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.
Leading Retail Products Specialist Blake Estes Joins Gibson Dunn’s Investment Funds Practice
Gibson Dunn announced today that Blake Estes has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in its preeminent Investment Funds Practice Group. Blake advises asset managers and broker-dealers through all aspects of the structuring, development and distribution of retail investment products, including interval funds, tender offer funds, Business Development Companies (BDCs), and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). Estes arrives at Gibson from Alston & Bird LLP.
Tags: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | New YorkPerkins Coie Adds Family Office and Tax Lawyer Mohsen Ghazi as Partner in Chicago
Real Estate Partner Clay Pulliam Joins Dorsey in Dallas
Attorney Clay Pulliam has joined Dorsey & Whitney LLP as a Partner in the Real Estate group in Dallas, the law firm announced today. Clay arrives at the firm from Troutman Pepper Locke LLP.
Orrick Adds Energy M&A Partner in Houston
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.
Tags: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | HoustonHolland & Hart Adds Accomplished IP Litigation Partner Elizabeth Manno
Clark Hill Adds Leading IP, Litigation Attorneys to Its Detroit Office
International law firm Clark Hill PLC announced today that business, technology, and intellectual property litigators Zachary Moen, Daniel Grossman, and Adam Rosenberg, formerly of ZVMLaw, have joined the firm.
Tags: Clark Hill PLC | DetroitKing & Spalding Welcomes Five-Partner Medicaid Financing and Managed Care Litigation Team
King & Spalding announced today that it has added a group of five partners to its Healthcare practice. The group includes partners Rachel Gilbert, Cat Kirkland and Renee Rayne, who are leaders in the development of Medicaid financing arrangements for hospitals and health systems, and partners Jim Gilliam and John Connell, who focus on commercial healthcare care litigation. The group joins the firm from Burr & Forman.
Norton Rose Fulbright Attracts Leading Investment Funds Partner in New York
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Richard Madris has joined the firm’s financial services team as a partner in the funds and asset management group in the New York office. Richard is known for representing some of the world’s largest sponsors and asset managers in their most complex and high-profile fund formations and transactions. Richard joins Norton Rose Fulbright from Hogan Lovells following decades at Stroock in New York, where he played an integral role in the firm’s well-regarded investment funds group and led its infrastructure funds practice.
Tags: Norton Rose Fulbright | New YorkDechert Attracts Large Partner Group, Opening New Offices in Chicago and Dallas
Dechert welcomes more than 20 lateral partners, including a preeminent U.S. complex litigation practice and Chambers Band 1 accounting defense practice. This group is led by Mike Poulos, who most recently served as partner in charge of global strategy and a member of the executive committee at McDermott Will & Emery LLP. He will join Dechert as vice chair and global head of strategy. The new partners practice in litigation, transaction, intellectual property and employment and will be resident in Dechert’s New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. offices and soon-to-be-opened offices in Chicago and Dallas.










