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The Houston office of law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has scored 10 energy attorneys from Atlantabased King & Spalding LLP. An eleventh attorney has joined Akin Gump's energy practice from Houston-based pipeline company Kinder Morgan.
Dallas-based Akin Gump reported 925 attorneys firm-wide earlier this year. with 80 in Houston. King & Spalding had 715 total attorneys, with 76 in Houston.
The new crew brings Akin Gump's energy practice to 150 attorneys worldwide and 45 energy lawyers in Houston, which now has about 100 attorneys total.
"This is a long-term strategic move for us," says Akin Gump Chairman Bruce McLean. "Energy is a core...