June 10, 2011 — The 2011 Legal 500 U.S. ranks Vinson & Elkins in 16 practice areas and recognizes 45 individual V&E attorneys.

Finance
• Capital Markets - Debt Offerings
Lawyers Recommended: Mark Kelly

• Capital Markets - Equity Offerings
Lawyers Recommended: Alan Beck, Catherine Gallagher, Mark Kelly, Doug McWilliams, Mike Rosenwasser

• Project Finance
Lawyers Recommended: Steve Angle, Boyd Carano, John Connally, Mark Laufman, Mark Spivak, Mark Spradling, James (Rell) Tipton

Energy
• Energy - Litigation
Lawyers Recommended: Guy Lipe, Mark Rodriguez, Matthew Stammel, Karl Stern, James Thompson

• Energy - Transactions/Regulatory
Lawyers Recommended: Marcia Backus, Trina Chandler

Environment
• Environment - Litigation
Lawyers Recommended: Carol Dinkins, Robert Schick, George Wilkinson Jr.

• Environment - Transactions/Regulatory
Lawyers Recommended: Carol Dinkins, Robert Schick

Litigation
• Supreme Court/Appellate
Lawyers Recommended: John Elwood, Thomas Leatherbury, Gwendolyn Samora,  Marie Yeates

• Litigation - Leading Trial Lawyers
Lawyers Recommended: Harry Reasoner

Media, Technology, and Telecoms
• Technology - Transactions
Lawyers Recommended: Kyle Fox, Wes Jones, Robert Kimball, Chris Schmitt, William Volk

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts
• M&A Middle Market ($500m – $999m)
Lawyers Recommended: Alan Bogdanow, Keith Fullenweider

• Private Equity Buyouts
Lawyers Recommended: Keith Fullenweider, Winston Oxley, Scott Wulfe

Real Estate and Construction
• Construction Litigation
Lawyers Recommended: Ferguson McNiel

Tax
• Domestic Tax - Central
Lawyers Recommended: Thomas Crichton, Tim Devetski, George Gerachis

• Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
Lawyers Recommended: Miriam (Dusty) Burke, David D'Alessandro, George Gerachis, Shane Tucker

• International
Lawyers Recommended: Tim Devetski, Edward Osterberg

• Tax Controversy
Lawyers Recommended: George Gerachis, Donald Wood