Frost Brown Todd Opens Houston Office

Frost Brown Todd (FBT) is expanding its Texas presence with a new office in Houston. Zenobia Harris Bivens, a Houston native, will act as the office’s member-in-charge. The firm has already brought on eight additional attorneys with experience in a variety of industries, including energy, construction, manufacturing, health care, sports & entertainment, and finance.  Several of the attorneys join FBT from their former firm McFall, Breitbeil & Eidman, P.C., from which they bring their boutique commercial and oil & gas sector litigation practice. They include Members Kenneth Breitbeil, Greg Eidman, Courtney Gahm-Oldham, and Associate Stephen Crowder. Former XFL Houston Roughnecks President Brian Michael Cooper returns to private practice as a member at FBT. Members Cleve Glenn and Patrick LaRue recently joined from Lewis Brisbois, and Member Ken Bullock joins from Munsch Hardt.

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Mayer Brown Adds Carl von Merz as Partner and Head of US Upstream Oil & Gas Group in Firm’s Growing Houston Office

Mayer Brown announced today that Carl von Merz has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate & Securities practice in Houston, where he will serve as the head of the US Upstream Oil & Gas group. Mr. von Merz’s arrival further solidifies the firm’s commitment to strategic expansion in the energy sector. Mr. von Merz was previously an oil and gas transactional partner at Bracewell LLP.

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Dynamic Life Sciences-Focused Pair Joins McDermott’s Intellectual Property Practice in Boston

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that Michael Siekman and Jenny Chen have joined the Intellectual Property (IP) practice as partners based in the Boston office. The duo builds upon Boston’s active and diverse IP practice and will complement the Firm’s robust legal service offering to the life sciences and health industries. The pair join from Polsinelli in Boston.

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Joshua Ratner Joins Goodwin’s Global Private Equity Platform as Partner

Global law firm Goodwin announced today the addition of Joshua Ratner as partner in the firm’s Private Equity practice, resident in the New York office. Prior to joining Goodwin, he served as managing director and general counsel at York Capital Management, where he was responsible for all business and legal affairs for the firm’s private equity platform.

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