Andrews Kurth LLP

01 May 2007

Andrews Kurth LLP in Who's Who Legal: Texas

In the early years it gained a reputation for counselling railway clients and in 1904 helped form the Gulf Coast Line. In 1914 the firm represented Howard Hughes Sr in the formation of Hughes Tool Company and continued a fruitful relationship with the corporation for a further 70 years. Thanks to measured organic growth, the acquisition of developed practices from competitors, and mergers, Andrews Kurth has continued to develop into a well-respected full-service firm.

Nine of the firm’s Texas-based practitioners make it onto the following pages and a number of these are featured in multiple practice areas, highlighting the breadth of experience on offer. Andrews Kurth’s greatest concentration is in the capital markets chapter where it boasts three of the practice area’s leading lights – David Barbour, Robert Jewell and Mike O’Leary (who also appears in Mergers & Acquisitions where he forms a strong duo with the “terrific” Jewell whose experience on energy and REITs was noted). Jewell is also a trusted corporate adviser to special committees and boards of directors and features prominently in our Corporate Governance chapter. The firm also boasts a nationally respected bankruptcy practice and this is evident on the following pages where Hugh Ray is rated as “one of the best-known bankruptcy lawyers in Texas” by one prominent source. Andrews Kurth also features in the Corporate Tax chapter thanks to the inclusion of the “excellent” Thomas Ford. Respondents also noted that the firm “has been growing into” the antitrust field and this is in no small part due to the reputation and efforts of Jerry Beane, who received recommendations from some of the practice area’s leading lights.

Turning towards the project finance and energy sectors, the name of Timothy Unger was never far from the lips of our sources. Unger worked on the $2.15 billion bond offering for Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG project and was consistently endorsed for both project finance, and oil and gas work.

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