Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman launched its hydrogen practice in September to assist clients with the many new opportunities being presented as the United States transitions from oil and gas to renewables, most notably, hydrogen-based energy technologies.

The newly formed multidisciplined group of lawyers is believed to be one of the first launched by an AmLaw 100 firm at a time when many projects within the hydrogen industry are lifting off in Texas, such as the Mitsubishi Hitachi joint agreement to construct three energy storage projects in Texas.