Rankings
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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| December 2011 | Benchmark Litigation |
Recognized as a Recommended Litigation Practice in Texas |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Energy Law practice in the United States |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Trusts & Estates Litigation practice in the United States |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Oil & Gas Law practice in the United States |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Project Finance Law practice in the United States |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Administrative/Regulatory Law practice in Austin and Houston |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Banking and Finance Law practice in Austin and Houston |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law practice in Houston |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Corporate Law practice in Houston |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law practice in Houston |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law practice in Houston |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Energy Law practice in Austin and Houston |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Information Technology Law practice in Houston |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law Litigation practice in Houston |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Trusts & Estates Litigation practice in Houston |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Mergers & Acquisitions Law practice in Houston |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Oil & Gas Law practice in Houston |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Project Finance Law practice in Houston |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Public Finance Law practice in Houston |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Real Estate Law practice in Houston |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Securitization & Structured Finance Law practice in Dallas |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Tax Law practice in Houston |
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| November 2011 | U.S. News and World Report/Best Lawyers |
Recognized as a Tier 1 Trusts & Estates Law practice in Houston |
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| October 2011 | Thomson Reuters U.S. Municipals Review |
#3 Bond Counsel - Long and Short Term ($12,094.9; 68 deals) Q1-Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review |
#9 in U.S. Equity and Equity-related, Manager Legal Advisor, based on proceeds ($6.58 billion) Q1-Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review |
#13 in U.S. Equity and Equity-related, Manager Legal Advisor, based on number of deals (11) Q1-Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review |
#18 in U.S. Equity and Equity-related, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of deals (8) Q1-Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review |
#19 in U.S. Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS, Manager Legal Advisor, by number of deals (12) Q1-Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | Thomson Reuters Mergers & Acquisitions Review |
#18 in Small-Cap M&A, undisclosed values and values up to $50M, based on value ($130.8 million) Q1-Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | Thomson Reuters Emerging Markets M&A |
#18 in Any Chinese Involvement Completed M&A, based on value ($2.45 billion) Q1-Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#2 in US Equity Offerings (IPOs), Manager Advisor, by volume ($3.717 billion) Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#6 in US Equity Offerings, Manager Advisor, by volume ($6.43 billion) Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#7 in Global Equity IPOs, Manager Advisor, by volume ($3.717 billion) Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#7 in US Equity Offerings (IPOs), Manager Advisor, by deal count (3 deals) Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#10 in US Equity Offerings, Manager Advisor, by deal count (11 deals) Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#13 in Global Equity, Equity-Linked and Rights Offerings, Manager Advisor, by volume ($6.430 billion) Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#14 in US High Yield, Manager Advisor, by volume ($1 billion) Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#18 in Global Bonds, Issuer Advisor, by volume ($5.5 billion) Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#20 in Global Bonds, Issuer Advisor, by deal count (5 deals) Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#20 in US Investment Grade, Issuer Advisor, by volume ($7.75 billion) Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | mergermarket M&A League Table of Legal Advisers |
Served as counsel to the bidder in the third largest Texas M&A Deal Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | mergermarket M&A League Table of Legal Advisers |
#4 Legal Advisor for Texas M&A transactions by volume (25 deals) Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | mergermarket M&A League Table of Legal Advisers |
Served as counsel to the target in the sixth largest Texas M&A Deal Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | mergermarket M&A League Table of Legal Advisers |
Served as counsel to the bidder in the seventh largest Texas M&A Deal Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | mergermarket M&A League Table of Legal Advisers |
Served as counsel to the target in the eighth largest Texas M&A Deal Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | mergermarket M&A League Table of Legal Advisers |
#12 Legal Adviser for Texas M&A transactions by value ($19.734 billion) Q3 2011 |
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| October 2011 | mergermarket M&A League Table of Legal Advisers |
#9 in Legal Advisors to US Buyouts by value ($5.663 billion) Q3 |
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| October 2011 | mergermarket M&A League Table of Legal Advisers |
#19 in Legal Advisor to Global Buyouts by Value ($5.663 billion) Q3 |
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| October 2011 | The M&A Advisor |
Finalist, Transaction of the Year, Energy Sector (representation of Sinopec in its acquisition of Occidental Petroleum Corporation's oil and gas assets) |
