International law firm Fulbright & Jaworski hired Kevin McDonald for a Houston legal job–a full-circle moment in the attorney’s legal career–as reported in a press release.

McDonald will assume a partner role with the practice and said he is enthused about the opportunity to return to the law firm where he first kicked off his legal career in 1992.

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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP today announced the appointments of renowned international tax lawyers Cym H. Lowell and Mark R. Martin as part of a seven-person, full-service transfer pricing team in Texas. The team, whose practice focuses on designing and defending the allocation of income and expense in cross-border transactions, is joining the Firm from Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP. In his new role, Mr. Martin will serve as the head of McDermott’s transfer pricing practice.

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& Giuliani LLP is representing Kinder Morgan, Inc. in the sale of 63,000,000 shares of common stock offered by investment funds affiliated with Goldman, Sachs & Co., The Carlyle Group and Riverstone Holdings LLC. The stock is valued at approximately $2 billion.

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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP represented Sysco Corporation in its offering of $300 million in senior notes due 2015 and $450 million in senior notes due 2022. Sysco issued the notes under its shelf registration statement filed in February 2012.

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General Cable Corp. has acquired a 60 percent equity interest in Procables S.A., a privately owned Colombian manufacturer of cable and wire products, for $45 million subject to standard price adjustments. The remaining 40% of Bogota-based Procables will remain with local privately held conglomerate The Sredni Group.

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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing Chesapeake Energy Corporation in its sale of midstream assets in three separate transactions for total expected cash proceeds of more than $4 billion.

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Experienced corporate insurance attorney Christopher L. Martin has joined the Houston office of Locke Lord as a Partner on the Firm’s Regulatory and Transactional Insurance team. His broad-based corporate insurance experience will boost the Firm’s recognized national insurance practice and also add strength to its insurance capabilities in Texas.

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The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added prominent energy attorney William S. Garner, Jr. as a shareholder in the firm’s Houston office. Garner will head the firm’s Renewable Energy Practice. Prior to joining the firm, Garner practiced at Dewey & LeBoeuf in Houston.

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The Kim Law Firm brought on Denise H. Mitchell to fill a Houston legal job, according to a press release.

An experienced civil trial lawyer and prosecutor, Mitchell will be Of Counsel with the Houston law office.

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Kenneth L. Stewart will be taking the title of Chair of the Executive Committee at the international law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

Lauded for his work with clients on everything from securities transactions to $2.7 billion mergers, Stewart is expected to bring his expertise in client-focused law practice to his new position.

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