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Municipal Bond Offerings: SEC Charges State of New Jersey for Fraudulent Municipal Bond Offerings
8/19/2010
What Financial Regulatory Reform Means to Private Funds
8/5/2010
Portrait of Notoriety
Wall Street Journal
7/27/2010
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation Provisions
7/21/2010
In Pursuit Of Fair Compensation For Grid Reliability
Law360
7/6/2010
"District Court Recognizes Texas Legislation in Overturning Clark Contracting Decision,"
LJN's Equipment Leasing Newsletter
July 2010
IRS Releases Form 8942 for Qualified Therapeutic Discovery Projects
6/22/2010
Top 10 Do's & Don'ts of Environmental Crisis Response
Law 360
6/8/2010
"An Introduction To Cellulosic Biofuel Waiver Credits"
Law360, The Newswire for Business Lawyers
6/2/2010
IRS Provides Guidance on Application Process for Qualified Therapeutic Discovery Project Investment Tax Credits or Cash Grants
6/2/2010
Carried Interest Tax Provisions of the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010
5/28/2010
EPA Issues Final “Tailoring” Rule for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
5/24/2010
"Developing Wind Energy Projects in Latin America,"
Poster Presentation, American Wind Energy Association
May 2010
"How Would U.S. Climate Legislation Affect Latin America?"
Inter-American Dialogue's Latin America Energy Advisor
May 2010
What is the Outlook for Mortgage Lending Latin America?
The Inter-American Dialogue's Financial Services Advisor
May 2010
Ratings Recalibrations and Material Event Notices
4/29/2010
Investment Tax Credit or Cash Grant in Lieu of Investment Tax Credit for Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Projects
4/20/2010
EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules Expanded to Oil and Gas, Enhanced Oil Recovery
3/31/2010
Can an RTO’s Performance Be Measured?
3/30/2010
Developing Frac Issues – Newly Proposed Completion Rules for Wyoming & Pennsylvania
Paul Bohannon
3/29/2010
FERC’s Proposed Disclosure of the Names of Office of Enforcement Targets
3/15/2010
EPA Rulemaking Hotline
3/3/2010
"How Significant is Carbon Financing for Latin America?"
Inter-American Dialogue's Latin America Energy Advisor
March 2010
"Vorderasiatisches [Middle Eastern] Museum Berlin Loses World War II Trophy Art Case in New York; First German Cultural Institution to Fail on Claim for Return in United States Court"
Kunst und Recht
SEC Proposes Amendments to Issuer Repurchase Rule
Rule 10b-18: Safe Harbor from Liability for Market Manipulation
2/16/2010
EPA Issues New Renewable Fuels Standard
2/12/2010
"PD Vital to the New Way Forward: Insights from Five Managing Partners"
NALP Bulletin
February 2010
"Purchasing Loans? Ten Warning Signs for Investors,"
Private Mortgage Finance Association
February 2010
"5 Things You Should Never Say To A Client"
Law360.com
1/29/2010
Stricter Smog Standards to Burden Municipalities and Industry
1/26/2010
Estate and Generation-Skipping Tax Repeal for 2010
1/13/2010
"Contract Clauses Offer Protection in Infringement Suits,"
Texas Lawyer, In-House Texas, Special Report on Intellectual Property
1/11/2010
Increased Governmental Scrutiny on Oil and Gas Development
1/11/2010
Establishing Bank Holding Company Insolvency: Lessons Learned from The Bank of New England Corporation Bankruptcy
Banking & Financial Services Policy Report
January 2010
Fraudulent Transfer Remedies Available to Bank Holding Company Bankruptcy Trustees After Gramm-Leach-Bliley
The Banking Law Journal
January 2010
"2010: The Start of a Bumpy Recovery for CMBS,"
PREA Quarterly
Winter 2010
"Chapter: Art Market"
Yearbook of Cultural Property Law
2010
"Inside the Minds: Emerging Applications for ADR," author of chapter: "International ADR Developments: Innovative Approaches to Resolving New Types of Disputes"
January 2010
SEC Approves Proposal Regarding Enhanced Proxy Disclosure
12/17/2009
Constructing a Bank Holding Company Insolvency Model: Part II
American Bankruptcy Institute Journal
December 2009
"From Shovel Ready Projects to Sustainable Partnerships"
EnergyPulse
12/2/2009
"Controversial Uses of the "Clawback" Remedy in the Current Financial Crisis"
Texas Bar Journal
December 2009
EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Starts January 2010
11/16/2009
Constructing a Bank Holding Company Insolvency Model: Part I
American Bankruptcy Institute Journal
November 2009
"Legal Aspects of Carbon Trading: Kyoto, Copenhagen, and beyond," co-author of chapter: "Emissions Trading in the US: Legal Issues"
Oxford University Press
October 2009
"Offsetting the Invisible Hand: Flaws in the GHG Offset Regime Under the Waxman-Markey Bill"
Bloomberg Law Reports
October 2009
"Finding 'The One'"
Women's Council on Energy and the Environment's Webzine
10/4/2009
"12 Ways to Get Lenders to Call Back,"
Scotsman Guide
October 2009
"What's Keeping Managing Partners Up at Night? Five Managing Partners to Respond at PDI"
NALP Bulletin
October 2009
General Growth Properties Bankruptcy: SPE Structure Survives, but Consideration of Corporate Group Permitted,
Real Estate Finance
October 2009
EPA Moving Ahead with Regulation of Greenhouse Gases
9/25/2009
"Pleading the Case for Working Together"
Peer to Peer, The Quarterly Magazine of ILTA
September 2009
Impact of the Obama Administration’s Financial Regulatory Overhaul on the Securitization Markets
9/8/2009
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Fast Facts

