Pillsbury is pleased to announce the opening of our Austin office as the next step in our firm’s strategic focus and our unwavering commitment to our clients throughout the state of Texas and the Gulf Coast.
“Our vision is to build one of the strongest full service legal teams in Texas to represent the energy industry and, in particular, the oil and gas sector and all practices touching the energy industry,” said Pillsbury Chair James Rishwain, Jr. “In response to client needs and tremendous opportunities for energy and technology, Austin is the next logical step for our firm’s continuing growth in the state.”
Pillsbury has been in Houston for more than 10 years and has served clients in the energy industry for more than 140 years, providing strategic counsel for today’s unprecedented investments in North American oil and gas. Adding an Austin office strengthens these capabilities, and our two Texas offices will provide a full slate of legal services in our core practice areas of energy and infrastructure, financial services, technology and real estate and construction. We provide those services locally and seamlessly with collaborative support from our domestic and international lawyers.
Our lawyers in Texas have been ranked by Chambers as top energy and natural resources, environmental, insurance recovery litigation and project finance practitioners. In the technology sector, our attorneys are world-renowned for their work in outsourcing, intellectual property and emerging growth. With attorneys in the world’s leading centers of innovation, including Austin, we represent technology companies in all stages of their growth, from start-ups to venture funding to IPOs and beyond. Internationally, we represent all areas of the energy industry, including oil and gas, coal, nuclear and renewables. Our clients range from some of the largest domestic companies in downstream, midstream and upstream energy production, to those operating internationally, including in the Middle East. We represent growing middle market companies as well as new entrants in the market such as Japanese and Korean companies investing in oil and gas.
Our services to energy clients range from mergers and acquisitions to financing, project development and infrastructure, to environmental permitting and regulatory compliance, to crisis management, global expansion, litigation, land use and workforce management. Our exceptional intellectual property and technology lawyers regularly work with oil and gas companies to help them protect their R&D investments, both in technology and in advanced exploration techniques.
