July 1, 2010 — Vinson & Elkins ranked in the top 10 in 11 categories in Bloomberg's First-Half of 2010 Global Legal Adviser League Tables. Most notably, Vinson & Elkins ranked first in U.S. Initial Public Offerings (Issuer Adviser) capturing 13.9 percent of the market share, totaling $1.3 billion, and in equity offerings, V&E led the way in total issuances at 22 posted. V&E ranked in the following areas:

• #1 U.S. Equity Offerings (IPO) (Issuer Advisers, by volume)
• #1 U.S. Equity Offerings (Issuer Advisers, by volume)
• #1 U.S. Equity Offerings (Issuer Advisers, by deal count)  
• #2 U.S. High Yield (Issuer Advisers, by deal count)
• #3 U.S. Equity Offerings (IPO) (Issuer Advisers, by deal count) 
• #4 Global Equity, Equity-Linked & Rights (Issuer Advisers, by deal count)   
• #6 U.S. Equity Offerings (Manager Advisers, by deal count)
• #8 U.S. Equity Offerings (Manager Advisers, by volume)
• #8 U.S. High Yield (Issuer Advisers, by volume)
• #9 Global Equity IPO (Issuer Advisers, by volume)  
• #9 Global Equity, Equity-Linked & Rights (Issuer Advisers, by volume)