Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has formed an all-woman corporate team in Austin to represent technology clients in Texas, which may give the firm a leg up when seeking work from clients that are increasingly interested in hiring diverse teams of outside counsel.

Ed Cavazos, managing partner of the 23-lawyer Austin office, said that as the firm expanded its  transactional team in Austin, it began to seek out women to hire.

"There are a lot of very talented women on the market and very talented women in-house who are looking for other women to work with for diversity goals or whatever," Cavazos said.