1. Andrews Kurth LLP received high marks in the recent rankings released by the Chambers USA Guide. The firm received 4 national practice area rankings, 10 Texas practice area rankings and 2 District of Columbia practice area rankings. The guide also ranked 31 Andrews Kurth lawyers, 5 of which ranked nationally. (June 2009)

2. mergermarket ranked Andrews Kurth #11 Legal Advisor for M&A transactions in the South by value           ($12.549 billion) in Q1-Q3. (October 2009)

3. Thomson Reuters ranked Andrews Kurth #9 Underwriters Counsel ($6.53 billion; 165 issues) in its U.S. Municipals Review for Year End 2009. (January 2010)

4. Ranked among the nation’s top debt and equity legal advisors in the recently released Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review for Year-End 2009, including a #3 ranking in U.S. Preferred Stock as Manager Legal Advisor. (February 2010)

5. The American Lawyer magazine ranked Andrews Kurth #5 in its list of Leading World-Wide Gas and Oil M&A Legal Advisors. In 2007, Andrews Kurth engaged in 20 oil and gas merger and acquisition deals that totaled $23.46 billion. (October 2008)

6. PlacementTracker currently lists Andrews Kurth as #4 in its Top 25 Investor Counsel League Table. The firm has closed 1 private placement deal thus far in 2010, totaling more than $124 million in the first quarter of 2010. (February 2010)

7. The American Lawyer 2009 Corporate Scorecard has ranked Andrews Kurth in several categories for securities offerings during 2008, including #2 in Municipal Bonds and #3 in IPOs. In addition, the firm was recognized for its involvement in two of the largest bankruptcies filed in 2008. (April 2009)

8. Named one of best law firms in the nation for women, 2008 and 2009 by Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC. 

9. Created first MLP—master limited partnerships—to help energy clients grow.

10. Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst, 2008 “Most Active Law Firms” in number of deals and funds represented.

11. Counselors in project financing of second largest wind project in U.S., Sweetwater Wind Farm.

12. Andrews Kurth is the seventh largest bankruptcy law firm in the nation.

13. Helped launch Houston Urban Debate League in 2008 to encourage success of public high school students.

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