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Former FERC Leader Joins Baker Botts in Houston

Houston energy industry enforcement expert David Applebaum, a former head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s division of investigations, has joined Baker Botts, the firm announced on Monday.

Applebaum, the fourth Texas-based lateral partner to join Baker Botts this year, was most recently at Jones Day. He advises clients on proposed wholesale and retail energy market transactions to mitigate enforcement risk from the FERC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, North American Electric Reliability Corporation, state public utility commissions, antitrust enforcers, and Regional Transmission Organization market monitors.

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