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Energy | Private Equity

Christine B. LaFollette, J. Kenneth Menges, Jr. | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Editor: As partners-in-charge of the Houston and Dallas offices respectively, would you each describe your practice as well as the practices that each of your offices specializes in? Menges: Our practice in Dallas is a diverse general business practice that serves a variety of industries. We...

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Kenneth S. Culotta | King & Spalding LLP

Editor: You were recently named head of King & Spalding’s Global Transactions Practice Group. What subject areas does this group comprehend? Culotta: Global transactions, the name that we gave this practice, is focused on two different, and interestingly convergent, themes. First is...

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C. E. Rhodes | Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA)

Along with several other in-house counsel, I was invited last year by a law firm to participate in a panel discussion with the firm’s associates. The discussion focused on many topics relevant to young lawyers, including career development and mentorship. Perhaps the best advice on those...