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Paul Hastings Expands Energy and Infrastructure Team With Climate Tech CEO Hire

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Paul Hastings has hired energy and infrastructure lawyer Chris Richardson as a partner in Houston, coming from climate technology company 8 Rivers Capital, where he spent a year as chief executive officer following several years as a White & Case partner in Houston.

Richardson, who will start work at Paul Hastings in July, was a founding partner of White & Case’s Houston office in 2018, and was head of the energy and infrastructure project development and finance practice for the Americas. Also, earlier in his career, he practiced in Asia and the Middle East including two years as general counsel of Mubadala Petroleum in Abu Dhabi.