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| October 2011 | Bloomberg M&A Legal Advisory League Tables |
#17 in Canadian Announced Deals (17 deals) Q3 2011 |
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| September 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
#3 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for Completed IPOs by maximum offering price ($3,078,998,000) |
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| September 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
#9 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for Pre-Effective IPOs by number of registrations (7) |
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| September 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
#12 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for Pre-Effective IPOs by maximum offering price ($1,643,125,000) |
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| September 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
#14 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for Completed IPOs by number of registrations (2) |
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| August 2011 | The Deal Magazine |
Served as counsel to fifth largest M&A deal ($294 million) August 2011 |
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| August 2011 | InterContinental Finance Magazine |
Leading Federal Income Tax Law Firm of the Year, North America 2011 |
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| August 2011 | InterContinental Finance Magazine |
Leading Intellectual Property & Trademarks Law Firm of the Year, Texas 2011 |
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| August 2011 | InterContinental Finance Magazine |
Leading Mergers & Acquisitions Law Firm of the Year, Texas 2011 |
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| July 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
Served as Underwriter's Counsel in the third largest IPO ($2,863,998,000) |
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| July 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
#3 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for IPOs by maximum offering price ($3,078,998,000) |
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| July 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
#12 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for Pre-Effective IPOs by number of registrations (5) |
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| July 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
#13 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for Completed IPOs by number of registrations (2) |
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| July 2011 | mergermarket Round-Up of Texas M&A |
Served as counsel to the target in the third largest Texas M&A Deal First-Half 2011 |
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| July 2011 | mergermarket Round-Up of Texas M&A |
Served as counsel to the bidder in the fourth largest Texas M&A Deal First-Half 2011 |
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| July 2011 | mergermarket Round-Up of Texas M&A |
Served as counsel to the target in the fifth largest Texas M&A Deal First-Half 2011 |
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| July 2011 | mergermarket Round-Up of Texas M&A |
#6 Legal Advisor for Texas M&A transactions by volume (12 deals) First-Half 2011 |
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| July 2011 | mergermarket Round-Up of Texas M&A |
#11 Legal Advisor for Texas M&A transactions by value ($12.253 billion) First-Half 2011 |
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| July 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#2 in U.S. Equity Offerings (IPO), Manager Advisor ($3.47 billion; 2 issues) Q2 2011 |
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| July 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#5 in U.S. Equity Offerings, Manager Advisor ($5.96 billion; 9 issues) Q2 2011 |
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| July 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#6 in Global Equity IPO, Manager Advisor ($3.47 billion; 2 issues) Q2 2011 |
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| July 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#11 in Global Equity, Equity-Linked and Rights Offerings, Manager Advisor ($5.96 billion; 9 issues) Q2 2011 |
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| July 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#12 in Global Bonds, Issuer Advisor ($5 billion; 4 issues) Q2 2011 |
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| July 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#13 in U.S. Investment Grade, Issuer Advisor ($6.5 billion; 6 issues) Q2 2011 |
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| July 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#13 in U.S. High Yield, Manager Advisor ($1 billion; 2 issues) Q2 2011 |
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| July 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#17 in U.S. Corporates, Issuer Advisor ($7.467 billion; 10 issues) Q2 2011 |
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| July 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#18 in U.S. Investment Grade, Manager Advisor ($3.69 billion; 7 issues) Q2 2011 |
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| July 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#20 in U.S. Corporates, Manager Advisor ($4.69 billion; 9 issues) Q2 2011 |
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| July 2011 | Thomson Reuters Mergers & Acquisitions Review |
#14 in Any Chinese Involvement Completed M&A, based on proceeds ($2.45 billion) Q2 2011 |
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| June 2011 | Deal Makers Law Awards |
Recognized as Mergers & Acquisitions Law Firm of the Year, 2011 |
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| June 2011 | Chambers and Partners Latin America |
Recognized as one of the leading Banking and Finance practices in Latin America |
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| June 2011 | Chambers and Partners USA |
Recognized as a Band 1 Technology (Corporate & Commercial) practice in Texas |
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| June 2011 | Chambers and Partners USA |
Recognized as one of the leading Renewables & Alternative Energy (Projects) practices in the United States |
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| June 2011 | Chambers and Partners USA |
