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At Andrews Kurth, we want clients to have high expectations of us. When we achieve national recognition as a firm, it means we've done our best for our clients. For years, our client work has made industry news. And in recent years, we've had much to be proud of. Here is a sample: 

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Date Publication Ranking Industry Practice
June 2011 Legal 500

Recognized as one of the most recommended law firms for Real Estate and Construction

June 2010 Legal 500

Recognized as one of the most recommended law firms for Real Estate and Construction

April 2010 PlacementTracker PIPE Market League Tables

Andrews Kurth ranks among top 25 Investor's Counsel in PIPE deals by number of transactions

April 2010 PlacementTracker PIPE Market League Tables

Andrews Kurth ranks among top 25 Placement Agent's Counsel in PIPE deals by number of transactions

June 2009 Legal 500

Recognized as one of the most recommended law firms for real estate and construction in Texas

October 2008 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#14 in U.S. Investment Grade, Issuer Advisor ($7.25 billion)

October 2008 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#16 in U.S. Corporates, Issuer Advisor ($7.84 billion)

July 2008 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#13 in U.S. Investment Grade Debt, Issuer Advisor ($6.45 billion)

July 2008 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#18 in U.S. Equity Linked, Issuer Advisor ($250 million)

July 2008 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#13 in U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Debt, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on proceeds ($7.225 billion)

July 2008 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#15 in U.S. Straight Debt - Excluding MBS, ABS, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on proceeds ($7.425 billion)

July 2008 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#5 in U.S. IPOs, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on proceeds ($358 million)

July 2008 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#7 in Global IPOs by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on proceeds ($358 million)

July 2008 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#8 in U.S. Equity & Equity-related, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (5)

July 2008 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#9 in Global Equity Issuance by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (4)

May 2008 PrivateRaise.com® RaiseStats PIPE League Tables

#9 in PIPE Issuer Legal Advisors

May 2008 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#1 in Global Equity Issuance by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (4)

May 2008 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#1 in U.S. Common Stock, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (4); #8 based on proceeds ($873 million)

May 2008 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#1 in U.S. Equity and Equity-related, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (5); #13 based on proceeds ($974 million)

May 2008 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#1 in U.S. IPOs, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on proceeds ($358 million)

May 2008 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#3 in Global IPOs by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on proceeds ($352 million)

May 2008 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#4 in U.S. High Yield Corporate Debt, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on proceeds ($200 million)

May 2008 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#7 in U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Debt, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on proceeds ($4.134 billion); #11 based of issues (3)

May 2008 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#7 in U.S. Straight Debt - Excluding MBS, ABS, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on proceeds ($4.337 billion) and number of issues (4)

May 2008 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#8 in U.S. Debt, Equity and Equity-related, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (9); #13 based on proceeds ($5.307 billion)

April 2008 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#11 in U.S. Investment Grade Debt, Issuer Advisor ($3.35 billion)

April 2008 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#12 in U.S. Corporate Debt, Issuer Advisor ($3.55 billion)

April 2008 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#18 in U.S. Equity Linked, Issuer Advisor ($115 million)

April 2008 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#19 in U.S. Equity Offerings, Issuer Advisor ($332 million)

April 2008 The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard

#19 in Investment-Grade Debt, Issuer's Counsel, based on proceeds ($7.733 billion); #23 based on number of issues (7)

April 2008 The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard

#21 in High-Yield Debt, Issuer's Counsel, based on number of issues (4); #24 based on proceeds ($866 million)

April 2008 The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard

#4 in IPOs, Issuer’s Counsel, based on proceeds ($1.61 billion); #6 based on number of issues (7)

April 2008 The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard

#9 in Mortgage-Backed Securities, Issuer’s Counsel, based on number of issues (18); #10 based on proceeds ($5.126 billion)

March 2008 Corporate Control Alert (CCA)

#35 in the top 40 M&A law firms for 2007. Andrews Kurth was ranked for our involvement with 19 deals, 6 for representing the target and 13 for representing the acquirer

February 2008 PlacementTracker PIPE Market League Tables

Andrews Kurth ranks among top 25 Issuer's Counsel in PIPE deals by number of transactions

February 2008 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#10 in U.S. Common Stock, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (15); #12 based on proceeds ($3.456 billion)

February 2008 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#10 in U.S. IPOs, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (7); #13 based on proceeds ($1,610 billion)

February 2008 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#13 in U.S. Equity and Equity-related, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (15)

February 2008 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#8 in Global Equity Issuance by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (15); #9 based on proceeds ($3.456 billion)

February 2008 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#8 in Global IPOs by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (7); #11 based on proceeds ($1.610 billion)

