Vinson & amp; Elkins LLP (or V & amp; E ) is an international law firm with approximately 700 lawyers around the world based in First City Tower in Downtown Houston, Texas. Rank 2018 Vault puts V & amp; E as the number 1 company in Texas, and the initial salary for the first year employee is $ 180,000.
The company has 15 offices in major energy, financial and political centers around the world, including Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Dubai, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Moscow, New York City, Palo Alto, Richmond, Riyadh, San Francisco, Taipei, Tokyo, and Washington, DC Firma is currently headed by Mark Kelly as Chairman and Scott Wulfe as Managing Partner.
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The company was founded in Houston, Texas, in 1917 by Judges James A. Elkins and William A. Vinson.
Specialization
The company is known for its energy industry experience, with over 400 lawyers engaged in energy-related legal works. The company is recognized as "The Office of the Law of Leading Energy in the World" by Euromoney Magazine 2010 - 2011 . In 2011, Chambers & amp; Partners acknowledge V & amp; E in Project & amp; Energy: Oil & amp; Gas: Global-wide.
The focus is not surprising given that the birth of the modern petroleum industry took place in Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas, just 80 miles from Vinson & Elkins's early office in Houston.
The practice area
Vinson & amp; Elkins has grown from its core energy practice to many other practices including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets, infrastructure, infrastructure development, finance, international transactions, regulatory issues, professional responsibility, intellectual property, complex commercial litigation, restructuring and reorganization, climate change, environment, labor and employment, taxes, employee benefits and executive compensation, appeals, curses, and real estate.
In 2001, V & E received negative attention because of its role as legal counsel for Enron, a Houston-based energy company. During the years after the collapse of Enron, Vinson & amp; Elkins is the subject of a number of claims, and his representatives from Enron are overseen by news organizations, the US Congress, and federal agencies. Vinson & amp; Elkins was voluntarily dismissed without payment in January 2007 from the last significant litigation involving the collapse of Enron. The law firm agreed to pay $ 30 million to an energy company bankruptcy firm that failed to avoid a lawsuit that claimed it helped in the company's collapse.
In the legal profession, V & amp; E is recognized to break down religious, racial, and gender barriers that impede the progress of gifted lawyers. In 1942, the founder of the Vinson Company sued the State of Texas for more representation on the jury, and the company continued to make progress in improving diversity in the legal profession. In 2009, the company was again named the Community of Respect by the Anti-Pollution League, the V & amp; E has been retained since the beginning of the program in 2006, and is also a double recipient of the Thomas L. Sager Award for South/Southwest Region by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association for its ongoing corporate commitment to diversity. In 2009, for the second year in a row, Working Mother Magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers named Vinson & amp; Elkins is one of the "Best Law Companies for Women," citing the company's continued focus on employment and women-friendly policies. In 2009, the Houston Municipal Flexible Workplace Initiative Program honored Vinson & amp; Elkins for the second year in a row with Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility. In addition, in 2009, the Human Rights Campaign provided V & amp; E perfect score, for the second consecutive year, on the Corporate Corporate Equity Index (CEI) in 2009, which rates businesses on a scale from 0 to 100 percent based on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) policies and workplace benefits.
Community engagement
Outside the legal arena, Vinson & amp; Elkins has also been recognized for community involvement and support for art. V & amp; E has become the only law firm named for The BCA Ten, sponsored by the Business Committee for Art, Inc. and Forbes magazine, a list of the top 10 art business customers in the US, and has been named twice. The company has maintained long-term pro bono relationships with The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston Ballet, and the Houston Grand Opera, and supports many other arts, civics and charitable organizations in the community where V & E has an office.
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International
V & amp; E has an active practice in China advising Chinese companies about energy-related mergers and acquisitions. In 2013, V & amp; E announced plans to close its offices in Shanghai and concentrate Chinese training in Beijing and Hong Kong.
Managing partners
- Mark Kelly and Scott Wulfe (2012-present)
- Joseph C. Dilg (2002-2011)
- Harry M. Reasoner (1992-2001)
- Evans Attwell (1981-91)
- A. Frank Smith, Jr. (1971-81)
- Lewis White (1962-71)
- Raybourne Thompson, Sr (1959-62)
- Robert A. Shepherd, Sr. (1952-59)
- Warren Dale (office manager 1947-52)
- James A. Elkins (1929-47)
Famous Alumni
- J. Evans Attwell, a former V & amp; E; Chairman, Harris County Hospital District; and partial owner, Houston Astros (1978-1994)
- Howard H. Baker Jr., former US Senator; White House Chief of Staff (1987-88)
- John B. Connally, Jr., presidential candidate (1980); Minister of Finance (1971-72); Governor of Texas (1962-1969); and the Secretary of the Navy (1961-62)
- John "Buck" E. Chapoton, Sr., Assistant Secretary, US Treasury Department (1981-84)
- Carol E. Dinkins, Deputy Attorney General of the Department of Justice (1984-1985); Assistant Attorney General responsible for the Division of Environment and Natural Resources for the Department of Justice (1981-83)
- James A. Elkins, Co-Founder, Vinson & amp; Elkins LLP; Founder, First City Bank
- Alberto Gonzales, US Attorney General (2005-07); White House Counsel (2001-05); Texas State Supreme Court (1999-2001); Secretary of State of Texas (1997-99); General Counsel for Governor George W. Bush (1995-97)
- James J. Hoecker, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) (1997-2001)
- Theodore "Ted" W. Kassinger, Deputy Secretary, US Department of Commerce (2004-); General Counsel, US Department of Commerce (2001-04)
- Ron Kirk, Mayor of Dallas, Texas (1995-2001); US Trade Representative (2009 -)
- George Peddy, a lawyer with Vinson & amp; Elkins (1925-1942); Texas Politicians
- Claude Pollard, Co-Founder of Vinson, Elkins, Wood and Pollard, Texas Attorney General (1927-1929)
- Harry Reasoner, Managing Partner (1992-2001)
- Jeff Smisek, former chairman, president and CEO, Continental Airlines
- Mark Tuohey, candidate for the Attorney General of the District of Columbia
- William A. Vinson, Co-Founder, Vinson & amp; Elkins LLP
- Max Holmes, Founder, Plainfield Asset Management LLC
Professional rating
- Global Space
- Chambers USA
- Best Lawyers in America
- Who's Who
- Legal 500
- Amlaw 100
- National Journal of Law 250
- Lawyer Global 100
- American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard
- Project Financing Offer of the Year
- Global Arbitration Reviews 30
- Euromoney
- Corporate Advisor "Defend and Protect"
- BTI "Host of the Deal"
- Best of the Best USA
References
External links
- Vinson and Elkins official website
- Yahoo! - Vinson & amp; Company Profile Elkins LLP
- Company Profile Official NALP
- Referensiforbusiness.com
- Space & amp; Partners USA and Chambers Student Guide
- Texas Online Handbook
- Vinson & amp; Elkins settles with Enron for $ 30 million
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