Vinson & Elkins’ New York office, home to some of the city’s finest lawyers, provides high-quality legal services to an array of blue-chip clients, focusing on private equity, M&A, shareholder engagement, securities litigation, and more.
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Lawyers in the New York office of Vinson & Elkins practice in a variety of areas, including aviation finance, capital markets, commercial and business litigation, digital infrastructure, energy and infrastructure, energy regulatory, finance, government relations and white collar criminal defense, international arbitration, international litigation, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate, restructuring, securities litigation, shareholder activism, tax controversy and litigation, and technology and cybersecurity.
We provide high-quality legal services to an array of blue-chip clients, including leading private equity firms, investment banks, and other financial institutions, as well as public and privately held companies. Some of our long-standing clients are Apollo, Barclays, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, Hudson Advisors, Oracle, Riverstone, Wells Fargo, the NBA, the NFL and the NHL.
Our office is home to some of the finest lawyers in New York, including those who have been recognized as among the best by such publications as Chambers USA, U.S. News & World Report, and Legal 500 U.S. We pride ourselves on handling our clients’ matters with efficiency and in a manner that brings to bear our extensive understanding of relevant market and legal trends.
V&E is committed to supporting the New York community in which we live and work through pro bono legal services and ongoing community involvement. We provide summer internships to students through the Opportunity Network and support other charitable organizations such as Youth INC, Mercy Center, Susan G. Komen, Literacy Partners, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, The Home for Little Wanderers, Voices & Visions, Kaufman Music Center, City Parks Foundation, Legal Action Center of the City of New York, Muscular Dystrophy Association, American Friends of Rabin Medical Center, Homeless Solutions, and Haymakers for Hope. We have also assisted pro bono legal service providers, such as Human Rights First, Her Justice, and New York Legal Assistance Group.
At Vinson & Elkins, we bring decades of knowledge, skill, and experience to our clients’ most complex legal matters.
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Client Alerts
Cartels: Antitrust Enforcement and Litigation
Over the last thirty years, Vinson & Elkins attorneys have played a leading role in some of the largest and most significant cartel matters worldwide.
September 15, 2025
September 15, 2025 • 1-minute read
Client Alerts
Updates to IRA Tax Benefits Found in Senate Finance Committee Draft of 2025 Reconciliation Bill
In the afternoon of June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee (“SFC”) released its proposed legislative text of the tax title for the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” H.R. Con. Res. 14, 119th Cong. (2025) (the “Reconciliation Bill”).
June 18, 2025 • V&E Renewable Energy Update
June 18, 2025 • 6-minute read
Client Alerts
In the latest instance of a private equity seller vindicating contractual rights in the Delaware Court of Chancery, on April 30, Vice Chancellor Lori W. Will rejected attempts by minority LLC members in urgent care provider CityMD to avoid the clear terms of their LLC agreement by urging the court to impose fiduciary duty-type obligations on the majority owner and seller, Warburg Pincus, LLC and funds it controls (“WP Investors”).
May 7, 2025 • V&E Corporate Governance Update Published by Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
May 7, 2025 • 9-minute read
Client Alerts
Unleashing American Energy: Energy-Focused Executive Orders
On April 8 and 9, 2025, President Donald Trump issued five Presidential Actions (four Executive Orders and one Proclamation, collectively “Presidential Actions”) for the purposes of ensuring adequate and reliable energy generation, meeting growing energy demand, and addressing the national energy emergency declared on January 20, 2025 (EO 14156).
April 11, 2025 • V&E Energy Update
April 11, 2025 • 6-minute read
Client Alerts
As we previously discussed and in alignment with the U.S. Treasury Department’s previous announcement, on March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule that dramatically narrows the reporting requirements for beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”).
March 27, 2025 • V&E CTA Update
March 27, 2025 • 2-minute read
Client Alerts
Congress Begins Taking Action to Nullify Biden-Era Tax Regulations
The opening days of the 119th U.S. Congress have been marked with congressional action under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to potentially invalidate regulations that were issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the final days of the Biden administration.
March 20, 2025 • V&E Tax Update
March 20, 2025 • 4-minute read
Client Alerts
SEC Issues New Staff Legal Bulletin on Shareholder Proposals and C&DI on Schedule 13G Eligibility
On February 12, 2025, the Division of Corporate Finance (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued new guidance on Rule 14a-8 shareholder proposals, which comes one day after the Staff posted new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DI”) in connection with shareholder communications and Schedule 13G eligibility.
February 13, 2025 • V&E SEC Update
February 13, 2025 • 9-minute read
Deals & Cases
Sunoco LP Announces Pricing of $3.4 Billion Upsized Senior Notes and Preferred Equity Offering
Vinson & Elkins represented Sunoco LP (NYSE: SUN) (“Sunoco”) in connection with an aggregate $3.4 billion in capital markets financings, including its upsized, multi-tranche offering of $1.9 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes and its upsized offering of $1.5 billion of 7.875% Series A Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units.
September 5, 2025
September 5, 2025 • 1-minute read
Deals & Cases
Vitol and Breakwall Capital LP Announce the Formation of Valor Mining Credit Partners, L.P.
Vinson & Elkins LLP advised Vitol Inc. in connection with its investment in Valor Mining Credit Partners, L.P. (“VMP”), a fund-of-one sponsored by Breakwall Capital LP.
July 1, 2025
July 1, 2025 • 1-minute read
Deals & Cases
Vinson & Elkins Advises Underwriters in NNN REIT’s $500 Million Senior Notes Offering
Vinson & Elkins LLP served as underwriters’ counsel in connection with NNN REIT, Inc.’s public offering of $500,000,000 of 4.600% senior unsecured notes due 2031.
July 1, 2025
July 1, 2025 • 1-minute read
Deals & Cases
Global Partners LP Announces Pricing of Upsized Private Offering of Senior Notes
Vinson & Elkins advised Global Partners LP (NYSE:GLP), an owner, supplier, and operator of fueling stations and convenience markets, and GLP Finance Corp., in connection with their upsized private placement of $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.125% senior notes due 2033 to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several initial purchasers.
June 25, 2025
June 25, 2025 • 1-minute read
Deals & Cases
CTO Realty Growth Announces Partial Extinguishment of 3.875% Convertible Senior Notes
Vinson & Elkins represented CTO Realty Growth, Inc. (the “Company”) in completing separate, privately negotiated transactions with holders of $35,208,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”), in which the holders exchanged their Notes for an aggregate of 1,089,555 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), and aggregate cash payments totaling approximately $29 million.
April 8, 2025
April 8, 2025 • 1-minute read
Deals & Cases
Vinson & Elkins advised KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLXE) (the “Company”), an onshore provider of oilfield services servicing the Permian, Eagle Ford, Rockies, Bakken, Marcellus, Utica and MidCon basins, in a refinancing transaction (the “Refinancing”).
March 20, 2025
March 20, 2025 • 1-minute read
Deals & Cases
Vinson & Elkins advised Lithium Americas Corp. (the “Company”) in a $250 million strategic investment from Orion Resource Partners LP (“Orion”) to fund the development and construction of Phase 1 of the Thacker Pass Project in Nevada, expected to be completed by late 2027.
March 6, 2025
March 6, 2025 • 1-minute read
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