The 2006 edition of the IFLR 1000, The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms, identified Vinson & Elkins as a recommended firm in a combination of six practice areas in two countries:

• Banking and finance, United Arab Emirates
• Corporate and commercial, United Arab Emirates
• Capital markets - debt and equity, United States
• Capital markets - high yield debt, United States
• Mergers and acquisitions, United States
• Project Finance, United States

"The guide lists only corporate and financial law firms at the top of their profession in over 100 jurisdictions….  Recommendations were made on the basis of face-to-face and telephone interviews with leading private practice lawyers and in-house counsel from the world’s most important business and financial centers."