HOUSTON – Bracewell topped the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Energy guide with 54 lawyer rankings — more than any other firm worldwide. The total represents a nearly 40 percent increase from the rankings earned by Bracewell in 2025.
The Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Energy is an annual guide recognizing the top energy lawyers worldwide, selected through journalistic research, peer nominations and editorial feedback.
The 54 Bracewell honorees span seven offices across North America, Europe and the Middle East, covering regulatory, litigation, finance, infrastructure development and transactional work across the energy spectrum. Dubai partner Patricia Tiller was among three lawyers featured in the guide’s editorial, which named her “a leading global authority on LNG.”
2026 Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Energy Rankings
Austin
- Deanna E. King – Energy Litigation
- Matt Paulson – Energy Regulation
Dubai
- Andrej Kormuth – Energy & Infrastructure Deals
- Patricia Tiller – Energy & Infrastructure Projects; LNG
- Christopher R. Williams – Energy Transactions
Houston
- Will Anderson – Energy Transactions
- Bradley J. Benoit – Energy Litigation
- Gregory M. Bopp – Energy Transactions
- Michelle T. Boudreaux – Energy Transactions; Regulatory
- Kevin Brophy – Energy Transactions – Oil & Gas
- Heather L. Brown – Energy Transactions – Finance
- W. Cleland Dade – Energy Transactions
- Kate H. Day – Energy Finance – Debt
- Dewey J. Gonsoulin Jr. – Energy Finance
- Lytch T. Gutmann – Energy Transactions
- Troy L. Harder – Energy Finance
- Ryan S. Holcomb – Energy Transactions
- Jason M. Jean – Energy Transactions
- James “JJ” McAnelly III – Energy Transactions
- Ming Lei – Energy Transactions & Finance
- G. Alan Rafte – Energy Transactions
- Stephanie Koo Song – Energy Finance
- Charles H. Still Jr. – Energy Transactions – M&A
- Thomas M. Tomlinson – Energy Transactions – Finance
London
- Adam Blythe – Oil & Gas Transactions
- Olivia Caddy – Energy Finance
- Jason Fox – Energy Finance
- Oliver Irwin – Energy & Infrastructure; Development & Finance
- Ben James – Oil & Gas Transactions
- Tom Jamieson – Energy & Infrastructure; Development & Finance
- Eimear Murphy – Oil & Gas Finance
- Darren Spalding – Energy & Resources; Transactions & Projects
- Gordon Stewart – Energy & Mining Transactions
New York
- Todd W. Eckland – Energy Transactions
- Rachel B. Goldman – Energy Disputes & Litigation
- Jared E. Joyce-Schleimer – Energy & Infrastructure Finance
- Parker A. Lee – Energy & Infrastructure Development; M&A
- Jason A. Lewis – Energy Transactions
- Elizabeth L. McGinley – Energy Transactions – Tax
Paris
- Arnaud Bélisaire – Energy & Infrastructure; Development & Finance
- Simon Cudennec – Energy & Infrastructure Projects
- Anne Lapierre – Energy Projects; Renewable Energy
Washington, DC
- Michael W. Brooks – Energy Commodities & Trading
- Annie Cook – Energy Regulatory; Pipeline; LNG
- Hans P. Dyke – Energy Infrastructure; Development
- Eugene R. Elrod – Energy Regulation & Litigation
- Jeffrey R. Holmstead – Climate Change & Environmental Strategy
- Mark K. Lewis – Energy Transactions
- Catherine D. Little – Energy Regulatory; Compliance
- Catherine P. McCarthy – Energy Regulation
- Charles R. Mills – Energy Regulatory – Commodities, Crypto
- D. Kirk Morgan II – Energy Regulatory
- David A. Super – Energy Litigation
- Danielle M. Varnell – Energy Transactions
