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The Texas Lawbook visited with Baldinger, who was previously the co-chair of DLA Piper's energy practice, about how much of his energy practice has shifted to renewables work.
The Texas Lawbook caught up with Ashley Aten and Austin Wyker, both formerly of Munsch Hardt, about why they moved and what they are seeing in their practices.
With the move Garrett Johnston is reuniting with former colleagues Angela Olivarez, Steven Torello and Ryan Cicero.
For the past five years Kris Moldovan has served as senior vice president and treasurer at Vistra.
The heads of Gray Reed's energy transactions and intellectual property practices are on the move.
The Magic Circle law firm has recruited Devika Kornbacher to be the co-chair of its global technology group. Kornbacher, who had a hand in almost every tech deal at V&E, started her career at the Houston-based firm and practiced there for 15-plus years.
Combined, the two firms added two dozen attorneys from nine different firms.
The lateral additions include a longtime corporate counsel at a California health network and a lawyer from Crowell & Moring.
Tucker, who helped open Shearman & Sterling's office in Houston after 35 years at Baker Botts, has advised on a host of big deals in the energy space.
Sid Mody served as digital currency crimes coordinator and national security cyber specialist for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas.
Willkie Farr, Greenberg Traurig, McKool Smith, Munck Wilson, Perkins Coie, Blank Rome, Womble and Eversheds Sutherland announced new lateral partner hires this week in their Texas offices. The nine lawyers on the move came from Baker Botts, King & Spalding, Winstead, Norton Rose Fulbright, Gray Reed, Shore Chan and in-house.
Chicago firm McDermott, Will & Emery has opened an Austin office with the hiring of eight intellectual property partners from Baker Botts. It's the firm's third office in Texas and 22nd worldwide.
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