Recognized as one of the leading Antitrust practices in Texas |
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| June 2011 | Chambers and Partners USA |
Recognized as one of the leading Banking & Finance practices in Texas |
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| June 2011 | Chambers and Partners USA |
Recognized as one of the leading Corporate/M&A practices in Texas |
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| June 2011 | Chambers and Partners USA |
Recognized as one of the leading Real Estate practices in Texas |
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| June 2011 | Chambers and Partners USA |
Recognized as one of the leading Oil & Gas (Transactional) practices in the United States |
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| June 2011 | Chambers and Partners USA |
Recognized as one of the leading Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) practices in the United States |
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| June 2011 | Chambers and Partners USA |
Recognized as one of the leading Bankruptcy/Restructuring practices in Texas |
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| June 2011 | Chambers and Partners USA |
Recognized as one of the leading Environmental practices in Texas |
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| June 2011 | Chambers and Partners USA |
Recognized as one of the leading Oil & Gas (Projects) practices in the United States |
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| June 2011 | Chambers and Partners USA |
Recognized as one of the leading Litigation practices in Texas |
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| June 2011 | Chambers and Partners USA |
Recognized as one of the leading Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) practices in the United States |
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| June 2011 | Chambers and Partners USA |
Recognized as a Band 1 Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) practice in Texas |
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| June 2011 | Chambers and Partners USA |
Recognized as one of the leading Tax practices in Texas |
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| June 2011 | Legal 500 |
Recognized as one of the most recommended law firms for Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts |
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| June 2011 | Legal 500 |
Recognized as one of the most recommended law firms for Real Estate and Construction |
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| June 2011 | Legal 500 |
Recognized as one of the most recommended law firms for Media, Technology and Telecoms |
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| June 2011 | Legal 500 |
Recognized as one of the most recommended law firms for Project Finance (Advice to Sponsors) |
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| May 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
Served as Underwriter's Counsel to second largest IPO ($2,863,998,000) |
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| May 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
#3 in Underwriter's Counsel for Completed IPOs by maximum offering price ($2,863,998,000) |
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| May 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
#11 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for Pre-Effective IPOs by number of registrations (3) |
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| May 2011 | Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review |
#14 in U.S. Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS, Manager Legal Advisor, based on number of deals (6) Q1 2011 |
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| May 2011 | Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review |
#14 in U.S. Equity and Equity-related, Manager Legal Advisor, based on number of deals (5) Q1 2011 |
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| May 2011 | Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review |
#16 in U.S. Debt, Equity and Equity-related, Manager Legal Advisor, based on number of deals (11) Q1 2011 |
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| May 2011 | Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review |
#18 in U.S. Straight Debt Including ABS & MBS, Manager Legal Advisor, based on number of deals (6) Q1 2011 |
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| May 2011 | Thomson Reuters Mergers & Acquisitions Review |
#6 in Any Chinese Involvement Completed M&A, based on proceeds ($2.45 billion) Q1 2011 |
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| May 2011 | Thomson Reuters Mergers & Acquisitions Review |
#7 in Any French Involvement Announced M&A, based on proceeds ($1.92 billion) Q1 2011 |
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| May 2011 | Thomson Reuters Mergers & Acquisitions Review |
#10 in Any Asia Pacific Emerging Market Involvement Completed M&A, based on proceeds ($2.45 billion) Q1 2011 |
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| May 2011 | Thomson Reuters Mergers & Acquisitions Review |
#11 in Any Latin American Involvement Completed M&A, based on proceeds ($2.45 billion) Q1 2011 |
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| May 2011 | Thomson Reuters Mergers & Acquisitions Review |
#12 in Any Asian (Ex-Japan) Involvement Completed M&A, based on proceeds ($2.45 billion) Q1 2011 |
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| May 2011 | Thomson Reuters Mergers & Acquisitions Review |
#15 in Latin American Involvement Small-Cap M&A, undisclosed values and values up to $50M, based on number of deals (1) Q1 2011 |
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| May 2011 | Thomson Reuters Mergers & Acquisitions Review |
#18 in Latin American Involvement Mid-Market M&A, undisclosed values and values up to $500M, based on number of deals (1) Q1 2011 |
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| May 2011 | Thomson Reuters Mergers & Acquisitions Review |
#18 in Any BRIC Involvement Completed M&A, based on proceeds ($2.45 billion) Q1 2011 |
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| April 2011 | Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst |
Recognized as one of the “Most Active Law Firms," both by number of deals consummated and by number of funds represented by year-end 2010 |
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| April 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#2 in Global Equity IPO, Manager Advisor ($3.29 billion; 1 issue) Q1 2011 |
