Vinson & Elkins advised Natural Resource Partners L.P. in its $205 million acquisition of VantaCore Partners LP, a privately held limited partnership specializing in the construction materials industry.

The V&E team was led by corporate partners Caroline Blitzer Phillips and Ramey Layne with assistance from associates Kai Haakon Liekefett, James Brown, Benji Barron and Thomas Verity.  Also assisting were partner John Lynch and associate Sam Kamyans; partner Sean Becker; partner Shane Tucker and associate Stephen Jacobson; partner Casey Hopkins; partner Neil Imus; and associates Will Russ and Julie de Neufville.