Ramey Layne > Vinson & Elkins LLP > Houston, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Ramey Layne
Work Department
Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions
Position
Partner
Career
Ramey’s principal areas of practice are capital markets, securities law, and mergers and acquisitions. He has a particular focus on transactions relating to publicly traded master limited partnerships (MLPs). He represents both issuers and underwriters in public and private securities offerings. Ramey has advised clients on general corporate matters, public company reporting issues, restructuring of partnerships, and reporting obligations in connection with acquisition and disposition of partnership securities. Additionally, Ramey advises clients on Investment Company Act of 1940 avoidance.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
(Next Generation Partners)Vinson & Elkins LLP remains best known for its work in the energy and infrastructure sectors, along with shipping, financial services, manufacturing, real estate and REITs, telecoms, transportation and technology. It routinely advises on IPOs, equity and at-the-market offerings. Its close links to private equity houses and their portfolio companies has brought it an even stronger deal flow in recent years. It has also experienced a notable uptick in renewable energy-related transactions and SPAC IPOs in recent times. Douglas McWilliams, Sarah Morgan, David Oelman and Ramey Layne are amongst the key names in Houston, along with Brenda Lenahan in New York.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United States > Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Capital markets: equity offerings United States > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Government > Government contracts
- Finance > Project finance
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Real estate > Land use/zoning