny will have a total of 47 lawyers in its Dallas, Austin, and Houston offices, including 20 partners. Firmwide, some 33 lateral partners have joined O’Melveny since the beginning of 2021.

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Latham Grows Mergers & Acquisitions Practice With Energy & Infrastructure Partner

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Ethan Schultz has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. and Houston offices as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and the Energy & Infrastructure Industry Group, and as a member of the Corporate Department. Schultz represents clients in acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, financings, and other transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors.  He joins Latham from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Washington, D.C. and Houston.

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K&L Gates Further Deepens Intellectual Property Practice with Houston Partner Addition

Monday, April 4, 2022

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Collin Rose as a partner in the intellectual property group. Rose joins the firm’s Houston office from Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, PC, where he was chair of the intellectual property and technology & IP transactions practices. His arrival follows the addition of IP partners Hannah Koyfman and David Lu and their 10-person patent team in Boston last month, as well as the additions of a team of IP lawyers in Japan, new IP partners in Melbourne, Portland, Orange County, Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Austin, and Nashville, and the establishment of an IP Agency in China all during the past year.

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Norton Rose Fulbright Strengthens Mass Tort Practice With Trial Lawyer in Houston

Monday, March 28, 2022

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that litigation lawyer Justin VandenBout has joined as a Houston-based partner in the firm’s Products, Pharma, Medical and Mass Tort practice team. Joining from Chamberlain Hrdlicka, VandenBout maintains a nationwide litigation practice with a focus on commercial litigation, product liability litigation, insurance coverage and mass tort litigation.

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Gibson Dunn Adds Leading Private Equity Partner Michael De Voe Piazza in Houston

Monday, March 21, 2022

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Michael De Voe Piazza has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner. Piazza was formerly a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, where he served as Co-Head of the firm’s Energy practice. He will continue his private equity and energy practice as Co-Head of U.S. Private Equity at Gibson Dunn.

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