V&E, Latham and Baker Botts Dominate Capital Markets Work in H1 2018

Three law firms operating in Texas dominated capital markets activity by advising on 70.5 percent of all securities offerings during the first half of 2018, according to data collected exclusively by The Texas Lawbook’s Corporate Deal Tracker.

Vinson & Elkins, Latham & Watkins and Baker Botts together worked on 91 of the 129 securities offerings during the first six months of this year. The transactions handled by those three firms raised nearly $52.6 billion — 78.7 percent of the $66.8 billion total generated through CapM in H1 2018.