HOUSTON (February 4, 2008) — Reuters Loan Pricing Corporation has published its year-end US league tables.  Bracewell & Giuliani LLP ranks among the top legal advisors for syndicated loans by transaction dollar volume, faring well even against firms significantly larger in size.
   
Bracewell & Giuliani continues to enjoy a national reputation in the syndicated loan arena.  Each year, the firm advises borrowers, lenders, issuers and underwriters on billions of dollars of finance transactions, representing many of the world’s largest lending institutions, funds, companies and institutional investors in high-level and complex financing deals.

Among borrower law firms, the 2007 Syndicated Loan list ranks Bracewell 10th out of 32 in number of deals and 17th out of 30 in volume.  Among lender law firms, the list ranks Bracewell 14th out of 31 in number of deals and 20th out of 30 in volume.  Among M&A borrower law firms, the list ranks Bracewell 19th out of 35 in number of deals and 28 out of 30 by volume.  In M&A lender law firms, Bracewell is ranked 17th out of 31 by number of deals and 18 out of 30 by volume.  Overall, the firm was ranked 14th out of 30 in number of deals and 18th out of 30 by volume.