Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Vinson & Elkins LLP Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$90M
Total assets
220
Participants
90th
Percentile by assets
$408,203
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Vinson & Elkins LLP · Texas · Professional & Technical Services

What the 2024 filing shows

Vinson & Elkins LLP Pension Plan holds $90M for 220 participants - about $408,203 per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, down 28.4% over the 2024 plan year.

$90M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
220
covered participants
90th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$408,203
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $36M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Professional & Technical Services

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Vinson & Elkins LLP Pension Plan

Vinson & Elkins LLP Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Vinson & Elkins LLP, headquartered in Texas. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $90M in total end-of-year assets and covers 220 participants across the Professional & Technical Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 741183015, and the plan has been effective since 1961-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets declined sharply from $125M at the beginning of 2024 to $90M at year-end - down 28.4%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $90M, with reported net income of -$36M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Vinson & Elkins LLP has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $996M to $1.1B, a gain of 12.5%, while reported participants moved from 1,931 to 1,927 (-0.2%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $1.1B; the softest was 2022 at $996M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $996M in assets across 5 plans covering 1,931 participants; 2023 - $1.1B in assets across 5 plans covering 1,875 participants; 2024 - $1.1B in assets across 5 plans covering 1,927 participants.

By assets, Vinson & Elkins LLP Pension Plan outranks 90% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 0.9x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank Vinson & Elkins LLP Pension Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$125M
Total Assets (End of Year)$90M
Net Assets (End of Year)$90M
Net Income-$36M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN741183015
Plan Effective Date1961-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Vinson & Elkins LLP)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 1,931 $996M
2023 5 1,875 $1.1B
2024 5 1,927 $1.1B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Vinson & Elkins LLP Pension Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Vinson & Elkins LLP Pension Plan holds $90M in total assets with 220 participants. It is sponsored by Vinson & Elkins LLP.
What type of plan is Vinson & Elkins LLP Pension Plan?
Vinson & Elkins LLP Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1961-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 741183015.
Who sponsors the Vinson & Elkins LLP Pension Plan?
Vinson & Elkins LLP Pension Plan is sponsored by Vinson & Elkins LLP, located in Texas. The sponsor's EIN is 741183015 and the plan operates in the Professional & Technical Services industry.
How did Vinson & Elkins LLP Pension Plan perform in 2024?
Vinson & Elkins LLP Pension Plan declined sharply - down 28.4% during 2024, moving from $125M to $90M in total assets. Net income was -$36M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Vinson & Elkins LLP Pension Plan's numbers.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 741183015.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.