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By Brooks Igo
(Feb. 17) – The second energy expert in a month joined the Texas ranks of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, the firm recently announced.
The Atlanta-based firm is adding Lino Mendiola III, who was previously the co-managing partner of Andrews Kurth in Austin, to its office in the state capital. In January, Sutherland signed on Travis McCullough, a former associate general counsel at JP Morgan over commodities in Europe, Middle East and Africa, as counsel in Houston.
Mendiola, a South Texas native, said that though Andrews Kurth is a great firm, he was looking for a firm with a better platform for his existing and future clients.
“I thought that Sutherland’s Austin office presented a unique opportunity for me to continue to practice in one of the best cities in America while accessing a national law firm with an excellent reputation in energy law,” he said.
The Harvard Law School graduate represents energy clients in state and federal court and before state agencies, including the Public Utility Commission of Texas. He says energy commodity prices, climate change and new technology are on his clients’ radars in 2015.
“Volatility in energy commodity prices will be a challenge because of the uncertainty it creates in capital expenditure budgets,” he said. “My clients will be looking to increase efficiency of existing investments and to achieve higher returns on future investments through the use of appropriate technology.”
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