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Vinson & Elkins today announced that it elected seven lawyers to its partnership and promoted 15 lawyers to counsel, effective January 1, 2024.
The new partners and counsel represent a cross-section of practices and offices across the firm.
The following is a list of the firm’s new partners:
Peter Danysh
International Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Houston
Peter’s principal area of practice is complex commercial litigation, with a focus on international disputes. His experience includes work as an advocate in both international commercial and investor-state arbitrations.
James Leader
Commercial & Business Litigation, Houston
James is a trial lawyer who has represented clients in a wide array of business disputes. His most significant matters often involve the complex contractual relationships created between parties to large, long-term projects or M&A transactions. James also represents clients in antitrust matters and in governmental and internal investigations.
Meredith Lyons
Complex Commercial Litigation, Dallas
Meredith’s practice focuses on representing companies, partnerships, and officers and directors in M&A litigation, securities litigation, and general commercial disputes at the trial and appellate levels in state and federal courts.
Alex Robertson
Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets, Dallas
Alex advises public and private companies, private equity firms and family offices on a broad range of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures and capital-raising transactions.
Brandon Tuck
Environmental & Natural Resources, Houston
Brandon’s practice focuses on environmental and natural resources law, with an emphasis on project development, enforcement defense, and environmental litigation.
Caitlin Turner
Finance, New York
Caitlin advises private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, other public and private borrowers, agents, lenders and underwriters in complex acquisition and leveraged financings as well as on commercial lending, direct lending and other financial transactions.
Patrick Whelan
Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity, New York
Patrick advises private and public companies, private equity funds, family offices and management teams with respect to corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, and other financing transactions.
The following is a list of the firm’s new counsel:
Ken Adler
Real Estate, Dallas
Ken’s practice focuses on real estate, including the acquisition, financing, leasing and disposition of commercial real estate.
Zach Banks
Finance, Houston
Zach advises public and private borrowers, agents, lenders and underwriters in a broad range of complex financing transactions.
James Dawson
Appellate, Washington, D.C.
James handles critical motions and appeals in a wide range of disputes in state and federal appellate courts, trial courts, and private arbitrations.
Yong Eoh
Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity, Houston
Yong advises public and private companies and private equity firms in connection with mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, strategic investments and joint ventures, along with general corporate matters.
Dora Georgescu
Complex Commercial Litigation, New York
Dora’s practice focuses on securities and commercial litigation in federal and state court, as well as internal and government investigations.
John Goodwin
Complex Commercial Litigation, New York
John provides strategic advice in complex commercial trials and appeals, arbitrations, government investigations, and pre-litigation disputes.
Caroline Kuehn
Energy Transactions & Projects, Houston
Caroline’s principal areas of practice are joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions in the energy industry.
Lucy Liu
Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions, Dallas
Lucy’s principal area of practice is corporate finance and securities law, including IPOs, public and private debt and equity offerings, and restructuring and strategic transactions, and general corporate representation, including periodic reporting compliance, ESG and corporate governance matters.
Michael Malenfant
Energy Regulation, Houston
Michael’s practice focuses on assisting energy industry clients in a wide range of regulatory, litigation, and transactional matters.
Matt Pyeatt
Restructuring & Reorganization, Dallas
Matt’s principal areas of practice include the representation of companies, creditors, and investors in various aspects of complex corporate restructurings, including chapter 11 cases, out-of-court restructurings, and distressed acquisitions and investments.
Erik Shallman
Intellectual Property, Austin
Erik’s practice focuses on intellectual property issues with a primary emphasis on patent litigation and trade secret litigation. He has handled cases in numerous U.S. District Courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. International Trade Commission, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Dan Wallmuth
Government Investigations & White Collar Criminal Defense, Washington, D.C.
Dan’s practice focuses on conducting internal investigations and defending companies and individuals against government investigations into a broad range of conduct.
Austin White
Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity, Austin
Austin advises private companies, private equity funds, and management teams on corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, divestitures, and joint ventures.
Ryan Will
Antitrust, Washington, D.C.
Ryan focuses his antitrust practice on merger control, agency investigations, and civil litigation.
Lawrence Winsor
Energy Litigation, Houston
Lawrence’s practice focuses on energy, engineering, and construction disputes in state and federal courts, and before domestic and international arbitration tribunals.
About Vinson & Elkins
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