HOUSTON – Bracewell LLP’s market leadership and reputation for advising clients on complex transactional, regulatory and litigation matters across industries was once again recognized in Chambers USA. Bracewell received 134 practice and individual rankings in the 2024 edition, including Nationwide Band 1 rankings in Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) and Offshore Energy. Bracewell also received Band 1 rankings in Texas Banking and Finance, Texas Public Finance and Texas Environment.
2024 marks the 10th consecutive year that Bracewell’s oil and gas regulatory practice has earned a nationwide Band 1 ranking. According to Chambers, Bracewell is a “leading firm with highly impressive expertise across the energy arena” that is “frequently seen on big-ticket transactions in both the power and the oil and gas space.”
For the second year in a row, Bracewell earned a nationwide Band 1 ranking in Offshore Energy. “Bracewell is among the best nationwide when it comes to renewable energy and offshore wind,” one client told Chambers. “They combine commercial awareness with subject matter specialist skill.”
Bracewell also earned nationwide practice 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.
In recognition of the firm’s sustained excellence across the energy spectrum, Bracewell has been named an Energy & Projects Law Firm of the Year finalist at the upcoming Chambers USA Awards, which will be announced on June 13.
Chambers USA also recognized Bracewell’s leadership in the financial community. For the 17th year in a row, Bracewell earned a Band 1 ranking in Texas Banking and Finance, a distinction that remains unmatched by any other law firm. According to the editors, Bracewell is an “outstanding Texas firm with a deep bench of finance expertise.”
In addition, Bracewell was ranked Band 1 in the new Texas Public Finance table. Chambers praised the firm’s “impressive” practice, emphasizing Bracewell’s ability to draw on a “deep bench of experienced attorneys to expertly handle financings across the full gamut of sectors including housing, transport, healthcare and education.”
For the eighth straight year, the firm received a Band 1 ranking for Texas Environment. The Chambers editors noted that Bracewell has a “high-caliber group” with “significant experience dealing with regulatory agencies and handling high-value litigation and transactions.”
Bracewell also earned nationwide practice rankings in Climate Change and Environment.
In addition to 36 practice rankings, 86 Bracewell lawyers received individual rankings in their areas of expertise, 25 of whom earned Band 1, Senior Statesperson or Eminent Practitioner recognitions. In total, 55 percent of the firm’s US partners earned Chambers USA rankings in their respective practice areas.
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2024 Chambers USA Results
Practice Rankings
NATIONWIDE
Climate Change
Derivatives
Energy Transition
Energy: Electricity (Finance)
Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) – Band 1
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
Environment
Government Relations
Offshore Energy – Band 1
Oil & Gas Litigation
Projects: Oil & Gas
Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
Projects: PPP
Public Finance
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Environment
NEW YORK
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Highly Regarded)
Tax
TEXAS
Banking & Finance – Band 1
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
Corporate/M&A: The Elite
Environment – Band 1
Healthcare
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Labor & Employment
Litigation: Appellate
Litigation: General Commercial (Houston & Surrounds)
Litigation: Securities
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Public Finance – Band 1
Real Estate
Tax
Technology: Outsourcing
Individual Rankings
NATIONWIDE
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Central US
- Troy L. Harder
Climate Change
- Jeffrey R. Holmstead
Derivatives
- Michael W. Brooks
- Scott Le Bouef
- Charles R. Mills
Derivates: Enforcement
- Charles R. Mills – Band 1
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)
- Michael W. Brooks
- Eugene Elrod – Band 1
- George D. Fatula
- Mark K Lewis – Band 1
- D. Kirk Morgan II
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
- Molly E. Butkus
- Jason M. Jean
- Austin T. Lee
- Parker A. Lee
- James “JJ” McAnelly III
- G. Alan Rafte – Band 1
Energy: PHMSA Specialists
- Annie Cook
- Catherine D. Little – Band 1
Government Relations: Federal
- E. Dee Martin
- Scott H. Segal
- Andrew Shaw
International Arbitration: Counsel
- Martin Gusy
Offshore Energy
- Kevin A. Ewing – Band 1
- Danielle M. Varnell
Oil & Gas Litigation
- Stephen B. Crain
Outsourcing
- Jeffrey B. Andrews
Projects
- G. Alan Rafte
Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
- Laura D. Sheldon
- Danielle M. Varnell
Projects: PPP
- Fernando Rodriguez Marin
- Nicolai J. Sarad
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 D. Little
NEW YORK
Litigation: General Commercial
- Rachel B. Goldman
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Seth D. DuCharme
- Barbara S. Jones – Senior Statesperson
Tax
- Elizabeth L. McGinley
TEXAS
Banking & Finance
- 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
- Lytch T. Gutmann
Environment
- Sara M. Burgin – Band 1
- Kevin D. Collins
- Matt Paulson
- Whit Swift
- Timothy A. Wilkins – Band 1
Healthcare
- Patrick Bredehoft
- Wilson G. Jones – Band 1
- Nancy LeGros
- Brett W. Rector
- Anna Wortham
Insurance
- Vincent E. Morgan – Band 1
Insurance: ADR
- Vincent E. Morgan
Intellectual Property
- Jonathon K. Hance
- Constance Gall Rhebergen
Labor & Employment
- Amy Karff Halevy
Litigation: Appellate
- Warren W. Harris – Band 1
- Jeff Oldham
Litigation: General Commercial (Austin & Surrounds)
- W. Stephen Benesh
Litigation: General Commercial (Houston & Surrounds)
- Bradley J. Benoit
- Stephen B. Crain
Litigation: Securities
- Tony L. Visage
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Matthew G. Nielsen
- Jeffery B. Vaden
Public Finance
- Elizabeth Bowes
- Cristy Edwards
- Jonathan Frels – Band 1
- Jonathan Leatherberry
- Glenn Opel – Band 1
- Victoria Ozimek
- Julie Partain
- Barron Wallace – Band 1
Real Estate
- K. Brock Bailey
- Christie L. Latimer
- Tamara L. McKinzie
- Aaron P. Roffwarg
Tax
- Gregory M. Bopp – Eminent Practitioner
- R. Todd Greenwalt
Technology: Outsourcing
- Jeffrey B. Andrews – Band 1
WASHINGTON
Intellectual Property
- Douglas F. Stewart
