Does anyone have any insight into the culture at Vinson & Elkins in Texas? I am considering lateraling and would appreciate any insight.

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I’m a Texan and I think that might make a difference in my point of view but I’ve always thought of VE as a very good, somewhat buttoned-up firm. Not the most fun culture in my opinion but if the Texas based firms I don’t think you could do better

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Can you elaborate a little bit on what you mean? I did undergrad and law school both in Texas and currently practice in Dallas so even though I wasn’t born here, I like to think of myself as a Texan too.

Sweatshop? That’s all I’ve ever heard.

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Houston or Dallas?

Disagree. I’m at VE Houston and I think it’s got a terrific culture. Similar to Latham and better than Kirkland.

Some really great and cool associates in the Dallas lit group.

Fun group of people in Houston

Spotty. They boast a collegial, fun culture and that’s mostly true, but there are some stab you in the back folks too just like at any firm. The M&A group is a better, more stable group than CapMarkets (even though they says it’s one group MACM it’s really two).

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