Vinson & Elkins Promotes 14 Attorneys to Counsel

The following lawyers were promoted from senior associate to counsel, effective Jan. 1 :

 Advises private equity, special situations and venture capital funds on a broad range of private equity and mergers and acquisitions transactions, including domestic and cross-border acquisitions, disposals, preferred equity and debt investments, joint ventures, loan-to-own restructurings, portfolio acquisitions and general corporate advisory work.

 Focuses on commercial lending and finance transactions, such as reserve-based, asset-based and acquisition financings, representing agent banks, publicly traded and privately owned borrowers and alternative lenders in U.S. domestic and international transactions.

 Represents corporations, partnerships and individuals in all phases of tax controversies, from IRS audit to administrative appeals to litigation, and also advises clients on federal income tax planning matters.

 Focuses on litigation in both state and federal court, including professional liability defense, energy litigation, landlord/tenant disputes and securities litigation, as well as representing companies under investigation by the United States Securities & Exchange Commission and plaintiffs and defendants in other high-stakes litigation.

 Advises clients on a broad variety of executive compensation and employee benefits matters, including executive employment agreements, severance agreements, change of control plans, deferred compensation arrangements, equity-based compensation vehicles and incentive arrangements, as well as tax, securities and corporate governance aspects of such matters.

 Represents clients in capital markets transactions and mergers and acquisitions, with a particular emphasis advising sponsors, underwriters and corporate issuers in high-yield transactions and restructurings.

 Focuses on securities litigation, officer and director liability, internal investigations and financial institutions litigation, including matters in both state and federal courts, as well as arbitrations and government investigations.

 Advises on private equity investments and divestitures, mergers and acquisitions and energy transactions, including upstream and midstream joint ventures, acquisitions and divestitures.

Represents and advises clients in complex commercial disputes in litigation and in arbitration, with a focus on energy litigation matters, including contract disputes, royalty disputes, leasing disputes, joint operating agreement or joint venture disputes, disputes relating to purchase and sale or merger transactions and a variety of other disputes in the upstream and midstream sectors.

 Focuses on international commercial arbitration and investment arbitration, appearing as advocate before international tribunals particularly in the energy, infrastructure, TMT and financial services sectors, and in private equity/post-M&A disputes.

Practices antitrust law, with experience in merger review inside and outside of the United States , counseling and all stages of civil litigation from complaint to trial.

 Advises on business and energy related disputes, complex contract disputes, arbitrations, property tax protests, condemnation actions, shareholder disputes and disputes arising out of partnerships and joint ventures.

 Focuses on environmental and natural resources law, with an emphasis on helping clients obtain and defend permits for energy, manufacturing and development projects; comply with environmental regulations; and defend against enforcement actions.

 Focuses on international capital markets and cross-border leveraged finance transactions with a particular emphasis on high-yield debt offerings, as well as debt liability management transactions, restructurings and U.S. securities law matters.