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Chambers USA 2023 Recognizes Vinson & Elkins’ Corporate and Tax Departments in 35 Practice Categories, 91* Individual Lawyer Rankings

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June 1, 2023 • 3-minute read

Vinson & Elkins announced today that its Corporate and Tax departments collectively achieved 16 Band 1 practice rankings in Chambers USA 2023: Nationwide – Energy Transition; Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional); Offshore Energy; Projects: Oil & Gas; Projects: Power & Renewables (Transactional); Texas – Banking & Finance; Bankruptcy/Restructuring; Capital Markets: Debt & Equity; Corporate/M&A: The Elite; Real Estate; Tax; Technology: Corporate & Commercial; Austin – Corporate/M&A; Dallas – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation; and New York Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded; Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense.

The firm’s Corporate and Tax departments received six new practice rankings and 15 new individual rankings. Nineteen individuals from these departments received Band 1 recognition, including six who were newly promoted to Band 1 this year. The Corporate and Tax departments achieved 126 combined practice and individual rankings, with the firm’s overall total standing at 217.

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

Following is the full list of Vinson & Elkins’ 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

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Energy Transition

Energy: Electricity (Transactional)

Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)

Offshore Energy

Projects: LNG

Projects: Oil & Gas

Projects: Power & Renewables (Transactional)

Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy

REITs

SPACs

Tax: Controversy

Tax: Corporate & Finance

Transportation: Aviation Finance

AUSTIN

Corporate / M&A

DALLAS/FT. WORTH

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

NEW YORK

Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded

Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded

Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense

Private Equity Buyouts

Real Estate: Mainly Dirt

TEXAS

Banking & Finance

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

Construction

Corporate/M&A: The Elite

Private Equity: Buyouts

Real Estate

Tax

Technology: Corporate & Commercial

Following is the full list of Vinson & Elkins’ Corporate and Tax individual lawyer rankings:

NATIONWIDE

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

David Meyer

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Central United States)

Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)

Offshore Energy

Projects

Projects: Power & Renewables (Transactional)

Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy

REITs

REITs: Tax

SPACs

Tax: Controversy

Transportation: Aviation Finance

David Berkery

Niels Jensen

AUSTIN

Corporate/M&A

Wes Jones

Milam Newby

DALLAS/FT. WORTH

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

David D’Alessandro

Dario Mendoza

Shane Tucker

NEW YORK

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

David Meyer

Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense

Lawrence Elbaum

Patrick Gadson

Private Equity: Buyouts

Dan Komarek

Real Estate: Mainly Dirt

Julia Sanabria

Tax

TEXAS

Banking & Finance

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt

Corporate/M&A

Corporate/M&A: Private Equity

Real Estate

Tax

Tax: Litigation

Technology: Corporate & Commercial

Wes Jones

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