Chambers USA 2018 Recognizes 85 V&E Attorneys in 38 Practice Areas

V&E is listed as a Band 1 firm in eight categories in 2018 – Nationwide Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional); Nationwide Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory/Litigation); Nationwide Projects: Oil & Gas; Texas Bankruptcy/Restructuring; Texas Capital Markets: Debt & Equity; Texas Corporate/M&A; Texas Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity); and Texas Tax.

V&E is once again the only firm to hold national Band 1 rankings in both Oil & Gas categories – Transactional and Regulatory/Litigation. Chambers lauds V&E as a firm with “a deep bench of talent and best-in-class client service.” Chambers also cites clients who refer to V&E’s corporate department as possessing a “depth of knowledge across all legal aspects.”

The firm’s litigation group is recognized by Chambers as a “well-resourced national firm with a great depth of experience in handling litigation across the full gamut of commercial areas.” One V&E client described the firm’s litigation group as “simply superb,” while another cited the group as servicing clients in a manner that is “excellent overall."

Following is the full list of Chambers honors for V&E’s practice areas and attorneys:

NATIONWIDE

Antitrust: Cartel
Craig Seebald

Appellate Law

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
Mark Kelly
David Oelman

Climate Change
Margaret Peloso

Corporate/M&A: The Elite

Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
John Decker

Energy: Electricity (Transactional)

Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
John Decker
Jay Seegers
Anita Wilson

Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
Douglas Bland
David Cohen
John B. Connally
Keith Fullenweider

Environment

First Amendment Litigation*
Thomas Leatherbury

FCPA
William Lawler

Government: Government Contracts
Daniel Graham
David Johnson

International Arbitration
James Loftis

International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
David Johnson

Projects*

Projects: Oil & Gas

Projects: Power

REITs
Christopher Green
Daniel LeBey

Tax: Controversy*
George Gerachis

Tax: Corporate & Finance

CALIFORNIA

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations*
Matthew Jacobs

Litigation: Securities*
Michael Charlson

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Antitrust
Neil Imus
Craig Seebald
Hill Wellford

Environment
Kevin Gaynor
Benjamin Lippard
Margaret Peloso
Michael Wigmore

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
William Lawler

Tax*
Gary Huffman

NEW YORK

Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded

Intellectual Property: Patent*
Hilary Preston

Litigation: Securities*
Clifford Thau

TEXAS

Antitrust
Harry Reasoner

Banking & Finance
Cris Dewar
Guy Gribov
James Markus
Brian Moss
Erec Winandy

Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Paul Heath
James Lee
Harry Perrin
William Wallander

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
Alan Beck
Mark Kelly
Ramey Layne
Douglas McWilliams
David Oelman
James Prince
Michael Telle

Corporate/M&A
Alan Bogdanow
Jeffery Floyd
Keith Fullenweider
Steve Gill
Mark Kelly
Robert Kimball
Michael Saslaw
Lande Spottswood
Matthew Strock
Scott Wulfe

Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity)
Jo Ann Biggs
Jaren Taylor
Michael Tomsu

Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Oil & Gas)

Environment
Eric Groten
Larry Nettles
George Wilkinson

Intellectual Property
Steve Borgman
Devika Kornbacher
Todd Landis
Peter Mims

Labor & Employment
Christopher Bacon
Sean Becker
Vanessa Griffith
Carl Jordan
Thomas Wilson

Latin American Investment
Boyd Carano

Litigation: Appellate*
Thomas Leatherbury
Marie Yeates

Litigation: Energy & Natural Resources*
Phillip Dye
Guy Lipe
Harry Reasoner
Jim Thompson

Litigation: General Commercial
Ferguson McNiel
Harry Reasoner

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations*
Jeff Johnston
John Wander

Litigation: Securities*
Michael Holmes
John Wander

Real Estate
Randy Jurgensmeyer
Paul Martin
Sanford Weiner

Tax
Judith Blissard
Ryan Carney
John Lynch
David Peck

Tax: Litigation*
George Gerachis

Technology: Corporate & Commercial
Wesley Jones
Paul Tobias

* V&E receives individual rankings only