January 24, 2012 — Loan Pricing Corporation's Year-End 2011 Syndicated Finance League Tables ranked V&E as one of the leading U.S. firms in the syndicated loan market, naming the firm in 18 U.S. categories: 

• #9 Overall Law Firm Bookrunner by Volume
• #9 Overall Law Firm Bookrunner by Numbers of Deals
• #10 Overall Law Firm Leveraged Bookrunner by Volume
• #7 Overall Law Firm Leveraged Bookrunner by Number of Deals
• #21 Overall Law Firm M&A Bookrunner by Volume
• #20 Overall Law Firm M&A Bookrunner by Number of Deals

• #10 Borrower Law Firm Bookrunner by Volume
• #8 Borrower Law Firm Bookrunner by Number of Deals
• #11 Borrower Law Firm Leveraged Bookrunner by Volume
• #10 Borrower Law Firm Leveraged Bookrunner by Number of Deals
• #27 Borrower Law Firm M&A Bookrunner by Volume
• #15 Borrower Law Firm M&A Bookrunner by Number of Deals

• #11 Lender Law Firm Bookrunner by Number of Deals
• #11 Lender Law Firm Bookrunner by Volume
• #9 Lender Law Firm Leveraged Bookrunner by Volume
• #10 Lender Law Firm Leveraged Bookrunner by Number of Deals
• #10 Lender Law Firm M&A Bookrunner by Volume
• #18 Lender Law Firm M&A Bookrunner by Number of Deals