Bracewell LLP

Managing Partner: Gregory M Bopp

Number of partners: 176

Number of lawyers: 362

Languages: Arabic, Bangla, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese

Firm Overview

Bracewell is a leading law firm that is known worldwide for its unique depth and experience in the energy, infrastructure, finance and technology industries throughout the world. The firm's industry focus results in comprehensive state-of-the-art knowledge of the commercial, legal and governmental challenges faced by its clients and enables it to provide innovative solutions to facilitate transactions and resolve disputes.

Main Areas of Practice

Corporate & Securities

Bracewell advises leading companies, financial institutions, private equity firms and small and mid-cap companies on capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, general corporate matters and securities law compliance.

Energy & Infrastructure – Oil & Gas

Bracewell represents clients across the oil and gas value chain, including upstream exploration and development companies; oilfield service businesses; pipeline, storage and terminals companies; refining and chemicals companies; commercial banks, trading houses, investors and private equity investors involved in oil and gas; and investment banks, other intermediaries and strategic advisors to oil and gas companies and investors.

Energy & Infrastructure – Power

Bracewell represents utilities, independent power producers, retail electric businesses, commodity trading houses and investors in transactions and regulatory and compliance matters relating to conventional and renewable power sources and transmission.

Environment, Lands & Resources

Bracewell provides advice, strategy and advocacy related to the most significant environmental legal issues, including regulatory enforcement and compliance, strategic permitting, infrastructure development, corporate transactions, incident preparedness and response, investigations, litigation, and policy and public advocacy.

Finance

Lenders, underwriters, issuers and borrowers turn to Bracewell’s finance team for its extensive capabilities to assist with high-level and complex financing deals. Bracewell advises sponsors and lenders in financings of all forms, including corporate loans, capital market debt, first and second lien financing, project financing, and restructurings and workouts.

Financial Restructuring

Bracewell’s cross-disciplinary team advises on special situations, distressed investments and acquisitions, lending and financing activities in connection with Chapter 11 proceedings and out-of-court transactions.

Government Relations

Bracewell’s policy resolution group is a unique team of lawyers, lobbyists and strategic communications professionals with decades of experience operating in Washington, DC.

Litigation

Bracewell litigators have excelled in courtrooms across the United States and internationally, earning the respect of both judges and adversaries. The team represents industry leaders in their most high-profile and complex matters, including commercial, securities, patent, white-collar, international arbitration, environment and energy litigation, as well as appellate issues arising from these matters.

Public Finance

Bracewell provides bond, disclosure and tax counsel to issuers, underwriters, trustees, third-party credit providers and borrowers. The team assists clients with traditional and highly structured project finance conduit transactions involving housing, industrial development, hospitals and other healthcare facilities, higher education, private and primary secondary schools, cultural arts organisations, nonprofit organisations, waste disposal facilities, airports and state agencies.

Tax

Bracewell’s tax team advises clients on federal, state and international tax issues related to structuring and documenting business transactions. The firm is well verses with tax considerations relevant to c-corporations, s-corporations, partnerships, MLPs, REITs, trust and sovereign entities.

Technology & Intellectual Property

Bracewell utilises a well-rounded approach to facilitate protection of technology assets to align with the long term goals of the client. Bracewell provides practical coverage in all areas of technology and intellectual property, with established practitioners who file, prosecute and litigate patents, trademarks, and copyrights, and provide advice and support on an array of transactional or adversarial matters. Lawyers also advise on outsourcing, licensing, technology transfers and joint venture agreements.

Government Enforcement & Investigations

Bracewell guides business institutions, executive and employees through the challenges associates with investigation and prosecution. The firm conducts internal investigations; defends clients in criminal, civil and regulatory investigations and prosecutions; and advises on corporate compliance programs.