HOUSTON – Bracewell’s prominence in the energy, finance, healthcare, infrastructure, real estate and technology industries, as well as its excellence on complex transactional, litigation and regulatory matters, was recognized with top rankings in Chambers USA 2023.
“The Bracewell team is phenomenal,” one client told Chambers USA. “They take the time and put in the effort to get to know your organization and how you work, and have expertise across all areas of law,” noted another client.
For the ninth year in a row, Bracewell’s oil and gas regulatory and litigation team received a Band 1 ranking. The firm also debuted Band 1 in the new Nationwide Offshore Energy table, and it earned national rankings in Electricity Finance, Electricity Regulatory and Litigation, Electricity Transactional, Energy Transition, Oil & Gas Litigation, Oil & Gas Projects, Oil & Gas Transactional and Power & Renewables Projects: Transactional. For its sustained excellence across the energy industry, Bracewell has been named an Energy & Projects Law Firm of the Year finalist at the upcoming Chambers USA Awards.
Bracewell was also named an Environmental Law Firm of the Year finalist in recognition of its continued excellence on cutting-edge environmental matters. For the seventh year in a row, the firm received a Band 1 ranking for Texas Environment. Bracewell also earned national band rankings in Climate Change and Environment.
Chambers USA also recognized the firm’s market leadership in the financial sector, awarding the firm a Band 1 ranking in Texas Banking & Finance for the 16th year in a row. In addition, the firm’s public finance practice was recognized with a national ranking in the new public finance table.
In addition to 32 practice rankings, 70 Bracewell lawyers received individual rankings, 21 of whom were ranked as Band 1, Senior Statespersons or Eminent Practitioners. In total, the firm received 112 practice and individual rankings.
Chambers & Partners has been publishing guides to the legal profession since 1990. Based on in-depth research, Chambers & Partners identifies the world’s top lawyers in more than 200 jurisdictions, providing independent rankings and editorial commentary. The qualities on which rankings are assessed include technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment and other qualities most valued by clients.
NATIONWIDE
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Central US)*
- Troy L. Harder
Climate Change
- Jeffrey R. Holmstead
Derivatives*
- Charles R. Mills
Derivates: Enforcement*
- Charles R. Mills – Band 1
Energy Transition
Energy: Electricity (Finance)
- Todd W. Eckland – Band 1
- Catherine Hood – Band 1
- J. Anthony Terrell – Band 1
Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Deanna E. King
- Catherine P. McCarthy – Band 1
Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
- Ryan S. Holcomb
Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) – Band 1
- Michael W. Brooks
- Annie Cook
- George D. Fatula
- Mark K Lewis – Band 1
- Catherine Little
- D. Kirk Morgan II
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
- Molly E. Butkus
- Jason M. Jean
- Austin T. Lee
- James “JJ” McAnelly III
- G. Alan Rafte – Band 1
Environment
Government Relations
- E. Dee Martin
- Scott H. Segal
International Arbitration: Counsel *
- Martin Gusy
Offshore Energy – Band 1
- Kevin A. Ewing – Band 1
- Danielle M. Varnell
Oil & Gas Litigation
- Stephen B. Crain
Outsourcing*
- Jeffrey B. Andrews
Projects*
- G. Alan Rafte
Projects: Oil & Gas
Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
- Laura D. Sheldon
- Danielle M. Varnell
Projects: PPP
- Fernando Rodriguez Marin
- Nicolai J. Sarad
Public Finance
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Environment
- Kevin A. Ewing
- Jeffrey R Holmstead – Band 1
- Jason B. Hutt
- Ann D. Navaro
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations*
- Stephen L. Braga
GEORGIA
Environment*
- Catherine Little
NEW YORK
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Barbara S. Jones – Senior Statesperson
Tax
- Elizabeth L. McGinley
TEXAS
Banking & Finance – Band 1
- Heather L. Brown – Band 1
- Kate H. Day
- Mark C. Evans – Eminent Practitioner
- Dewey J. Gonsoulin Jr
- G. Alan Rafte
- Stephanie Koo Song
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- William A Wood III – Band 1
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
- Troy L. Harder
Construction *
- Richard F. Whiteley
Corporate/M&A: The Elite
- Lytch T. Gutmann
Environment – Band 1
- Sara M. Burgin – Band 1
- Kevin D. Collins
- Matt Paulson
- Whit Swift
- Timothy A. Wilkins – Band 1
Healthcare
- Patrick Bredehoft
- Andrew C. Cookingham
- Nancy LeGros
- Wilson G. Jones – Band 1
- Brett W. Rector
Insurance*
- Vincent E. Morgan – Band 1
Intellectual Property
- Jonathon K. Hance
- Constance Gall Rhebergen
Labor & Employment
- Amy Karff Halevy
Litigation: Appellate
- Warren W. Harris – Band 1
Litigation: General Commercial (Austin & Surrounds)*
- W. Stephen Benesh
Litigation: General Commercial (Houston & Surrounds)
- Stephen B. Crain
- J. Clifford Gunter III – Senior Statesperson
Litigation: Securities
- Tony L. Visage
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Matthew G. Nielsen
- Jeffery B. Vaden
Real Estate
- K. Brock Bailey
- Aaron P. Roffwarg
Tax*
- Gregory M. Bopp – Eminent Practitioner
Technology: Outsourcing
- Jeffrey B. Andrews – Band 1
- Lucy Porter
WASHINGTON
Intellectual Property*
- Douglas F. Stewart
*Individual ranking only.
