Vinson & Elkins
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| Headquarters |
First City Tower Downtown Houston, Texas |
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| Major practice areas | Transactions, Litigation, Regulatory, Tax, Oil & Gas Law, Intellectual Property, Restructuring/Bankruptcy |
| Key people | Mark Kelly, Chairman; Scott Wulfe, Managing Partner |
| Date founded | 1917 |
| Founder | James A. Elkins and William A. Vinson |
| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
| Website | |
| www.velaw.com | |
Vinson & Elkins LLP (or V&E) is an international law firm headquartered in the First City Tower in Downtown Houston, Texas. The firm has offices in major energy, financial, and political centers worldwide, including Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Dubai, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Moscow, New York City, Palo Alto, Richmond, Riyadh, San Francisco, Taipei, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C. The firm is currently led by Mark Kelly as Chairman and Scott Wulfe as Managing Partner.
The firm was founded in Houston, Texas, in 1917 by Judge James A. Elkins and William A. Vinson.
The firm is known for its energy industry experience, with more than 400 lawyers involved in energy-related legal work. The firm is recognized as “The World’s Leading Energy Law Firm” by Euromoney Magazine 2010 - 2011. In 2011, Chambers & Partners recognized V&E in Projects & Energy: Oil & Gas: Global-wide.
The focus is not surprising given the birth of the modern petroleum industry took place at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas, only 80 miles from Vinson & Elkins' initial office in Houston.
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