Winstead PC welcomes Marcus J. Brooks. Brooks is a shareholder in Winstead’s taxation, employee benefits and private business practice group. He was previously a partner at Naman Howell Smith & Lee, PLLC.

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DLA Piper announced today that Teri Donaldson has joined the firm’s Litigation practice as a partner in the Houston office.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the administrative agent, in connection with a $300,000,000 senior secured revolving credit facility for Gran Tierra Energy International Holdings Ltd.

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Newfield Exploration Company, an independent energy company, has announced the signing of a share purchase agreement to sell all of its equity interests in Newfield Malaysia Holdings to SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad for a total cash consideration of $898 million. The transaction is expected to close in early 2014.

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A team of Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers represented Consolidated Graphics, Inc. a commercial printing company, in its sale to integrated communications provider R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company for $620 million.

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King & Spalding advised General Electric Company in the sale of its power rental business to power solutions provider APR Energy plc in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $314 million. In addition, GE and APR Energy entered into a supply and services agreement to provide support to current and future clients of APR Energy.

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On October 21, 2013, Plains GP Holdings, L.P. closed its $2.82 billion initial public offering of 128,000,000 Class A shares representing limited partner interests at $22.00 per share. The shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol “PAGP.”

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Union Bank, N.A., as joint lead arrangers, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as sole bookrunner, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the administrative agent, in connection with a $1,000,000,000 senior secured amended and restated credit agreement for Segundo Navarro Drilling, Ltd.

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On October 10, 2013, Western Refining Logistics, LP (“WNRL”), a Delaware limited partnership and wholly owned subsidiary of Western Refining, Inc. (“Western”) (NYSE:WNR) announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 13,750,000 common units representing limited partner interests in WNRL, at $22.00 per unit. The common units are being traded on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), under the ticker symbol “WNRL.” WNRL has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase from WNRL up to an additional 2,062,500 common units, at the initial public offering price. The offering is expected to close on or about October 16, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions.

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Akin Gump served as legal advisor to Memorial Production Partners LP in the pricing of a $300 million bond offering that closed today. The company, along with its wholly owned subsidiary, Memorial Production Finance Corporation, intends to use the proceeds for repayment of a portion of the outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility and for general partnership purposes.

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