Texas Lawyer Q&A with Lande Spottswood

Lande Spottswood, partner with Vinson & Elkins, is among the finalists for Texas Lawyer’s 2025 Dealmaker of the Year Award. Read a Q&A with her below.

How do you stay ahead of the curve in a competitive market, especially when managing high-stakes transactions?

It is certainly very important to stay abreast of changes in the legal and regulatory environment and market norms for deal practice. But what I think really differentiates advisers now, in an extremely competitive market for legal services, is how well you understand your client and their interests, the counterparty and their interests, and how you combine that understanding of the people, the companies and the investors with legal knowledge to provide the best strategic and commercial advice.

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A Deputy Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Corporate practice group, Spottswood was named one of the state’s top dealmakers for her handling of multiple, billion-dollar mergers in 2024, including representing Sunoco LP in its $7.3 billion acquisition of NuStar Energy and Energy Transfer in its $3.25 billion acquisition of WTG Midstream Holdings. This is the second consecutive year The American Lawyer has ranked her among the state’s top dealmakers.