Susan Snyder Returns to V&E

© 2012 The Texas Lawbook.By Natalie Posgate Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook Vinson & Elkins announced that it is welcoming back one of its environmental and technology lawyers – this time as a partner. Susan Snyder, who worked at V&E from 1989-1995 as an associate in the energy practice group, returns to the firm after spending many years working as an in-house counsel for Advanced Micro Devices. While at AMD, Snyder served as the company’s executive legal counsel and vice president of international policy and relations.At V&E, Snyder will be a part of the environmental counseling and transactional practice group and will provide domestic and international environmental risk management counseling. Her experience in the technology sector will help better serve her clients at V&E with waste management and environmental concerns, as well as the growing regulatory requirements that companies in the expanding technology sector face daily. She will also offer her expertise to energy industry clients in regard to handling water scarcity caused from recent droughts and the growing demand for a reliable water supply for hydraulic fracturing, electric power generation and other needs. Snyder has recently worked on new environmental regulations that came from the EU and China…