By Brooks Igo
(Sept. 4) – Jones Walker enhanced its maritime practice in Houston with the addition of Cindy Muller as special counsel.
Muller has substantial experience in senior corporate in-house positions at multiple global oilfield service companies. She practiced for the past 10 months at Matherne Muller Law, where she negotiated oilfield service contracts, advised on and implemented compliance and governance programs, and structured international initiatives.
Muller’s first move in-house was in 2004 at Horizon Offshore. She was part of the team that advised the company on its 2007 sale to Cal Dive International, where she worked for nearly seven years as vice president of legal and compliance and assistant general counsel.
In May 2014, Muller jumped to Energy Maintenance Services USA as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. Two years later, she joined the publicly-traded Houston company GulfMark Offshore in the same role, where she was responsible for all legal functions of the company and its subsidiaries, including SEC and NYSE compliance, anti-corruption and trade compliance, contracting functions and litigation management.