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A partner-led firm \ Houston and Austin, Texas

A strategic partner \
for the matters that define you.

Houston Austin advises companies, founders and families across Texas on transactions, disputes, energy and intellectual property. Every matter is led by a partner, from the first call to the final signature.

Looking up into a lattice dome of steel and glass

Partner-led

A partner on every matter, start to finish

Two cities

Rooted in Houston and Austin, working statewide

Recognized

Attorneys named in Best Lawyers in America, 2026

01 \ The Firm

We are deliberately small. The partner who takes your first call is the partner who sees the matter through.

Houston Austin was built as an integrated firm: corporate, litigation, energy and intellectual property counsel working as one team, so a client never has to explain their business twice.

We take on fewer matters than larger firms by design. That is how we stay close to the details, and close to the people who depend on them.

Our approach

02 \ Counsel

The people \ are the practice.

Meet the full team

Swipe \ Three partners

Portrait of Henry Sanchez

Partner \ Corporate & Transactions

Henry Sanchez

“Good deals are built on the questions asked before anyone signs.”

Portrait of Nicole Hayes

Partner \ Commercial Litigation

Nicole Hayes

“Most disputes are won in the preparation no one ever sees.”

Portrait of Osa Adeleye

Partner \ Energy & Regulatory

Osa Adeleye

“Regulation moves slowly, until it doesn’t. We watch it so you can run your business.”

03 \ Matters

What clients trust us with.

Six practices, one team. Most matters touch more than one, which is why they sit under one roof.

Our small but select team accepts nothing but the very best results.

The founding partners \ Houston Austin LLP

04 \ The Record

Insight \ and news.

All insights

Insight \ Intellectual Property

Keeping pace with IP law as it evolves on generative AI

Who owns what a model makes, what it learned from, and what that means for the contracts you sign this year.

October 2026 · 8 minute read

Recognition

Houston Austin attorneys recognized in Best Lawyers in America, 2026 edition

August 2026

Firm news

Two new partners named at Houston Austin

July 2026

Begin with \
a conversation.

Tell us what is at stake. A partner will reply personally within one business day.

Contact the firm

Office

Houston

Downtown Houston, Texas

Directions

Office

Austin

Downtown Austin, Texas

Directions

The Record, by email

Our insights, a few times a year. Nothing more.

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