Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is advising the conflicts committee of Summit Midstream Partners in the purchase of two separate natural gas gathering systems.

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Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Partners Michael A. Stafford andKatharine D. (Kate) David to the Firm’s Houston office. The duo joins Gardere’s Trial Practice Group, adding depth to the Firm’s Government Affairs and Condemnation/Eminent Domain practices.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, DNB Markets, Inc., RBC Capital Markets and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as co-lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent, in connection with a commitment increase and maturity date extension for the $2 billion revolving credit facility for Murphy Oil Corporation, Canam Offshore Limited and Murphy Oil Company Ltd.

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Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce that noted Houston attorney J. Todd Culwell has returned to the firm as a Partner, focusing on various types of transactions in the energy industry.

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is advising Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. in the proposed sale of its interests in properties and assets in the Anadarko Basin to affiliates of EnerVest, Ltd. for $438 million. The transaction, subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close during the third quarter of 2013.

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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP represented Chesapeake Energy Corporation in the sale of certain midstream assets in the Anadarko Basin for $245 million to MarkWest Energy Partners. Bracewell is also representing Chesapeake Energy Corporation in the $300 million sale of Mid-America Midstream Gas Services, LLC to SemGroup Corporation.

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David L. Burgert, a trial lawyer focused on patent disputes, has joined the Houston Office of global law firm Jones Day as a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice. He was formerly a partner at Houston’s Porter Hedges LLP.

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Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Timothy C. Langenkamp, a capital markets lawyer with extensive experience in energy transactions, has joined the firm as a partner. He is resident in the firm’s Houston office and a member of its Securities/Capital Markets practice group. This addition continues the expansion of Sidley’s Houston office and further enhances the firm’s energy-focused capital markets team.

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP advised Crestwood Midstream Partners LP regarding a merger agreement announced today with Inergy, L.P. The combined company, with an enterprise value of approximately $7 billion, will provide pipeline and other services in some of North America’s biggest oil and gas drilling areas, including the continent’s premier shale formations. The merger, which the parties currently expect to close in September, is conditioned on approval by a majority of Crestwood’s limited partners.

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J. Patrick LaRue has joined Porter Hedges as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. His practice primarily focuses on M&A, corporate governance, private equity and general corporate counseling and advisory services. He represents a wide range of public and private clients and serves as outside general counsel to various organizations in Houston and throughout Texas.

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