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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: 

Date Publication Ranking Industry Practice
August 2010 Finance Monthly Magazine

Received Banking & Finance Law Firm of the Year (USA) Award

July 2010 SEC New Registrations Report

#5 and #6 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for IPOs between January and June 2010

July 2010 SEC New Registrations Report

#12 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for offerings by maximum offering price ($974,500,000)

July 2010 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#5 in U.S. Equity Offerings, Manager Advisor (IPO) ($676 million; 1 issue) Q2 2010

July 2010 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#9 in U.S. Equity Offerings, Issuer Advisor ($1.87 billion; 7 issues) Q2 2010

July 2010 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#10 in U.S. Equity Offerings, Manager Advisor ($2.38 billion; 9 issues) Q2 2010

July 2010 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#16 in U.S. Investment Grade, Issuer Advisor ($4 billion; 5 issues) Q2 2010

July 2010 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#17 in U.S. Investment Grade, Manager Advisor ($3.8 billion; 8 issues) Q2  2010

July 2010 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#18 in Global Equity IPO, Manager Advisor ($676 million; 1 issue) Q2 2010

July 2010 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#20 in U.S. Corporates, Manager Advisor ($4.1 billion; 9 issues) Q2 2010

July 2010 mergermarket Round-Up of Texas M&A

Served as counsel to the bidder in the third largest Texas M&A Deal First-Half 2010

July 2010 mergermarket Round-Up of Texas M&A

#8 Legal Advisor for Texas mid-market M&A transactions by volume (3 deals) First-Half 2010

July 2010 mergermarket Round-Up of Texas M&A

#17 Legal Advisor for Texas M&A transactions by value ($4.7 billion) First-Half 2010

July 2010 mergermarket Round-Up of Texas M&A

#18 Legal Advisor for Texas M&A transactions by volume (5 deals) First-Half 2010

June 2010 Legal 500

Recognized as one of the most recommended law firms for Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts

June 2010 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 Media, Technology and Telecoms

June 2010 Legal 500

Recognized as one of the most recommended law firms for Energy Litigation

June 2010 Legal 500

Recognized as one of the most recommended law firms for Project Finance (Advice to Lender)

June 2010 Chambers and Partners USA

Recognized as one of the leading Litigation practices in Texas

June 2010 Chambers and Partners USA

Recognized as one of the leading Antitrust practices in Texas

June 2010 Chambers and Partners USA

Recognized as one of the leading Banking & Finance practices in Texas

June 2010 Chambers and Partners USA

Recognized as one of the leading Bankruptcy/Restructuring practices in Texas

June 2010 Chambers and Partners USA

Recognized as one of the leading Corporate/M&A practices in Texas

June 2010 Chambers and Partners USA

Recognized as one of the leading Environmental practices in Texas

June 2010 Chambers and Partners USA

Recognized as one of the leading Real Estate practices in Texas

June 2010 Chambers and Partners USA

Recognized as one of the leading Tax practices in Texas

June 2010 Chambers and Partners USA

Recognized as a Band 1 Technology (Corporate & Commercial) practice in Texas

June 2010 Chambers and Partners USA

Recognized as one of the leading Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) practices in the United States

June 2010 Chambers and Partners USA

Recognized as one of the leading Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) practices in the United States

June 2010 Chambers and Partners USA

Recognized as one of the leading Oil & Gas (Transactional) practices in the United States

June 2010 Chambers and Partners USA

Recognized as one of the leading Oil & Gas (Projects) practices in the United States

June 2010 Chambers and Partners USA

Recognized as one of the leading Renewables & Alternative Energy (Projects) practices in the United States

May 2010 Texas Lawyer

Andrews Kurth represented 2 of the top 10 deals of 2009

May 2010 The Deal

Andrews Kurth ranks 8th in Top Law Firms on M&A Deals in the Oil and Gas Industries

April 2010 SEC New Registrations Report

#12 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for offerings by maximum offering price ($600,000,000)

April 2010 SEC New Registrations Report

#15 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for offerings by number of registrations (2)

April 2010 SEC New Registrations Report

#19 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for Pre-Effective IPOs between January and April 2010

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

April 2010 The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard

#1 in Municipal Bonds, Underwriter's Counsel, based on number of issues (165) Full-Year 2009

April 2010 The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard

#9 in Municipal Bonds, Underwriter's Counsel, based on proceeds ($6.54 billion) Full-Year 2009

April 2010 The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard

Andrews Kurth represented the Creditors Committee in one of the largest emergences in 2009 ($3.87 billion)

April 2010 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 2009

April 2010 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#6 in U.S. Equity Offerings, Issuer Advisor ($807 million; 4 issues) Q1 2010

April 2010 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#8 in U.S. Equity Offerings, Manager Advisor ($1.08 billion; 4 issues) Q1 2010

April 2010 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#16 in U.S. Investment Grade, Manager Advisor ($2.8 billion; 6 issues) Q1 2010

April 2010 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#17 in U.S. High Yield, Manager Advisor ($300 million; 1 issue) Q1 2010

April 2010 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#18 in U.S. Corporates, Manager Advisor ($3.1 billion; 7 issues) Q1 2010

