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Vinson & Elkins has once again been ranked in the Chambers Crisis & Risk Management guide.

Francis and Schuster bring 25-plus years of combined experience representing clients in the formation and management of private equity funds, infrastructure funds, hedge funds and other investment vehicles.

Lawrence represents publicly and privately held corporate borrowers and issuers, credit funds, private equity funds, and commercial banks in complex financings.

Lawdragon has named five Vinson & Elkins partners among the world’s top leaders in crisis management in its inaugural Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management guide.

Vinson and Elkins advised the underwriters in connection with Enterprise Products Operating LLC’s public offering of $2 billion aggregate principal amount of notes comprised of (i) $500 million principal amount of 4.30% Senior Notes due 2028 (ii) $750 million principal amount of 4.60% Senior Notes due 2031, and (iii) $750 million principal amount of 5.20% Senior Notes due 2036.

Vinson & Elkins advised Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (“PAA”), in its sale of substantially all of its Canadian natural gas liquids (NGL) business to Keyera Corp., for a cash purchase price of approximately $5.15 billion CAD.

Vinson & Elkins represents Talen Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: TLN) in an expansion of its existing nuclear relationship with Amazon to provide carbon-free energy from Talen’s Susquehanna nuclear power plant to Amazon Web Services data centers in Pennsylvania and the region.

The Legal 500 US 2025 recommended Vinson & Elkins as a leading law firm in 43 practice categories. In total, 133 attorneys are recognized, many in more than one category. Vinson & Elkins attorneys earned multiple special designations, such as “Leading Trial Lawyer,’ “Hall of Fame,” “Leading Partner,” “Next Generation Partner,” and “Leading Associate.”

Vinson & Elkins represented Securonix, Inc. (“Securonix”), a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners, in its acquisition of ThreatQuotient, Inc. (“ThreatQuotient”).

Vinson & Elkins advised SCF Partners (“SCF”), an energy investment firm, and its portfolio company, T.D. Williamson Holdings, LLC (“TDW”), a global leader in pipeline infrastructure technology and services, in connection with a strategic investment by funds managed by Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO).

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.