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Vinson & Elkins announced today that its Litigation and Regulatory departments collectively achieved three Band 1 rankings in Chambers USA 2022: Nationwide Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation); Texas Environment; and, Texas Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning. With nine new individual rankings, the firm’s Litigation and Regulatory rankings make up 83 of the firm’s total 199 rankings.

On March 16, 2022, Vinson & Elkins secured a settlement on behalf of MoneyGram International, Inc. with the New York Department of Financial Services to resolve legacy anti-money laundering allegations from 2016-17.

Vinson & Elkins partner Ephraim “Fry” Wernick has been named one of Law360’s 2021 Compliance MVPs for his recent work on transformational compliance representations.

On June 10, 2021, Vinson & Elkins (“V&E”) represented MoneyGram International, Inc. (“MoneyGram”) in obtaining a dismissal of criminal charges after the Company successfully completed a deferred prosecution agreement (“DPA”) and corporate monitorship. The dismissal of the case was formally ordered by United States District Judge Christopher C. Conner pursuant to a motion to dismiss by the United States Department of Justice’s Criminal Division and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (collectively, “DOJ”) following the termination of the DPA and monitorship on May 10, 2021.

G. Zachary Terwilliger, who most recently served as the Senate-confirmed United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, has joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner in the firm’s Government Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense practice.

Vinson & Elkins continues to expand its nationally recognized Government Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense practice with the addition of New York-based partner Palmina M. Fava, who…