April 2010 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#20 in Euromarket Bonds, Manager Advisor ($450 million; 1 issue) Q1 2010

March 2010 SEC New Registrations Report

#6 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for offerings by maximum offering price ($600,000,000)

March 2010 SEC New Registrations Report

#9 and #19 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for IPOs between January and March 2010

March 2010 SEC New Registrations Report

#7 in Lead Underwriter's Counsel for offerings by number of registrations (2)

February 2010 Chambers and Partners Global

Recognized as one of the leading Oil & Gas practices in the United States 

February 2010 Chambers and Partners Global

Recognized as one of the leading Oil & Gas (Projects) practices in the United States

February 2010 Chambers and Partners Global

Recognized as one of the leading Renewables & Alternative Energy practices in the United States

February 2010 Chambers and Partners Global

Recognized as one of the leading Renewables & Alternative Energy (Projects) practices in the United States

February 2010 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#3 in U.S. Preferred Stock, Manager Legal Advisor, based on number of deals (1) Full-Year 2009

February 2010 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#10 in U.S. Preferred Stock, Manager Legal Advisor, based on based on proceeds ($65 million) Full-Year 2009

February 2010 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#11 in Global Equity Issuance by U.S. Issuers, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of deals (10) Full-Year 2009

February 2010 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#12 in Global Equity Issuance by U.S. Issuers, Manager Legal Advisor, based on number of deals (20) Full-Year 2009

February 2010 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#13 in U.S. Equity and Equity-related, Manager Legal Advisor, based on number of deals (20) Full-Year 2009

February 2010 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#13 in U.S. Common Stock, Manager Legal Advisor, based on number of deals (20) Full-Year 2009

February 2010 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#13 in U.S. Common Stock, Issuer Legal Advisor, based on number of deals (10) Full-Year 2009

February 2010 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#14 in U.S. High Yield Corporate Debt, Manager Legal Advisor, based on number of deals (4) Full-Year 2009

February 2010 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#14 in U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Debt, Manager Legal Advisor, based on number of deals (10) Full-Year 2009

February 2010 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#15 in Global Equity Issuance by U.S. Issuers, Manager Legal Advisor, based on proceeds ($3.44 billion) Full-Year 2009

February 2010 Bond Buyer

#4 in Texas and #8 in the Southwest Region for bond issuances totaling $1.9 billion

January 2010 Thomson Reuters U.S. Municipals Review

 #9 Underwriter's Counsel ($6.53 billion; 165 issues) Full-Year 2009

January 2010 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#9 in U.S. Preferred, Manager Advisor ($73 million; 9 issues) Full-Year 2009

January 2010 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#16 in U.S. Equity Offerings, Manager Advisor ($3.49 billion; 20 issues) Full-Year 2009

January 2010 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#17 in U.S. High Yield, Manager Advisor ($1.19 billion; 4 issues) Full-Year 2009

January 2010 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#20 in Global Bonds, Issuer Advisor ($5.13 billion; 7 issues) Full-Year 2009

November 2009 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#8 in U.S. High Yield Corporate Debt, Manager Advisor, based on number of deals (4) Q1-Q3 2009

November 2009 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#9 in Global Equity Issuances by U.S. Issuers, Manager Advisor, based on number of deals (16) Q1-Q3 2009

November 2009 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#10 in U.S. Common Stock, Manager Advisor, based on number of deals (16) Q1-Q3 2009

November 2009 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#11 in U.S. Equity and Equity-related, Manager Advisor, based on number of deals (16) Q1-Q3 2009

November 2009 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#12 in Global Equity Issuances by U.S. Issuers, Manager Advisor, based on number of deals (7) Q1-Q3 2009

November 2009 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#13 in U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Debt, Manager Legal Advisor, based on number of deals (9) Q1-Q3 2009

November 2009 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#13 in U.S. High Yield Corporate Debt, Manager Advisor, based on proceeds ($1.124 billion) Q1-Q3 2009

November 2009 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#13 in U.S. Common Stock, Manager Advisor, based on proceeds ($2.797 billion) Q1-Q3 2009

November 2009 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#13 in Global Equity Issuances by U.S. Issuers, Manager Advisor, based on proceeds ($2.797 billion) Q1-Q3 2009

November 2009 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#14 in U.S. Straight Debt, Manager Advisor, based on number of deals (13) Q1-Q3 2009

November 2009 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#14 in U.S. Debt, Equity and Equity-related, Manager Advisor, based on number of deals (29) Q1-Q3 2009

November 2009 Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review

#15 in U.S. Equity and Equity-related, Manager Advisor, based on proceeds ($2.797 billion) Q1-Q3 2009

October 2009 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#14 in U.S. Equity Offerings, Manager Advisor ($2.83 billion; 16 issues) Q1-Q3 2009

October 2009 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#14 in U.S. High Yield, Manager Advisor ($1.19 billion; 4 issues) Q1-Q3 2009

October 2009 Bloomberg Legal Advisor League Tables for Capital Markets

#18 in Global Bonds, Issuer Advisor ($5.13 billion; 7 issues) Q1-Q3 2009

October 2009 mergermarket M&A League Table of Legal Advisers

#11 in U.S. (South) M&A by Value ($12.549 billion) Q1-Q3 2009