Bracewell has hired energy and infrastructure lawyer John Zabaneh, who spent the last decade working in-house, while Hunton Andrews Kurth adds DLA Piper corporate partner J.A. Glaccum as energy sector hiring continues at a steady clip in Texas.

Zabaneh, who worked in-house at a number of energy companies including Chesapeake Energy, Rosetta Resources, Noble Energy and Gavilan Resources, joined Bracewell on Sept. 9 as a partner in Houston in the oil and gas practice.