Chambers USA 2021 Recognizes Vinson & Elkins' Corporate and Tax Departments in 26 Practice Categories, 82 Individual Lawyer Rankings*

Overall, the firm’s Corporate and Tax departments received five new/regained practice rankings and 20 new/regained individual rankings. Eighteen individuals from these departments received Band 1 recognition, including three who were promoted to Band 1 this year. The Corporate and Tax departments achieved 108 combined practice and individual rankings, with the firm’s overall total standing at 186.

“Vinson & Elkins continues to build momentum across our Corporate and Tax practices and the value of our client work is reflected in this year’s Chambers rankings,” said Keith Fullenweider, co-head of its Corporate department and Chair-Elect of the firm. “While we have always ranked high in Texas and continue to do so, our New York office has seen a significant rise in recognition and now has seven individually ranked lawyers, including four first-time recipients. In particular, we’ve seen an increase for specific service offerings in New York, verified by the high ranking of our Shareholder Activism partners and by two new practice rankings in Bankruptcy/Restructuring and Real Estate. Our D.C. and Virginia offices also saw outstanding results, particularly in the REITs arena.”

“Having fully half of our tax partners recognized individually by Chambers this year, including some of our leaders in complex corporate, partnership, energy, restructuring and REIT taxation, demonstrates the dedication to our clients and knowledge of our counsel,” said George Gerachis, partner and head of the firm’s Tax Practice. “Our new rankings this year in Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy represents our recent strategic growth in that area, while several new and improved rankings across the REITs and Tax categories solidify our existing leading position. This is a testament to the breadth and sophistication of our tax practice.”

Chambers cites corporate clients who say the firm’s lawyers “are incredibly helpful, they always go above and beyond, and their responses are timely and exactly what we need.”

Tax clients told Chambers “Their services are top-tier; their quality of advice is extremely high.”

*65 Corporate and Tax attorneys were recognized, with some ranked in more than one category.

Following is the full list of firm’s Corporate and Tax practice rankings:

NATIONWIDE

Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite
Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer Counsel
Capital Markets: Equity: Manager Counsel
Capital Markets: High-Yield Products
Corporate/M&A: The Elite
Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
Projects: LNG
Projects: Oil & Gas
Projects: Power & Renewables (Transactional)
Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
REITs
Tax: Corporate & Finance

AUSTIN

Corporate / M&A

DALLAS/FT. WORTH

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

NEW YORK

Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded
Real Estate: Mainly Dirt

TEXAS

Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
Corporate/M&A: The Elite
Intellectual Property
Real Estate
Tax
Technology: Corporate & Commercial

Following is the full list of Corporate and Tax individual rankings:

NATIONWIDE

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Central United States)
Alan Beck
Mark Kelly
Ramey Layne
Sarah Morgan
Douglas McWilliams
David Oelman
Mike Telle

Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
Douglas Bland
David Cohen
John B. Connally
Keith Fullenweider
John Grand
Bryan Loocke
Danielle Patterson

Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Patrick Breeland

Projects: LNG
Mark Brasher

Projects: Power & Renewables (Transactional)
Trina Chandler
Peter Marshall
Eamon Nolan
Kaam Sahely

Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
Michael Joyce
Sean Moran
Aaron Prince

REITs
Greg Cope
Christopher Green
Daniel LeBey

REITs: Tax
Paige Anderson
Christopher Mangin

SPACs
Ramey Layne

Tax: Controversy
George Gerachis

Technology: Corporate & Commercial
Paul Tobias

AUSTIN

Corporate/M&A
Wes Jones
Milam Newby
Paul Tobias

DALLAS/FT. WORTH

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
David D’Alessandro
Dario Mendoza

NEW YORK

Bankruptcy/Restructuring
David Meyer

Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense
Lawrence Elbaum
Patrick Gadson

Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
Adam Endick
Julia Sanabria
Wallace Schwartz

TEXAS

Banking & Finance
Cris Dewar
Guy Gribov
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
Sarah Morgan
David Oelman
Mike Telle

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

Corporate/M&A: Private Equity
Keith Fullenweider
Matthew Strock

Intellectual Property
Devika Kornbacher

Real Estate
Randy Jurgensmeyer
Paul Martin

Tax
Ryan Carney
John Lynch
David Peck
Wendy Salinas
Todd Way

Tax: Litigation
George Gerachis

Technology: Corporate & Commercial
Wesley Jones
Paul Tobias