Legal 500 US Recognizes Excellence of Bracewell Lawyers and Practices

HOUSTON – Bracewell LLP continues to be a powerhouse in core industries and strategic practice areas as evidenced by Legalease in the 2018 edition of The Legal 500 United States, which recommended 83 individual lawyers and ranked 35 practices across a variety of sectors, including energy and infrastructure, finance and technology.

The firm yielded outstanding results in a number of strategic practice areas, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial litigation, corporate investigations, white collar criminal defense, capital markets, commercial lending, project finance, restructuring, government relations, environmental, fund formation, antitrust, immigration, labor and employment, outsourcing, construction and tax.

The following is a complete list of the firm’s practices and lawyers recognized by Legal 500:

Antitrust Merger Control
    Daniel E. Hemli
    Jacqueline R. Java

Appellate: Courts of Appeals
    Warren W. Harris
    Yvonne Y. Ho
    Jeffrey L. Oldham

Capital Markets: Debt Offerings – Advice to Issuers
    Will Anderson
    Charles H. Still Jr.
    Troy L. Harder
    
Capital Markets: Equity Offerings – Advice to Issuers
    Will Anderson
    Charles H. Still Jr.
    Troy L. Harder
    
Commercial Lending: Advice to Borrowers
    Dewey J. Gonsoulin Jr.
    Heather L. Brown
    Jeris D. Brunette
    Kate H. Day
    Rebecca H. Keep
    Robin J. Miles
    Stephanie Koo Song

Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders
    Dewey J. Gonsoulin Jr.
    Heather L. Brown
    Jeris D. Brunette
    Kate H. Day
    Rebecca H. Keep
    Robin J. Miles
    Stephanie Koo Song

Construction (including Construction Litigation)
    Phillip L. Sampson Jr.
    Richard F. Whiteley
    W. Stephen Benesh
    Aaron P. Roffwarg

Corporate Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates
    Paul Shechtman (Leading Lawyer)
    Barbara S. Jones
    Thomas F. Kokalas
    Jeffery B. Vaden

Corporate Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
    Paul Shechtman (Leading Lawyer)
    Barbara S. Jones
    Thomas F. Kokalas
    Jeffery B. Vaden

Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
    Bruce R. Jocz
    Scott C. Sanders
    
Energy Litigation: Conventional Power
    Stephen B. Crain
    Bradley J. Benoit
    Bryan S. Dumesnil
    Jeffrey R. Holmstead
    David M. Perlman
    David A. Super
    
Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
    Stephen B. Crain
    Bradley J. Benoit
    David A. Super
    
Energy Regulatory: Conventional Power
    Catherine P. McCarthy
    Michael W. Brooks (Next Generation Lawyer)

Energy Regulatory: Oil and Gas
    Mark K. Lewis (Leading Lawyer)
    Michael W. Brooks (Next Generation Lawyer)
    George D. Fatula
    D. Kirk Morgan II
    David M. Perlman

Energy: Renewable/Alternative
    Nicolai Sarad

Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
    Ryan S. Holcomb
        
Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
    G. Alan Rafte (Leading Lawyer)
    W. James McAnelly III
    Mark K. Lewis
    Troy L. Harder

Environment: Litigation
    Jason B. Hutt
    Sara M. Burgin
    Kevin D. Collins
    Kevin A. Ewing
    Jeffrey R. Holmstead
    David A. Super
    Timothy A. Wilkins

Environment: Regulatory
    Jason B. Hutt
    Jeffrey R. Holmstead
    David A. Super
    Timothy A. Wilkins

Environment: Transactional
    Jason B. Hutt
    Jeffrey R. Holmstead
    Timothy A. Wilkins

General Commercial Disputes
    Stephen B. Crain
    
Government Relations
    E. Dee Martin
    Scott H. Segal
    Joshua C. Zive

Immigration
    Victoria M. Garcia
    
Labor-Management Relations
    James H. Kizziar Jr.
    Robert S. Nichols
    J. Tullos Wells

M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
    Gregory M. Bopp
    Will Anderson
    W. Cleland Dade
    Troy L. Harder
    Jason M. Jean
    G. Alan Rafte
    Charles H. Still Jr.

Project Finance: Advice to Lender
    G. Alan Rafte
    Jeris D. Brunette
    Robin J. Miles
    Fernando J. Rodriguez Marin
    Nicolai Sarad
    Thomas M. Tomlinson

Project Finance: Advice to Sponsor
    G. Alan Rafte
    Jeris D. Brunette
    Robin J. Miles
    Fernando J. Rodriguez Marin
    Nicolai Sarad
    Thomas M. Tomlinson

Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Corporate
    Robert G. Burns
    Jason G. Cohen (Next Generation Lawyer)
    William A. Wood III
    W. James McAnelly III

Securities Litigation: Defense
    Stephen B. Crain
    W. Stephen Benesh
    Bradley J. Benoit

Technology: Outsourcing
    Jeffrey B. Andrews

Technology: Transactions
    Jeffrey B. Andrews

Trademarks: Non-Contentious (including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing)
    David J. Ball

US Taxes: Non-Contentious
    Elizabeth L. McGinley
    Gregory M. Bopp

Legal 500 assesses the strengths of law firms in more than 100 jurisdictions based on feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of legal market researchers.