Gardere Welcomes International Oil & Gas Attorney Alfredo Ramos in Houston

July 7, 2014 - PRLog -- HOUSTON - Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Alfredo Ramos as a partner in the Firm’s Houston office. Mr. Ramos joins the Corporate Practice Group, where he will focus on handling oil & gas and international matters.

Mr. Ramos joins Gardere from the San Antonio office of Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry P.C., where he served as head of the Energy and Commercial Litigation practice areas. He provides extensive experience representing U.S. and Latin American clients of all sizes and throughout all phases of the acquisition and divestiture of mineral properties. He also regularly handles corporate banking transactions, preparing secured and unsecured commercial loan documentation.

"We are delighted to welcome Alfredo to our Houston office,” says Gardere Vice Chair Eric A. Blumrosen. “His expertise in handling oil & gas matters will be welcomed by our clients and will further enhance our Energy and International practices. He is a great addition to the Gardere team.”

Mr. Ramos, a native South Texan, is a 2006 graduate of The University of Texas School of Law. Prior to joining Chamberlain, Mr. Ramos served as in-house counsel and Latin American Operations Legal Director for Lewis Energy Group LP.

“Gardere is at the cutting-edge of law firms in Texas,” says Mr. Ramos. “I am truly excited to join such a talented team and to continue developing the Firm as one of the leading Energy and International practices in Texas and Latin America. Our goal is to provide the highest level of service to our clients in an extremely responsive and effective fashion.”

Gardere's Energy Industry Practice Group is a multidisciplinary group made up of approximately 60 attorneys with diverse backgrounds, experience and skills specific to the energy industry. This national and international energy practice serves clients across all sectors of the Energy Industry — upstream, midstream, downstream, power and renewables — providing a broad range of expertise, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, private equity, infrastructure development, finance transactions, project finance, tax, commercial contracting, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment, bankruptcy and workout transactions, energy regulatory, and arbitration and litigation.

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, an Am Law 200 firm founded in 1909 and one of the Southwest’s largest full-service law firms, has offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston and Mexico City. Gardere provides legal services to private and public companies and individuals in areas of corporate, energy, environmental, financial services, government affairs, hospitality, intellectual property, international, labor and employment, litigation, private equity, real estate and tax.

For more information, contact Dorothy L. Seals at 214.999.4019 or dseals@gardere.com.