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Talk of the Town
AWARDS – ANNOUNCEMENTS – PRESS RELEASES – PROMOTIONS
Mandy Price
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced that Mandy Price, corporate associate in the firm’s Dallas office, has been named the 2014 Outstanding Young Lawyer by the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. Price’s practice focuses on complex corporate and transactional matters, including representation of private
firm attorneys Scott D. Ellis, Jason R. Fulmer, Jessica Glatzer Mason, Audrey Momanaee and James C. Scott have been admitted as partners. Ellis is a trial attorney in the firm’s Houston office. Fulmer practices in Gardere’s intellectual property practice group in Dallas. Mason practices in Gardere’s labor and employment practice group in Houston. Momanaee practices in Gardere’s trial practice group in Houston. Scott is a trial attorney in the firm’s Dallas office.
equity firms and public companies in connection with public and private acquisitions, divestitures and investment transactions.
Akash Sethi, one of the six original partners of McGuireWoods LLP’s newest office in Dallas, was named the office’s first managing partner. Sethi is a private equity attorney with 20 years of experience in middle market private equity funds, mezzanine private equity and venture capital funds as well as institutional investors
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. is pleased to announce that Ron Chapman, Jr., a member of the firm’s board of directors and shareholder in the firm’s Dallas office, was awarded two different Client Choice awards by the International Law Office. Specifically, in the employment & labor category, Chapman
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and companies in all stages of development.
The Dallas office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has been
selected as the 2014 Corporate Citizen of the Year by the Rotary Club of Dallas and D CEO magazine, in the large cap corporation category.
was named the overall winner for the entire United States and the exclusive winner for Texas. Chapman is board certified in labor and employment law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and represents employers in all areas of labor and employment law.
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP announced its relocation of the firm’s Dallas office to Crescent Real Estate Holdings LLC’s planned McKinney & Olive building, located in Uptown next to the Ritz- Carlton, Dallas. Gardere’s approximately 109,000-square-foot lease will kick-start the development at 2021 McKinney Avenue. Gardere will move into the new building in fall 2016.
Ted M. Benn
Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce that Ted M. Benn has been elected to secretary of the National Club Association, a Washington, D.C.-based trade association formed to defend, protect, and advance the interests and well-being of private, social and recreational clubs. Benn is a partner in
Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce that Peter A. Lodwick has been selected to serve as Southern Methodist University’s alumni board chair-elect for 2014 and chair for 2015-2017. Lodwick is a partner in the corporate and securities practice group in Thompson & Knight’s Dallas office. His
the real estate and banking practice group in the firm’s Dallas office. He counsels clients on a wide variety of real estate, corporate and general business matters, including mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, partnerships and joint ventures, debt and equity financings, lease transactions, management and consulting arrangements, and real
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estate developments.
Glenn West, managing partner of the Dallas
office of law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and a corporate partner in the firm, has been named the Adviser Dealmaker of the Year in the 2014 Mergers & Acquisitions Awards competition. West has developed a diverse corporate practice both nationally and internationally.
Trial lawyer Chris Hamilton of Dallas’ Standly Hamilton, LLP, has earned selection to D Magazine’s 2014 listing of The Best Lawyers in Dallas based on his work in business litigation for individuals and companies of all sizes. He is the youngest
practice includes counseling clients in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, SEC compliance, corporate governance, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and investigations.
Courtney S. Marcus
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced that Courtney S. Marcus, a Dallas-based partner in Weil’s global banking & finance practice, has been named a 2014 Most Powerful & Influential Woman by the Texas Diversity Council. Marcus’ legal expertise includes leveraged acquisition and recapitalization transactions, bridge and
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mezzanine financing, cash flow and asset-based lending, debtor- in-possession financing, and loan restructurings and workouts.
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