Mr George Vlahakos > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > Houston, United States > Lawyer Profile
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Offices
600 TRAVIS, SUITE 4200
HOUSTON, TX 77002
TEXAS
United States
Mr George Vlahakos

Work Department
Corporate/Securities
Position
Partner
Career
George has extensive experience in a broad range of transactional and corporate governance matters. His practice includes representing public and private entities, investment banks and private equity firms in connection with initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and registered offerings and private placements of debt and equity securities (including transactions with Rule 144A resale components). He represents publicly traded real estate investment trusts on general corporate matters, including registration statements and stock offerings. He represents master limited partnerships (MLPs) and has worked with clients across the energy value chain, including those engaged in upstream, midstream, downstream and oilfield service-related activities. George also regularly counsels companies in connection with periodic reporting, insider/ownership reporting and corporate governance issues. George is a member of the firm’s corporate/securities steering committee, hiring committee and policy committee.
Memberships
- Houston Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas
- The Children’s Fund
- The Periwinkle Foundation
- Board of Directors (2003-2006)
- Advisory Board (2006-present)
- Young Texans Against Cancer (YTAC)
Education
- JD, 2003, The University of Texas School of Law
- BA, 1998, Duke University
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
Advising upstream, midstream and oilfield services companies, Sidley Austin LLP’s multidisciplinary team provides regulatory and transactional counsel across M&A project finance, joint ventures, capital markets, and corporate restructuring. Outside of traditional oil and gas work, the firm is active in energy transition initiatives, particularly in carbon capture and sequestration. Kenneth Irvin helms the energy practice from Washington DC. Co-head Cliff Vrielink serves as a key contact for the firm’s leading private equity, infrastructure fund, and oil and gas company clients, advising on investments and acquisitions. Timothy Chandler maintains a broad energy M&A practice spanning multiple jurisdictions, while Stephen Boone, who joined from Akin in May 2024, brings extensive experience in upstream and midstream transactions. Co-managing partner of the Sidley’s Houston office, George Vlahakos also has a strong focus on the oil and gas sector, helping clients with M&A, capital raises and partnership structures. Trent Bridges left the practice in May 2024.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Industry focus > Education
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Miami Elite > International corporate and M&A
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Industry focus > Education
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies