Christopher Dewar > Vinson & Elkins LLP > Dallas, United States > Lawyer Profile
Vinson & Elkins LLP Offices
TRAMMELL CROW CENTER
2001 ROSS AVENUE, SUITE 3700
DALLAS, TX 75201-2975
TEXAS
United States
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Christopher Dewar
Work Department
Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Cris Dewar represents banks, alternative/direct lenders and corporate and private equity-backed borrowers in loan transactions in a variety of sectors with a particular focus on the energy industry.
Cris has deep experience advising on a wide range of commercial lending transactions, including reserve-based lending, asset-based lending, mezzanine and unitranche financings, institutional term loans, second-lien financings, underwritten acquisition financings, restructurings and workouts, debtor-in-possession and exit facilities, and complex intercreditor arrangements.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Commercial lending
Under the leadership of Dallas-based Erec Winandy and Houston’s Brian Moss, Vinson & Elkins LLP‘s ‘top notch legal talent’ focuses heavily on financing transactions in the energy sector, advising, individual and syndicates of banks as lenders and energy companies as borrowers on the structuring of secured loans or revolving credit facilities. The practice also advises energy sector clients on a range of acquisition finance structures, including leveraged buyout and mezzanine financing deals. Also in Houston, James Longhofer is sought after by predominantly energy industry clients seeking assistance with obtaining mezzanine financing and syndicated credit structures. In New York, Brett Santoli and Tzvi Werzberger advise a range of sectors, including energy, mining and transport clients on project finance loans and asset-based credit structures. Dallas’ Christopher Dewar is another name to note for reserve and asset-based lending.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Finance > Project finance
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government contracts
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism