King & Spalding has expanded its energy prowess in Houston by hiring six laterals partners, with four coming from Andrews Kurth Kenyon and two from Bracewell.

David Runnels, Darren Inoff, Jason Peters and Cindy Lin joined King & Spalding on Feb. 20 from Andrews Kurth, and Stuart Zisman and Roxanne Almaraz joined one week earlier from Bracewell. The partners handle M&A and other transactional matters in the energy, real estate, health care and projects sectors.