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June 6, 2024 • 3-minute read
Vinson & Elkins announced today that it achieved 19 Band 1 rankings in Chambers USA 2024:
Nationwide: Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation); Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional); Energy Transition; Offshore Energy; Projects: Oil & Gas; Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
New York: Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded; Corporate M&A: Takeover Defense
Texas: Austin & Surrounds: Corporate/M&A; Bankruptcy/Restructuring; Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation; Capital Markets: Debt & Equity; Corporate/M&A: The Elite; Environment: Mainly Transactional; Litigation: Securities; Real Estate; Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use; Tax; Technology: Corporate & Commercial
Of the firm’s 163 individual lawyer rankings, 22 were newly added in 2024. Some lawyers are ranked in more than one category.
When interviewed by Chambers’ research team, clients remarked: “Vinson & Elkins is outstanding at the development and execution of litigation strategy” and that the firm does “absolutely stellar appellate work.”
Another said: “I have always been impressed by Vinson & Elkins’ market-leading subject matter experts. The deep bench can cover a broad spectrum of complex transactions across a variety of industries.”
Following is the full list of Vinson & Elkins’ practice rankings:
NATIONWIDE
Antitrust (Cartel)
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite
Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer Counsel
Capital Markets: Equity: Manager Counsel
Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt
Climate Change
Corporate/M&A: The Elite
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Energy Transition
Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
Environment
Environment: Mainly Transactional
Government: Government Contracts: The Elite
International Arbitration: The Elite
Offshore Energy
Oil & Gas Litigation
Private Equity: Buyouts: High-End Capability
Projects: LNG
Projects: Oil & Gas
Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
REITs
Tax: Controversy
Tax: Corporate & Finance
Transportation: Aviation: Finance
NEW YORK
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense
Private Equity: Buyouts
Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
TEXAS
Antitrust
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Capital Markets
Construction
Corporate/M&A: The Elite
Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity)
Environment
Environment: Mainly Transactional
Intellectual Property
Labor & Employment
Litigation: Appellate
Litigation: Securities
Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Private Equity: Buyouts
Real Estate
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Tax
Technology: Corporate & Commercial
AUSTIN
Corporate/M&A
Litigation: General Commercial
DALLAS
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Environment
Environment: Mainly Transactional
Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations
HOUSTON
Litigation: General Commercial
Following is the full list of Vinson & Elkins’ individual lawyer rankings:
NATIONWIDE
NEW YORK
TEXAS
CALIFORNIA
AUSTIN
DALLAS
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
HOUSTON
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