DALLAS / MEXICO CITY –
Chambers Latin America 2013 recently recognized Haynes and Boone, LLP and its Mexican affiliate Haynes and Boone, SC for its leading work in three different categories in Latin America and Mexico. The firm and its lawyers were recognized in the areas of Latin America-wide corporate / M&A and international arbitration. >>
Two transactions led by Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers have been selected as 2012 Deals of the Year by
Project Finance magazine. The magazine featured the firm’s Tarahumara Pipeline transaction as the Latin America Midstream Deal of the Year and its work with the Panda Power Funds financings of Texas power plants as the North American Merchant Power Deal of the Year. >>
NEW YORK – Haynes and Boone, LLP New York welcomes back
Todd Ransom as a partner in the firm’s
Prime Brokerage and Equity Lending Practice Group, a specialized practice focused on leveraged and derivative products and brokerage transactions used by financial institutions and private and public funds. >>
On March 28, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued a final order exempting specified transactions by certain regional transmission organizations (“RTO”) and independent system operators (“ISO”) from all but the general anti-fraud and anti-manipulation prohibitions of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) and related CFTC regulations promulgated thereunder (“Exemptive Order”). >>
On April 1, 2013, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued a final rule exempting swaps between certain affiliated entities from the clearing requirement under section 2(h)(1)(A) of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) and CFTC regulations (“Final Rule”). >>
In recent months, high profile M&A warranty claims and falling premiums have dramatically increased the utilization of "representations and warranty insurance" (RWI), also known as "warranty and indemnity insurance," in mergers, acquisitions and related transactions. >>
An oil and gas energy revolution is occurring in the United States, creating a “historic opportunity to reinvigorate the U.S. economy and greatly strengthen the nation’s global geopolitical position”. >>
The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”), pursuant to its rulemaking authority under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) , has interpreted guarantees of swap agreements to fall under the definition of a swap... >>
On January 23, 2013, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (“FFIEC”) issued a notice for comment on its proposed guidance, Social Media: Consumer Compliance Risk Management Guidance (the “Guidance”). >>