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About/History:
Vinson & Elkins LLP began in Houston, Texas, as a two man partnership in 1917, when James A. Elkins and William A. Vinson joined professional forces with a studied eye to the future. Both men were ambitious to establish a law firm that would endure, and offer other lawyers the opportunity to prosper and achieve their goals. Vinson recalled the founding partners' fateful decision to merge in this way: "We chatted awhile, and a sudden thought struck me-Here is your man!" Vinson asked, "How would you like to come to Houston?" Elkins replied: "That is the ambition of my life, make me a proposition." The proposition was a partnership, and Elkins' response was unhesitating: "I accept."
Thus, Vinson & Elkins was born.
In those days, the oil boom was already transforming Texas and the world, and Houston was home to much of the energy industry's activity. V&E "cut its teeth" on oil and gas matters, and today remains one of the world's leading energy law firms, with offices in Abu Dhabi, Austin, Dallas, Houston, New York, Washington, Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Palo Alto, Moscow, Shanghai and Tokyo.
Influenced by the strong personalities of its founding partners, V&E 's early hallmarks were stability, adaptability and a congenial informality among its lawyers. Those traits are still in evidence today, even as Vinson & Elkins has grown into a worldwide operation with over 770 lawyers in 14 offices across the globe.
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Office Locations/Subsidiaries:
Abu Dhabi
Al Bateen Building C-2, Suite 202
Al Bateen Area
P.O. Box 60935
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Hong Kong
11th Floor, Gloucester Tower
The Landmark
15 Queen's Road
Central, Hong Kong China
Palo Alto
525 University Avenue
Suite 410
Palo Alto, CA 94301-1918
Austin
2801 Via Fortuna
Suite 100
Austin, TX 78746-7568
Houston
First City Tower
1001 Fannin Street
Suite 2500
Houston, TX 77002-6760
Shanghai
3/F, The Center
989 Chang Le Road
Shanghai 200031 China
Beijing
20/F, Beijing Silver Tower
No. 2 Dong San Huan Bei Lu
Chaoyang District
Beijing 100027 China
London
CityPoint, 33rd Floor
One Ropemaker Street
London EC2Y 9UE
United Kingdom
Tokyo
Atago Green Hills MORI Tower
41st Floor, 2-5-1 Atago
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6241 Japan
Dallas
Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3700
Dallas, TX 75201-2975
Moscow
Novinsky Boulevard, 31
6th Floor
123242 Moscow Russia
Washington
The Willard Office Building
1455 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20004-1008
Dubai
P.O. Box 504945
Emirates Towers Offices
Sheikh Zayed Road
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
New York
666 Fifth Avenue
26th Floor
New York, NY 10103-0040
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