Finance

Efficient, Effective - and No Games
Capital is the universal commodity of business. Adequate access to capital for operations, expansions, and restructurings is essential for any company, and often the most practical solutions are financing vehicles. Haynes and Boone helps bring lenders and borrowers together at the negotiating table, as business counselors who understand the long-term implications of every transaction. We understand what our clients want and help them achieve it - efficiently and cost-effectively - without playing legal games.

With the complexities of today's financial markets, Haynes and Boone's lawyers are here to help navigate clients through the ever-changing maze of syndicated lending, securitizations, project finance, capital markets transactions, and other sophisticated financing vehicles for global businesses. Our finance team has represented domestic and foreign borrowers, domestic and international commercial and investment lenders, non-bank credit companies, vendors, private equity funds, and venture capital funds. Having represented parties on all sides of the financing negotiation table, we are familiar with syndicated investment-grade financings, middle market and private lending transactions, asset based financings, acquisition finance, capital markets transactions, venture capital transactions, project finance, public finance, real estate finance, subordinated and mezzanine debt transactions, multi-currency and cross-border financings, and non-performing loans, workouts, and debt restructurings. Whether the focus is on the capital markets, syndicated lending, securitizations, project finance, or other financial products, Haynes and Boone has the technical experience and creativity to structure new and sophisticated ways to address our clients’ needs.
In addition to our technical expertise in a full range of debt and capital market products, Haynes and Boone has the depth and capabilities to handle the logistical and administrative challenges posed by large primary and secondary lender syndications, extensively collateralized credit facilities, and project finance transactions. Working with borrowers and lenders from the earliest stages of credit structuring through the loan closing and syndication, our objective is to get the deal done - with the best results for our clients.

We consistently rank among the top national and top Texas-based law firms in the representation of lead lenders and borrowers in syndicated loan transactions. Haynes and Boone is also one of the leading U.S. law firms in North America representing agent banks in syndicated capital commitment subscription secured financings to private equity funds and other investment entities in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia.

Our clients include global and domestic commercial and investment banks and other financial institutions, investment funds, and Fortune 500 companies. 

The Haynes and Boone team has also regularly advised and structured transactions involving Asian, Canadian, Latin American, Mexican, and European countries and currencies.

Comprehensive Strength in the Capital Markets and Venture Capital Investing
When companies need capital market access through complex combinations of debt, equity, and securitized financing, Haynes and Boone can handle their needs - from simple capital structures to large, complex transactions. We excel at debt/equity hybrid transactions and at PIPEs transactions and other private placements. We have long represented equity investors and companies raising private capital, and today counsel clients on virtually every legal aspect of early stage and emerging company capital formation and buyout transactions. Our investment clients include top venture capital and private equity funds. We also counsel portfolio companies and high-growth-oriented businesses. We understand what is important to each participant in such transaction and can develop alternate approaches and structures to achieve the resulted they want.

Getting the Maximum from a Restructuring Situation
With one of the largest workout practices in the country, our finance team together with our bankruptcy team, represent a wide range of creditors, both in out-of-court restructurings and in bankruptcy court. These clients rely on us in every step of a reorganization effort, including structuring the terms of financing. Our lawyers work with financial institutions that become lenders to debtors-in-possession, secure return of assets in foreclosure transactions, and structure court-approved repayment schedules. Unsecured creditors, including trade creditors, landlords, and lessors, also look to Haynes and Boone as their advocate in restructuring, and we work to secure the optimum payment to them, pursuing every option from reorganization to liquidation of the debtor.

Workouts, Restructurings and Recapitalizations
Haynes and Boone, LLP has represented the full range of parties in business restructurings, out-of-court workouts, chapter 11 cases, and other insolvency proceedings. These parties include chapter 11 debtors, distressed businesses, official and unofficial creditors' committees, trustees, and lender groups. We have significant experience in the structuring and negotiation of complex commercial transactions involving insolvency-related issues. Our depth of knowledge regarding the statutory and case law impacting complex reorganizations, as well as novel practices and procedures, gives us the tools to creatively resolve debt problems.