Vinson & Elkins continues to grow its energy regulatory practice, adding Steptoe & Johnson partner Monique Watson, who formerly worked at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and brings experience in oil and gas pipelines and environmental impacts.

Watson, who joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, follows a team of eight energy regulatory litigators who joined in February from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Washington, D.C., and New York, led by partner William Scherman, now co-head of the firm’s energy regulatory practice.