Our Houston office opened in 1988 to provide vigorous support to our clients in the energy and technology industries. In every area of the law, our lawyers focus on progressive, cost-effective solutions and favorable results.

As a result, our Houston lawyers are frequently recognized in both peer and client surveys, such as Chambers USA and Chambers Global, as well as Best Lawyers in America, as among the top in their respective areas of practice. We advise each client with the highest sense of professionalism, and our Houston lawyers use their vast experience and advanced knowledge of our clients’ business and industry to meet their needs daily.

Long recognized as the “Energy Capital of the World,” Houston has a broad economic base and a culturally diverse metropolitan area that serves as headquarters for more than 20 Fortune 500 companies and a gateway to the global marketplace. Our lawyers represent a variety of educational and cultural backgrounds and pursue practices as diverse as the city itself.

Accordingly, our Houston lawyers are involved in a broad range of sophisticated, multijurisdictional transactions and cases that are often on the leading edge of legal, technological and business developments within the energy and infrastructure, financial services, investment management and private equity, manufacturing, biotechnology, chemical, information technology, healthcare and life sciences, aerospace and defense, and telecommunications industries.

Our lawyers understand that the value of what we do is measured by the extent to which it helps our clients achieve their goals and, as such, are fully committed to our clients and their goals.

1111 Louisiana Street
44th Floor
Houston, TX 77002-5200 US

1111 Louisiana Street
44th Floor
Houston, TX 77002-5200 US

Houston Services & Sectors

Corporate and Finance

Akin’s corporate practice consists of a dynamic firmwide team of more than 300 lawyers. With a focus on the energy industry, our Houston-based corporate lawyers have advised on some of the largest and most cutting-edge energy transactions and projects around the world.

Our energy practice includes the representation of publicly traded and privately held companies, as well as financial institutions, private equity funds, sovereign governments and national energy companies in their various roles as developers, issuers, underwriters, lenders and borrowers.

We do a wide variety of public and private equity and debt offerings and lending transactions, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and structuring and implementation of direct investments across global markets. Our energy experience spans the value chain, including oil and gas, petrochemicals, liquefied natural gas, coal, utilities and renewables.