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Kenneth J. Friedman in the New York Law Journal: Pro bono work

After standing vacant for nearly a decade, the redevelopment of 470 Vanderbilt Ave., between Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, has attracted two tenants seeking large spaces. >>

Best Lawyers in America 2012 Honors Firm, Haynes and Boone Lawyers

DALLAS – Ninety-four Haynes and Boone, LLP attorneys have been included in Best Lawyers in America's 2012 ranking of the nation’s top legal talent. >>

Madison Avenue Transaction Caps Flurry of New York Real Estate Transactions Handled by Haynes and Boone

NEW YORK – The recent $285 million sale of the 660 Madison Avenue office tower – reportedly the largest single-asset transaction completed in the U.S. during 2010 – topped a period of heavy activity for Haynes and Boone New York real estate attorneys.

Firm lawyers also handled the largest Manhattan lease negotiated to completion in 2010, and the second largest office building sale by gross price completed during the fourth quarter.

“These transactions are indicative of the high caliber work being performed by the attorneys we’ve brought on board in the last year or so,” said New York office Managing Partner Kenneth Bezozo. “Quite simply, Haynes and Boone has become a major player in the New York and East Coast real estate markets by virtue of these attorneys and the extraordinary clients they represent.” >>

NYLJ: Haynes and Boone New York Moving to 30 Rockefeller Center

The Texas firm of Haynes and Boone will put down more permanent Big Apple roots in much roomier quarters. The firm has signed a 15-year lease for 74,600 square feet, the entire 25th and 26th floors at the 70-story 30 Rockefeller Center.

The firm has signed a 15-year lease for 74,600 square feet, the entire 25th and 26th floors at the 70-story 30 Rockefeller Center. That will more than double the 35,000 square feet it occupies in the McGraw-Hill Building at 1221 Avenue of the Americas.

"We have done well and expect to continue doing well," Kenneth J. Bezozo, Haynes and Boone's New York managing partner, said in an interview. Among the office's practice areas are finance, litigation, tax, real estate and bankruptcy.
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