HOUSTON – Bracewell LLP’s position as a market-leading firm in the energy, finance, infrastructure and technology sectors, as well as on transactional, regulatory and litigation matters, was reaffirmed in the 2021 edition of The Legal 500 United States. Bracewell earned a total of 76 individual and 28 practice recommendations in this year’s guide.
Among this year’s highlights, two Bracewell partners were named to Legal 500’s Hall of Fame: G. Alan Rafte for Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas; and Paul Shechtman for Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense.
Mark K. Lewis was honored as a Leading Lawyer for Energy Regulation: Oil & Gas. Lewis chairs the firm’s oil and gas regulatory team, which was ranked Tier 1 in this year’s guide.
In addition, two partners were named Next Generation Partners across three categories: Michael W. Brooks for Energy Regulation: Oil & Gas, and Energy Regulation: Conventional Power; and Molly E. Butkus for Energy Transactions: Oil & Gas.
Legal 500 assesses the strengths of law firms in more than 100 jurisdictions based on feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, submissions received from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers.
2021 Rankings
Appellate
- Warren W. Harris
- Yvonne Y. Ho
Capital Markets: Debt
- Will Anderson
- Todd W. Eckland
- Troy L. Harder
- Catherine Hood
- Charles H. Still Jr.
Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders and Advice to Borrowers
- Heather L. Brown
- Dewey J. Gonsoulin Jr.
- Robin J. Miles
- Fernando J. Rodriguez Marin
Corporate Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals and Advice to Corporates
- Stephen L. Braga
- Paul Shechtman – Hall of Fame
Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
- Matthew B. Grunert
- Scott C. Sanders
Energy Litigation: Conventional Power
- Bradley J. Benoit
- Stephen B. Crain
- Deanna E. King
- Catherine P. McCarthy
Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
- Stephen B. Crain
- Deanna E. King
- Mark K. Lewis
Energy Regulation: Conventional Power
- Michael W. Brooks – Next Generation Lawyer
- Deanna E. King
- Catherine P. McCarthy
Energy Regulatory: Oil and Gas
- Michael W. Brooks – Next Generation Lawyer
- Mark K. Lewis – Leading Lawyer
Energy: Renewable/Alternative
- G. Alan Rafte
- Ryan S. Holcomb
Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
- Ryan S. Holcomb
- Danielle M. Varnell
Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
- Molly E. Butkus – Next Generation Partner
- W. James McAnelly III
- G. Alan Rafte – Hall of Fame
Environment: Litigation
- Jeffrey R. Holmstead
- Jason B. Hutt
Environment: Regulatory
- Sara M. Burgin
- Kevin D. Collins
- Kevin A. Ewing
- Jeffrey R. Holmstead
- Jason B. Hutt
- Timothy A. Wilkins
Environment: Transactional
- Jeffrey R. Holmstead
- Jason B. Hutt
- Timothy A. Wilkins
General Commercial Disputes
- Daniel S. Connolly
- Stephen B. Crain
Government Relations
- E. Dee Martin
- Scott H. Segal
- Christine G. Wyman
- Joshua C. Zive
Immigration
- Amber K. Dodds
IP Patent Prosecution
- Michael Chibib
- Brad Chin
- Constance Gall Rhebergen
M&A: Large Deals ($1 Billion+)
- Will Anderson
- W. Cleland Dade
- Lytch T. Gutmann
- Troy L. Harder
- Charles H. Still Jr.
Project Finance: Advice to Lender and Advice to Sponsor
- Thomas M. Tomlinson
- Danielle M. Varnell
Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
- Robert G. Burns
- William A. Wood III
Securities Litigation: Defense
- W. Stephen Benesh
- Tony L. Visage
Technology: Outsourcing
- Jeffrey B. Andrews
- Lucy Tyson
US Taxes: Non-Contentious
- Gregory M. Bopp
- R. Todd Greenwalt
- Elizabeth L. McGinley
