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Vinson & Elkins

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Vinson & Elkins LLP (or V&E) is an international law firm with approximately 700 lawyers worldwide headquartered in the First City Tower in Downtown Houston, Texas. [1]

60 relations: Administrative law, Alberto Gonzales, American City Business Journals, Anti-Defamation League, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Austin, Texas, Beaumont, Texas, Beijing, China, Claude Pollard, Continental Airlines, Dallas, Downtown Houston, Dubai, Energy industry, Enron, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Financial transaction, First City Tower, George Peddy, Hong Kong, Houston, Houston Astros, Houston Ballet, Houston Grand Opera, Infrastructure, Intellectual property, J. Evans Attwell, James A. Elkins, Jeff Smisek, John Connally, Law firm, Lawsuit, Limited liability partnership, London, Mark Tuohey, Mayor of Dallas, Moscow, New York City, Office of the United States Trade Representative, Oil and gas law in the United States, Richmond, Virginia, Riyadh, Ron Kirk, San Francisco, Shanghai, Spindletop, Taipei, Tax law, Texas, ..., Texas Attorney General, Theodore Kassinger, Tokyo, United States Attorney General, United States Department of Commerce, United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce, United States Secretary of the Navy, United States Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D.C., White House Chief of Staff. Expand index (10 more) »

Administrative law

Administrative law is the body of law that governs the activities of administrative agencies of government.

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Alberto Gonzales

Alberto R. Gonzales (born August 4, 1955) is an American lawyer who served as the 80th United States Attorney General, appointed in February 2005 by President George W. Bush, becoming the highest-ranking Hispanic American in executive government to date.

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American City Business Journals

"." Houston Business Journal.

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Anti-Defamation League

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL; formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith) is an international Jewish non-governmental organization based in the United States.

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Attorney General for the District of Columbia

The Attorney General for the District of Columbia is the chief legal officer of the District of Columbia.

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Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties.

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Beaumont, Texas

Beaumont is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Texas in the United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Beijing

Beijing, formerly romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China, the world's second most populous city proper, and most populous capital city.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Claude Pollard

Claude Pollard (February 14, 1874 – November 25, 1942) was Attorney General of Texas from 1927 - 1929.

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Continental Airlines

Continental Airlines was a major United States airline founded in 1934 and eventually headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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Dallas

Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Downtown Houston

Downtown is the largest business district in Houston, Texas, located near the geographic center of the metropolitan area at the confluence of Interstate 10, Interstate 45, and Interstate 69.

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Dubai

Dubai (دبي) is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Energy industry

The energy industry is the totality of all of the industries involved in the production and sale of energy, including fuel extraction, manufacturing, refining and distribution.

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Enron

Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas.

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the United States federal agency that regulates the transmission and wholesale sale of electricity and natural gas in interstate commerce and regulates the transportation of oil by pipeline in interstate commerce.

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Financial transaction

A financial transaction is an agreement, or communication, carried out between a buyer and a seller to exchange an asset for payment.

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First City Tower

1001 Fannin is a skyscraper in downtown Houston, Texas.

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George Peddy

George Edwin Bailey Peddy (August 22, 1892 - June 13, 1951) was a Texas lawyer and politician who ran in 1922 as a combination Independent Democrat/Republican write-in candidate for the United States Senate and in 1948 as a Democrat, losing both times.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States, with a census-estimated 2017 population of 2.312 million within a land area of.

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Houston Astros

The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas.

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Houston Ballet

The Houston Ballet, operated by the Houston Ballet Foundation, is the fourth-largest professional ballet company in the United States, based in Houston, Texas.

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Houston Grand Opera

Houston Grand Opera (HGO), located in Houston, Texas, was founded in 1955 by German-born impresario Walter Herbert and Houstonians Elva Lobit, Edward Bing, and Charles Cockrell.

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Infrastructure

Infrastructure is the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or other area, including the services and facilities necessary for its economy to function.

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Intellectual property

Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect, and primarily encompasses copyrights, patents, and trademarks.

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J. Evans Attwell

Joseph Evans Attwell (March 25, 1931 – October 27, 2007) was the youngest managing partner of Vinson & Elkins, the largest law firm in Texas and the largest single law office in the world, from 1981 to 1991.

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James A. Elkins

James Anderson Elkins Sr. (25 September 18791972) was a lawyer and banker in Houston, Texas.

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Jeff Smisek

Jeffery Alan "Jeff" Smisek (born 17 August 1954) is an American businessman, who was the chairman, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Continental Airlines from January 1, 2010 until the merger with United Airlines in October 2010.

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John Connally

John Bowden Connally Jr. (February 27, 1917June 15, 1993) was an American politician.

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Law firm

A law firm or a law company is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law.

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Lawsuit

A lawsuit (or suit in law) is "a vernacular term for a suit, action, or cause instituted or depending between two private persons in the courts of law." A lawsuit is any proceeding by a party or parties against another in a court of law.

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Limited liability partnership

A limited liability partnership (LLP) is a partnership in which some or all partners (depending on the jurisdiction) have limited liabilities.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Mark Tuohey

Mark H. Tuohey III is an American attorney best known for representing corporations and white collar clients.

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Mayor of Dallas

The Mayor of the City of Dallas is the head of government for the city.

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Moscow

Moscow (a) is the capital and most populous city of Russia, with 13.2 million residents within the city limits and 17.1 million within the urban area.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Office of the United States Trade Representative

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is the United States government agency responsible for developing and recommending United States trade policy to the President of the United States, conducting trade negotiations at bilateral and multilateral levels, and coordinating trade policy within the government through the interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) and Trade Policy Review Group (TPRG).

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Oil and gas law in the United States

Oil and gas law in the United States is the branch of law that pertains to the acquisition and ownership rights in oil and gas both under the soil before discovery and after its capture, and adjudication regarding those rights.

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Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Riyadh

Riyadh (/rɨˈjɑːd/; الرياض ar-Riyāḍ Najdi pronunciation) is the capital and most populous city of Saudi Arabia.

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Ron Kirk

Ronald Kirk (born June 27, 1954) is an American lawyer, politician and member of the Democratic Party.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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Shanghai

Shanghai (Wu Chinese) is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China and the most populous city proper in the world, with a population of more than 24 million.

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Spindletop

Spindletop is a salt dome oil field located in the southern portion of Beaumont, Texas in the United States.

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Taipei

Taipei, officially known as Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China, "ROC").

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Tax law

Tax law is an area of legal study dealing with the constitutional, common-law, statutory, tax treaty, and regulatory rules that constitute the law applicable to taxation.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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Texas Attorney General

The Texas Attorney General is the chief legal officer.

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Theodore Kassinger

Theodore William Kassinger (born January 26, 1953) was the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce from 2004-2005 and General Counsel to the U.S. Department of Commerce from 2001-2004 during the administration of George W. Bush.

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Tokyo

, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.

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United States Attorney General

The United States Attorney General (A.G.) is the head of the United States Department of Justice per, concerned with all legal affairs, and is the chief lawyer of the United States government.

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United States Department of Commerce

The United States Department of Commerce is the Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth.

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United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce

The Deputy Secretary of Commerce is a high-ranking position within the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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United States Secretary of the Navy

The Secretary of the Navy (or SECNAV) is a statutory officer and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department (component organization) within the Department of Defense of the United States of America.

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United States Secretary of the Treasury

The Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the U.S. Department of the Treasury which is concerned with financial and monetary matters, and, until 2003, also included several federal law enforcement agencies.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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White House Chief of Staff

The White House Chief of Staff has traditionally been the highest-ranking non-elected employee of the White House.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinson_%26_Elkins

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