February 2008 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#9 in U.S. Mortgaged-Backed Securities, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (18); #14 based on proceeds ($5.126 billion)

January 2008 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#15 in U.S. Corporate Debt, Issuer Advisor ($10.225 billion)  

January 2008 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#15 in U.S. Investment Grade Debt, Issuer Advisor ($9.5 billion)

January 2008 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#8 in U.S. Equity Offerings, Issuer Advisor ($3.063 billion)

December 2007 Legal 500

Recognized as one of the most recommended law firms for mergers and acquisitions in the Central region of the United States

November 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#11 in U.S. Common Stock, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (10)

November 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#14 in U.S. Equity & Equity-Related, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (10)

November 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#6 in Global IPOs by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (6); #15 based on proceeds ($1.035 billion)

November 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#7 in U.S. IPOs, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (6); #13 based on proceeds ($1.035 billion)

November 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#8 in Global Equity Issuance by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (10)

November 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#9 in U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (17); #13 based on proceeds ($3.627 billion)

October 2007 Executive Legal Adviser

Andrews Kurth listed four times in its list of Top Ten Texas IPO's for 2006

September 2007 SEC New Registrations Report

One of the top 15 Issuer's Counsel for IPOs in 2007

August 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#10 in U.S. Common Stock, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (8)

August 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#13 in U.S. Equity & Equity-Related, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (8)

August 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#9 in Global Equity Issuance by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (8); #11 based on proceeds ($2.016 billion)

June 2007 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#11 in U.S. Equity Offerings, Issuer Advisor ($1.729 billion)

June 2007 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#14 in U.S. Investment Grade Debt, Issuer Advisor ($4.85 billion)

June 2007 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#17 in U.S. Corporate Debt, Issuer Advisor ($5.475 billion)

June 2007 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#20 in U.S. High Yield Debt, Issuer Advisor ($625 million)

May 2007 Euromoney Institutional Investor International Financial Law Review

#9 among law firms for the 1st Quarter, Project Finance Rankings.

April 2007 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#11 in U.S. High Yield Debt, Issuer Advisor ($625 million)

April 2007 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#13 in U.S. Equity Offerings, Issuer Advisor ($834 million)

April 2007 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#16 in U.S. Corporate Debt, Issuer Advisor ($2.125 billion)

April 2007 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#17 in U.S. Investment Grade Debt, Issuer Advisor ($1.5 billion)

April 2007 SEC New Registrations Report

#8 in the Top Fifteen Issuer's Counsel for IPOs YTD based on the number of registrations (3) and #6 in the Top Fifteen Issuer's Counsel Fees for IPOs YTD based on total fee amount (2.8 billion)

April 2007 The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard

#4 in IPOs, Issuer's Counsel, based on proceeds ($1.19 billion); #9 based on number of issues (4)

April 2007 The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard

#8 in Mortgage-Backed Securities, Issuer's Counsel, based on number of issues (23); #10 based on proceeds ($7.015 billion)

April 2007 The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard

#9 in Equities by U.S. Corporations (excluding IPOs), Issuer's Counsel, based on number of issues (11); #11 based on proceeds ($2.544 billion)

April 2007 The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard

Recognized as one of 15 "Top Transactional Practices," based on the number of categories for which we were ranked in the top 10

April 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#11 in U.S. Equity & Equity-related, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (4)

April 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#4 in Global IPOs by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on proceeds ($771.1 million); #5 based on number of issues (3)

April 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#5 in U.S. IPOs, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on proceeds ($771.1 million); #6 based on number of issues (3)

April 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#7 in U.S. High Yield Corporate Debt, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (3); #13 based on proceeds ($868.6 million)

April 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#8 in Global Equity Issuance by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (4); #13 based on proceeds ($877 million)

April 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#8 in U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (6); #12 based on proceeds ($1.712 billion)

April 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#9 in U.S. Common Stock, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of issues (4); #15 based on proceeds ($877 million)

March 2007 SEC New Registrations Report

#11 for Issuer's Counsel for IPOs based on funds raised ($387 million). Andrews Kurth represented the issuer in the #12 IPO on the Top 20 Completed IPOs (Year-To-Date) list, which is based on the maximum offering price

February 2007 PrivateRaise.com® RaiseStats PIPE League Tables

#11 PIPE Issuer Law Firms ranked by dollar amount of deals ($512.25 million)

February 2007 PrivateRaise.com® RaiseStats PIPE League Tables

#14 PIPE Issuer Law Firms ranked by number of deals (11)

February 2007 SEC New Registrations Report

#10 in Issuer's Counsel for IPOs based on funds raised ($387 million)

