Thompson & Knight Expands Oil and Gas and Corporate Practices in New York

New York, NY, June 23, 2011 --(PR.com)-- The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Partners Richard S. Green and Gaye White to the Firm’s New York office. Green has joined the Firm’s Corporate and Securities Practice Group, and White has rejoined the Firm’s Oil and Gas Practice Group after serving as Vice President & Senior Counsel of USA Compression Partners, LLC, a Texas-based gas compression company.

“We are delighted to welcome these talented attorneys to our New York office,” says Philip J. Kessler, Thompson & Knight’s New York Office Leader. “Dick’s corporate and infrastructure experience will be a tremendous asset to our clients, and Gaye’s energy industry expertise will further strengthen the Firm’s capabilities in this growing oil and gas market.”

Green focuses his practice on corporate and securities transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private and public debt and equity financings, contests for corporate control, “going private” transactions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, the formation and termination of partnerships, and restructuring financially troubled companies. He also has particular expertise in merger and acquisition transactions involving businesses in the infrastructure sector, including public utilities, engineering and infrastructure-oriented services firms, construction companies, and construction materials businesses, as well as in the development and sale of infrastructure projects, including public-private partnerships. Green received a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1979, a M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business in 1979, and a B.A., magna cum laude, from Harvard University in 1975. He joins Thompson & Knight from Butzel Long P.C. in New York.

White, who first joined the Firm in 2002 and became a Partner in 2007, joins the Firm’s New York and Austin offices and focuses her practice on the representation of clients in energy transaction and regulatory matters. Using her prior industry experience as a petroleum engineer, she counsels clients on a broad range of issues, including acquisitions and dispositions of oil and gas properties, midstream assets, and natural resources companies; oil and gas leasing; pooling and unitization agreements; joint operating agreements; pipeline and compression agreements; and oil and gas regulatory matters. White also advises clients in matters concerning electric, gas, and water utility regulation. She received a J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law in 2000 and a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1995.

About Thompson & Knight

Established in 1887, Thompson & Knight is a full-service firm providing legal solutions to public and private companies, governments, and individuals in all areas, including energy, commercial and tort litigation, finance, banking, securities, mergers and acquisitions, taxation, intellectual property, corporate governance, creditors rights, labor, white collar defense, and environmental matters, among others. We are particularly recognized for our depth of experience and capabilities on behalf of clients in real estate matters, both domestically and around the world. Thompson & Knight has approximately 350 attorneys with offices in Texas, New York, and Detroit and international offices and associations in the Americas, North Africa, and Europe.

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