D. Ferguson McNiel > Vinson & Elkins LLP > Houston, United States > Lawyer Profile
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D. Ferguson McNiel
Work Department
Commercial & Business Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
Ferguson McNiel is an accomplished litigator with forty years’ experience representing clients in commercial, construction, toxic tort and energy cases, including many that resulted in jury trials and arbitrations.
Ferguson’s clients include Fortune 150 corporations and other major companies in a variety of industries, such as consumer products, oil & gas, chemical, pipeline, and professional services. He has also handled a wide variety of architects and engineers in construction-related claims, and significant experience representing general negligence, contract and statutory claims.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
Vinson & Elkins LLP ’s international construction group is overseen by Nicholas Henchie from the firm’s London office. However, Ferguson McNiel – known for his broad litigation handling – and Kaam Sahely – an infrastructure and finance specialist – lead a ‘highly-skilled and seriously client-focused‘ US department in Houston. One of the team’s main strengths lies in its ‘ability to find viable legal solutions to complex commercial and technical topics‘, during public and energy sector work. To this end, Sahely is assisting Gulf Coast Ammonia with their $800m hydrogen-based ammonia production facility in Texas, with backing from ‘very good lawyer, but even better shepherd of projects‘ Alan Alexander and senior associate Stephanie Coco. Mark Brasher and Dallas-based Mark Early are representing Texas Central Partners in the development and construction of a $20 billion high-speed rail line between the DFW Metroplex and Houston, featuring an Italian contractor and Japanese technology consortium, alongside the intended domestic operator.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Energy litigation: conventional power
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Industry focus > Energy regulation: conventional power
- Industry focus > Energy: renewable/alternative power
- Industry focus > Environment: regulatory
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Industry focus > Energy transactions: conventional power
- Industry focus > Environment: litigation
- Industry focus > Environment: transactional
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense