Welcome to another day in the constantly evolving landscape of law and business. Our updates today touch on significant news involving legal teams, law firms and corporate developments.
Judd Stone, Christopher Hilton, and John Sullivan., three former Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lieutenants, have been named as legal representatives for Elon Musk’s X Corp., previously known as Twitter. Their new assignment? The company’s lawsuit against Media Matters for America. Both Stone and Hilton are now attached to Stone Hilton in Austin, Texas, while John Sullivan works with S|L Law located in Cedar Hill, Texas. This information was obtained from the federal court complaint presented in Fort Worth, Texas. More about the X Corp. complaint can be found here.
In other news, Paul Hastings, a leading law firm, has been appointed as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of WeWork Inc. The team leading the financial restructuring will consist of Kris Hansen, Gabe Sasson, Frank Merola, and Sayan Bhattacharyya. Additional information about this development can be found on the Paul Hastings’ website.
The private equity sector is also shaping the legal scene in the UK’s East Midlands region above London. Last year, Nelsons, a law firm backed by private equity interests, undertook a series of acquisitions, adding firms in Leicester and Nottingham to their fold in the past month. More details can be accessed at The Lawyer.
Last but not least, in the lateral moves section, we note that Justin J. Wolosz has become a part of Manatt Phelps & Phillips as a trial, white collar, and investigations partner, based in Boston, Mass. For more on this, visit the news post.
As always, we aim to keep legal professionals informed of the significant legal developments across the globe.