February 2007 SEC New Registrations Report

#10 in Issuer's Counsel for IPOs based on the number of registrations (2)

January 2007 Asset-Backed Alert

#11 in the "Top Issuer Counsel for U.S. ABS/MBS" rankings for 2006

January 2007 SEC New Registrations Report

#3 in Issuer's Counsel for IPOs based on the number of registrations (2)

January 2007 SEC New Registrations Report

#4 in Issuer's Counsel for IPOs based on funds raised ($387 million)

January 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#10 in U.S. IPOs, Issuer Legal Advisor

January 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#13 in U.S. Mortgage-backed Securities, Issuer Legal Advisor

January 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#15 in U.S. High Yield Corporate Debt, Issuer Legal Advisor

January 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#6 in Global Equity Issuance by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor

January 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#6 in U.S. Common Stock, Issuer Legal Advisor

January 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#8 in U.S. Equity & Equity-related, Issuer Legal Advisor

January 2007 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#9 in Global IPOs by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor

December 2006 SEC New Registrations Report

#13 in Issuer's Counsel for IPOs based on funds raised (approximately $1.1 billion)

September 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#10 in U.S. Equity & Equity-related, Issuer Legal Advisor

September 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#13 in U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities - Issuer Legal Advisor

September 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#5 in U.S. IPOs, Issuer Legal Advisor

September 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#6 in Global Equity Issuance by U.S. Issuers,  Issuer Legal Advisor

September 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#6 in Global IPOs by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor

September 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#60 in U.S. Common Stock, Issuer Legal Advisor

August 2006 PrivateRaise.com® RaiseStats PIPE League Tables

#13 Issuer Law Firms for PIPEs (ranked by number of issues)

July 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#13 in U.S. Equity & Equity-related, Issuer Legal Advisor

July 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#14 in U.S. Mortgage-backed Securities, Issuer Legal Advisor

July 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#5  in U.S. IPOs, Issuer Legal Advisor

July 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#7 in Global Equity Issuance by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor

July 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#8  in Global IPOs by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor

July 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#9 in U.S. Common Stock, Issuer Legal Advisor

July 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

Andrews Kurth listed in the Top 20 for Americas M&A, Latin American Involvement for the Second Quarter 2006.

May 2006 In-House Texas Corporate Scorecard

Andrews Kurth was listed twice in the Top 10 Texas IPOs for 2005

April 2006 The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard

#10 in Asset-Backed Securities, Issuer's Counsel

April 2006 The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard

#19 in High-Yield Debt, Issuer’s Counsel

April 2006 The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard

#7 in Mortgage-Backed Securities, Issuer's Counsel

April 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#10 in Global Equity Issuance by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor

April 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#11 in U.S. Common Stock, Issuer Legal Advisor

April 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#12 in U.S. Equity & Equity-Related, Issuer Legal Advisor

April 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#13 in U.S. Mortgage-backed Securities,  Issuer Legal Advisor

April 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#2 in Global IPOs by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor

April 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#2 in U.S. IPOs, Issuer Legal Advisor

February 2006 Mergerstat Review

Recognized as one of the Top Advisors for two deals

February 2006 PrivateRaise.com® RaiseStats PIPE League Tables

#4 in the Top 25 PIPE Issuer Law Firms and #7 in the Top 25 PIPE Investor Law Firms

January 2006 Asset-Backed Alert

#8 for “Top Issuer Counsel for US ABS/MBS” in the 4th Quarter for 2005. 

January 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#10 in Mortgage-Backed Securities, Issuer Legal Advisor

January 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#13 in U.S. Convertible Offerings, Issuer Legal Advisor

January 2006 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#15 in U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Debt, Issuer Legal Advisor

September 2004 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

Andrews Kurth recognized as the only Texas-based firm to be ranked as one of the top leading law firms for U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities, as Issuer Legal advisor.

January 2004 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#14 in U.S. Common Stock, Issuer Legal Advisor

January 2004 Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review

#14 in Worldwide Equity Issuance by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor

October 2003 M&A Journal

“Largest leap” of any law firm’s quarterly merger transactions. Our eight deals, valued at $4.7 billion, placed us 25th, compared to 74th the year before.

April 1999 The American Lawyer Survey on Equity Deals

#17 by most money raised as IPO Issuer's Counsel

January 1999 The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard

#12 for most money raised as Issuer’s Counsel in 1998

January 1999 The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard

#9 for most deals as Issuer’s Counsel in 1998

January 1999 The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard

#9 for most deals as Issuer’s Counsel in 1999

April 1998 The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard

#15 for most money raised as Issuer's Counsel

April 1998 The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard

#25 in the nation for most deals for all clients in Mergers & Acquisitions