HOUSTON (April 30, 2008) – Institutional Financial Law Review ranked three Bracewell & Giuliani LLP partners as Best of the Best USA, 2008. G. Alan Rafte, head of the energy and finance practice, and Charles H. Shoneman, co-head of the energy regulatory group, were recognized as leaders in energy and natural resources while Evan D. Flaschen, chair of the financial restructuring group, was recognized as a leader in insolvency and restructuring.

For more than 20 years, Institutional Financial Law Review has established itself as the world’s leader for in-house counsel and practitioners in the financial market rankings.