The Legal 500 United States Ranks Bracewell as Leading Energy, Finance and Technology Firm for 2017
HOUSTON – Bracewell LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has 30 practices and 43 lawyers recognized in the 2017 edition of Legalease’s The Legal 500 United States.
Bracewell’s rankings for 2017 highlighted the firm’s focus on the energy, finance and technology sectors, as well as a variety of strategic practice areas, including antitrust, capital markets, commercial lending, energy regulatory, energy transactions, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing, private funds, project finance, restructuring, tax, and white collar criminal defense. The Legal 500 noted that Bracewell “combines an impressive record in M&A transactions with market-leading energy sector knowledge.” The firm was also seen as having an “impressive record in bank sector M&A and is frequent counsel to financial advisers.” Additionally, Bracewell was praised for its “solid reputation” in technology transactions, with a “strong prosecution and enforcement” trademark practice.
With clients calling Bracewell’s energy lawyers ‘reliable, trustworthy and knowledgeable,’ The Legal 500 noted that the firm is “particularly prominent in the energy sector.” Bracewell’s ‘fantastic’ finance practice was also singled out by The Legal 500 for being “especially strong on all types of upstream and midstream energy-sector financings,” with clients noting that Bracewell’s lawyers are ‘always responsive, professional, and well versed on the hot topics in the industry.’ The firm’s ‘strong litigation team’ is also seen as being ‘reliable, trustworthy and knowledgeable’ in environmental and commercial litigation.
The following is a complete list of the firm’s practices and lawyers recognized by The Legal 500:
Alternative/Hedge Funds
David M. Perlman
Antitrust Merger Control
Daniel E. Hemli
Jacqueline R. Java
Appellate: Courts of Appeals
Warren W. Harris
Jeffrey L. Oldham
Corporate Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense
Barbara S. Jones
Thomas F. Kokalas
Jeffery B. Vaden
Capital markets: Debt Offerings - Advice to Issuers
William S. Anderson
Troy L. Harder
Charles H. Still Jr.
Capital Markets: Equity Offerings - Advice to Issuers
William S. Anderson
Troy L. Harder
Charles H. Still Jr.
Commercial Lending: Advice to Borrowers
Kate H. Day
Dewey J. Gonsoulin Jr.
Rebecca Keep
Robin J. Miles
Stephanie Koo Song
Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders
Kate H. Day
Dewey J. Gonsoulin Jr.
Rebecca Keep
Robin J. Miles
Stephanie Koo Song
Construction (including Construction Litigation)
W. Stephen Benesh
Richard F. Whiteley
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (Transactions)
Bruce R. Jocz
Scott C. Sanders
Energy Litigation: Conventional Power
Stephen B. Crain
Jeffrey R. Holmstead
Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
Bradley J. Benoit
Stephen B. Crain
Energy Regulatory: Conventional Power
Michael W. Brooks
Catherine P. McCarthy
David M. Perlman
Energy Regulatory: Oil and Gas
Michael W. Brooks (Next Generation Lawyer)
Kevin A. Ewing
Mark K. Lewis
D. Kirk Morgan II
David M. Perlman
Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
Ryan S. Holcomb
Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
W. James McAnelly III
G. Alan Rafte (Leading Lawyer)
Thomas M. Tomlinson
Environment: Litigation
Kevin A. Ewing
Jeffrey R. Holmstead
Jason B. Hutt
Environment: Regulatory
Jeffrey R. Holmstead
Jason B. Hutt
Timothy A. Wilkins
Environment: Transactional
Sara M. Burgin
Jeffrey R. Holmstead
Jason B. Hutt
Matt Paulson
Timothy A. Wilkins
General Commercial Disputes
Stephen B. Crain
Immigration
Victoria M. Garcia
M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
William S. Anderson
Gregory M. Bopp
W. Cleland Dade
Troy L. Harder
Jason M. Jean
G. Alan Rafte
Charles H. Still Jr.
Outsourcing
Jeffrey B. Andrews
Project Finance: Advice to Lender
Robin J. Miles
G. Alan Rafte
Thomas M. Tomlinson
Project Finance: Advice to Sponsor
Robin J. Miles
G. Alan Rafte
Thomas M. Tomlinson
Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Corporate
Robert G. Burns
Jason G. Cohen (Next Generation Lawyer)
Stephanie Koo Song
William A. (Trey) Wood III
Structured Finance
G. Alan Rafte
US Taxes: Non-Contentious
Lance W. Behnke
Gregory M. Bopp
Elizabeth L. McGinley
The 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 researchers who have unrivalled experience in the legal market.