HOUSTON, June 10, 2022 – Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, continues to bolster its rankings across the energy spectrum, reinforcing its leadership in a broad range of subsectors that include oil & gas, LNG, power and renewables.

The firm earned a total of seven national rankings in the Legal 500 US in a range of energy categories, including Tier 1 rankings in Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas; Energy Transactions: Conventional Power; and Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas.

These rankings follow the firm’s impressive showings in Chambers Global 2022 and Chambers USA 2022, as well as Baker Botts being named a Law360 Energy Practice Group of the Year for the third straight year in January.

In Chambers Global, Baker Botts earned Band 1 rankings globally in the categories of: Global – Projects & Energy: Oil & Gas; Africa – Projects & Energy: Oil and Gas; USA – Energy Sector (International and Cross Border); USA – Projects: LNG; and USA – Projects: Oil & Gas.

In Chambers USA 2022, Baker Botts again was the only firm with two lawyers ranked in Band 1 or above nationally in Energy: Electricity (Transactional), and was the only firm to have three lawyers ranked overall in this category. In addition, Baker Botts had the most lawyers recognized nationally in Oil & Gas Litigation, with seven; and is also the only firm with three Band 1 lawyers ranked nationally in Projects: LNG.

In addition to the firm’s Tier 1 rankings in the Legal 500 US 2022, the firm was also ranked in:

• Energy Litigation: Conventional Power
• Energy Regulation: Conventional Power
• Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
• Energy Regulation: Oil and Gas
• Project Finance

Lawyers who were again recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” or “Hall of Fame” in the Legal 500 US 2022 included:

• Jason Bennett (Leading Lawyer) – Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
• Michael Didriksen (Leading Lawyer) – Energy Transactions: Conventional Power; and Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
• William Kroger (Leading Lawyer) – Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
• Elaine Walsh (Leading Lawyer) – Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
• Steven Miles (Hall of Fame) – Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas

Two lawyers received the following rankings in the Legal 500 US for the first time:

• Emil Barth (Next Generation Partner) - Energy Regulation: Oil and Gas
• John Papaspanos (Rising Star) – Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power

In addition to the firm’s practice rankings in Chambers Global and Chambers USA, 11 Baker Botts energy lawyers received a total of 13 Band 1 or Band 2 individual rankings in Chambers USA 2022:

• Jason Bennett – Nationwide: Projects: LNG
• David Jetter – Nationwide: Projects: LNG
• William Kroger – Nationwide: Oil & Gas Litigation
• Louis Layrisson – Nationwide: Oil & Gas Litigation
• Julie Mayo – Nationwide: Projects: LNG
• Meghan McElvy – Nationwide: Oil & Gas Litigation
• Steven Miles – Nationwide Projects; and Nationwide: Projects: LNG
• Jason Newman – Nationwide: Oil & Gas Litigation
• Elaine Walsh – Nationwide: Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
• James Barkley – Texas: Energy: State & Regulatory Litigation (Electricity); and Texas: Energy: State & Regulatory Litigation (Oil &Gas)
• Andrea Stover – Texas: Energy: State & Regulatory Litigation (Electricity)

Further, Amy Hefley and Aaron Streett were both newly ranked in Chambers USA 2022 in Nationwide: Oil and Gas Litigation.

William Lamb was named a “Senior Statesman” in Chambers USA 2022 in Nationwide: Energy: Electricity (Transactional), as was Michael Rosenwasser in Nationwide: Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional).

In addition, three lawyers were recognized as “Up and Coming” in four Chambers USA categories: Emil Barth in Nationwide: Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) and Nationwide: Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation); Jonathan Platt in Nationwide: Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional); and Tina Nguyen in Nationwide: Oil & Gas Litigation.

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