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Chambers USA 2025 Recognizes Vinson & Elkins in 67 Practice Categories, 167 Individual Lawyer Rankings

Vinson & Elkins announced today that it achieved 18 Band 1 rankings in Chambers USA 2025:

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

Texas: Bankruptcy/Restructuring;  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

Texas: Austin & Surrounds: Corporate/M&A

Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Of the firm’s 167 individual lawyer rankings, 16 were newly added in 2025. Some lawyers are ranked in more than one category.

When interviewed by Chambers’ research team, a client remarked, “V&E is excellent, I’m always very impressed with the service and firepower. It can go toe-to-toe with any firm.”

Other clients said,  “This is a premium team that delivers premium work, advice and insights” and noted that the “caliber and quality of people, and the advice you get, is just amazing.”

Following is the full list of Vinson & Elkins’ practice rankings:

NATIONWIDE

Antitrust

Antitrust (Cartel)

Banking & Finance

Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite

Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer Counsel

Capital Markets: Equity: Manager Counsel

Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt

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

FCPA

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

Sports Law

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

Litigation: Securities

Private Equity: Buyouts

Real Estate: Mainly Dirt

TEXAS

Antitrust

Banking & Finance

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

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

TEXAS: AUSTIN & SURROUNDS

Corporate/M&A

Litigation: General Commercial

TEXAS: DALLAS, FORT WORTH & SURROUNDS

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Antitrust

Environment

Environment: Mainly Transactional

Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations

TEXAS: HOUSTON & SURROUNDS

Litigation: General Commercial

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

CALIFORNIA

Antitrust

CALIFORNIA: SOUTHERN

Tax

 

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

Steve Abramowitz

Patricia Adams

Alan Alexander

Paige Anderson

Michelle Arishita

Becky Baker

Dylan Ballard

Sean Becker

David Berkery

Jo Ann Biggs

Doug Bland

Mark Brasher

Sara Brauerman

Camilo Cardozo

Ryan Carney

Michael Charlson

Suzanne Clevenger

Stephanie Coco

Lauren Collins

Greg Cope

Jeff Crough

Prentiss Cutshaw

David D’Alessandro

Lina Dimachkieh

Matt Dobbins

Michael Dry

Adam Endick

Rebecca Fike

Jason Fleischer

Bradley Foxman

Keith Fullenweider

George Gerachis

Michael Gibson

John Grand

Chris Green

Don Griffin

Eric Groten

Jason Halper

Courtney Hammond

Paul Heath

Josh Heideman

Michael Heidler

Mark Holmes

Michael Holmes

Demi Hueth

Robert Hughes

Joo Hyun Lee

Regina Ibarra

Jeffrey Jakubiak

David Johnson

Randall Johnston

Jeff Johnston

Wes Jones

Michael Joyce

Mark Kelly

Robert Kimball

Dan Komarek

George Kryder

Shay Kuperman

Ramey Layne

Daniel LeBey

James Lee

James Loftis

Bryan Loocke

John Lynch

Meredith Lyons

Peter Marshall

Paul Martin

Jeremy Marwell

Christy Mazzola

Jim McGovern

Jason McIntosh

Doug McWilliams

Jorge Medina

Stephen Medlock

Dario Mendoza

David Meyer

John Michael

Pat Mizell

Sean Moran

Matt Moran

Sarah Morgan

George Murphy

Ron Nardini

Milam Newby

Stephanie Noble

Eamon Nolan

David Oelman

Jackson O’Maley

Russell Oshman

Kathy Pakenham

Danielle Patterson

David Peck

Chris Popov

Jason Powers

Hilary Preston

Aaron Prince

Kaam Sahely

Wendy Salinas

Jose Sanchez

Mike Scarborough

Darin Schultz

Wally Schwartz

Marisa Secco Giles

Craig Seebald

Jay Seegers

Nick Shum

Winston Skinner

Quentin Smith

Lande Spottswood

Matt Stammel

David Stone

Matt Strock

Zach Swartz

Jamie Tabb

Jaren Taylor

Mike Telle

Ron Tenpas

Zach Terwilliger

Jim Thompson

Michael Tomsu

Patrick Traylor

Brandon Tuck

Darren Tucker

Shane Tucker

David Wall

Bill Wallander

Dan Wallmuth

Monique Watson

Todd Way

Hill Wellford

Fry Wernick

George Wilkinson

Adriana Wirtz

Thomas Zentner

Craig Zieminski

About Vinson & Elkins
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