Clifford Chance is opening an office in Houston with a 10-partner team focused on energy infrastructure transactions, including seven hires from competitor law firms.
Latham & Watkins partners Jonathan Castelan and Trevor Lavelle are among the UK firm’s new hires in Houston, Clifford Chance said Monday. Castelan handles energy infrastructure M&A deals and Lavelle is a capital markets lawyer with experience in sustainability and green-linked deals.
The move to Houston is aimed at bolstering the firm’s 400-lawyer global energy and infrastructure practice—with an eye on the transition to renewable energy sources—and fueling US growth, a key long-term strategy. It comes ...