Willkie Farr plants flag in Houston, its first new US office since 1981
For the first time in more than 30 years, New York City-based Willkie Farr & Gallagher has opened a new U.S. office.
The firm announced (PDF) Tuesday that it has planted its flag in the hot Houston market, saying that the move “furthers the firm’s strategy to combine the strengths of its existing relationships, the private equity, leveraged finance, M&A and capital markets skills of a traditional Wall Street firm and the talents of Houston-based attorneys specializing in energy and buyout transactions.”
Corporate partner Bruce Herzog will be at the helm, along with new hires Michael Piazza, formerly of Bracewell & Giuliani, and Angela Olivarez, who is joining the firm from Jones Day.
The office is the international law firm’s third in the U.S. It opened a Washington, D.C., office in 1981.
Hat tip: Am Law Daily (sub. req.).