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| April 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#2 in U.S. Equity Offerings (IPO), Manager Advisor ($3.29 billion; 1 issue) Q1 2011 |
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| April 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#2 in U.S. Equity Offerings, Manager Advisor ($4.7 billion; 5 issues) Q1 2011 |
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| April 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#8 in Global Equity, Equity-Linked and Rights Offerings, Manager Advisor ($4.7 billion; 5 issues) Q1 2011 |
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| April 2011 | Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets |
#11 in U.S. High Yield, Manager Advisor ($1 billion; 2 issues) Q1 2011 |
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| April 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
Served as Underwriter's Counsel to second largest IPO ($2,863,998,000) |
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| April 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
#2 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for Completed IPOs by maximum offering price ($2,863,998,000) |
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| April 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
#10 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for Pre-Effective IPOs by number of registrations (3) |
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| April 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
#12 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for Completed IPOs by number of registrations (1) |
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| April 2011 | PrivateRaise.com® The PIPEs Report League Tables |
#10 in PIPE Placement Agent Law Firms by number of deals advised (1) |
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| April 2011 | The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard |
#2 in Municipal Bonds, Underwriter's Counsel, based on number of issues (206) Full-Year 2010 |
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| April 2011 | The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard |
#5 in Equities, Issuer's Counsel, based on number of issues (16) Full-Year 2010 |
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| April 2011 | The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard |
#9 in Municipal Bonds, Underwriter's Counsel, based on proceeds ($6.39 billion) Full-Year 2010 |
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| March 2011 | M&A Atlas Awards |
Recognized for work on the Williams Partners LP acquisition of Williams Pipeline Partners L.P., which was selected as the Corporate M&A Deal of the Year (deal range 10 to 15 billion USD) |
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| March 2011 | M&A Atlas Awards |
Recognized for work on the General Motors Company acquisition of AmeriCredit Corp., which was selected as the Corporate M&A Deal of the Year (deal range 1 to 5 billion USD) |
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| March 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
#2 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for Completed IPOs |
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| March 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
#2 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for IPOs by maximum offering price ($2,863,998,000) |
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| March 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
#9 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for IPOs by number of registrations (1) |
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| March 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
#14 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for offerings by number of registrations (2) |
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| February 2011 | The Deal Magazine |
Ranked in Deals of the Year: Third Largest IPO in US History |
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| February 2011 | mergermarket Round-Up of Texas M&A |
Served as counsel to the bidder in the second largest Texas M&A Deal Year End 2010 |
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| February 2011 | mergermarket Round-Up of Texas M&A |
#6 Legal Advisor for mid-market M&A transactions by volume (7 deals) Year End 2010 |
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| February 2011 | mergermarket Round-Up of Texas M&A |
Served as counsel to the bidder in 3 of the top 10 announced deals Year End 2010 |
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| February 2011 | mergermarket Round-Up of Texas M&A |
Served as counsel to the bidder in the eighth largest Texas M&A Deal Year End 2010 |
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| February 2011 | mergermarket Round-Up of Texas M&A |
Served as counsel to the bidder in the ninth largest Texas M&A Deal Year End 2010 |
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| February 2011 | mergermarket Round-Up of Texas M&A |
#11 Legal Advisor for mid-market M&A transactions by value ($477 million) Year End 2010 |
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| February 2011 | mergermarket Round-Up of Texas M&A |
#14 Legal Advisor for Texas M&A transactions by volume (16 deals) Year End 2010 |
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| February 2011 | mergermarket Round-Up of Texas M&A |
#8 Legal Advisor for Texas M&A transactions by value ($19.7 billion) Year End 2010 |
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| February 2011 | Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review |
#9 in U.S. Equity and Equity-related, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of deals (17) Full Year 2010 |
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| February 2011 | Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review |
#18 in U.S. Equity and Equity-related, Manager Legal Advisor, based on number of deals (18) Full Year 2010 |
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| February 2011 | Business Review - Online |
Best Real Estate Deals: Private green deal of the year finalists |
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| February 2011 | SEC New Registrations Report |
#1 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for Completed IPOs |
