In the lateral hiring game, firms win some and lose some, a reality that Baker Botts just experienced both ways in Houston.

The Texas-born Am Law 100 firm picked up tax lawyer Barbara Spudis de Marigny as a partner in Houston on Wednesday, from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. But Baker Botts lost restructuring partner Luckey McDowell, who joined Shearman & Sterling as a partner in Houston.