David Peck > Vinson & Elkins LLP > Dallas, United States > Lawyer Profile

Vinson & Elkins LLP works with clients on compensation matters at the intersection of corporate transactions and governance. Led by David D’Alessandro  in Houston and David Peck  in Dallas, the team advises on equity arrangements, incentive structures, and regulatory compliance in M&A, IPOs, and private equity transactions, including structuring executive packages in billion-dollar mergers or advising on tax-efficient benefit strategies.

Vinson & Elkins LLP represents a vast array of domestic and foreign clients across a broad range of industries including energy, finance, technology, and real estate in transactional matters ranging from structuring inbound and outbound investments, advising on US or UK tax aspects of cross-border transactions. Additionally the firm provides a robust international tax planning practice advising formations of new financing and ownership structures, cross-border mergers and acquisitions and transfer pricing planning and implementation. The team is co-headed by Dallas-based David Peck  and Houston-based Ryan Carney who both advise on transactions and structuring matters including M&A, and investments. In Dallas, Natan Leyva advises borrowers and lenders on the tax aspects of domestic and cross-border financing transactions.

The ‘responsive and professional’ team at Vinson & Elkins LLP advises on a variety of tax matters, including those relating to REITs, energy sector work, and funds work, as well as advising public and private corporations, private equity funds, investors, and SPACs on various complex transactions. Leading the group is Ryan Carney in Houston, advising on M&A, joint ventures, divestitures, and public offerings, and David Peck in Dallas, who advises private equity clients on fund formations and investment partnerships. In Washington DC, Gary Huffman focuses on domestic and international tax planning as well as structuring for MLPs. Other key figures within the practice include New York’s ‘impressive’ Ron Nardini, as well as the ‘very knowledgeable’ Sean Moran in Austin and Lauren Collins in Los Angeles. Jorge Medina and Jenny Speck have joined the firm from A&O Shearman and Bracewell LLP, respectively.