Haynes and Boone, LLP

Recognition

Anne Johnson Named Litigator of Week in AmLaw Litigation Daily The AmLaw Litigation Daily named Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Anne Johnson “Litigator of the Week” for leading a Haynes and Boone appellate team that persuaded an appellate court to overturn a $110 million fraud verdict against BBVA Compass. “Anne Johnson and her team persuaded a Texas appellate court to take the extraordinary step of tossing a jury verdict after the court found that the borrower plaintiff couldn’t establish the basic elements of his fraud claim,” the publication stated.
Diversity

Haynes and Boone Earns Perfect Score in Corporate Equality Index for Third Consecutive Year For a third consecutive year, Haynes and Boone, LLP has earned a 100 percent rating in the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index and the distinction of being one of the “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality.”
Deal News

Haynes and Boone Represents Leading Financial Institution in $2.5 Billion Credit Facility Haynes and Boone, LLP Houston Partner Brent Shultz led a cross-office team that represented the lead arranger and administrative agent in a fully underwritten $2.5 billion term loan to ONE Gas, Inc. The transaction was completed Feb. 22, 2021 and fully documented on a highly expedited basis. The proceeds of the loan will be available to ONE Gas for natural gas purchases as a result of the 2021 winter weather events and the repayment of indebtedness.
Growth

Patent Lawyer Benjamin Pelletier Joins Haynes and Boone’s Precision Medicine and Digital Health Practice Benjamin Pelletier, a patent lawyer with a strong focus on the biotech, pharmaceutical, life science, and medical device industries, has joined Haynes and Boone’s growing Precision Medicine and Digital Health Practice Group in the San Francisco office. A former biochemical engineer, Ben has spent much of his legal career advising clients in the complex and fast-evolving areas of biology, medicine, engineering, and data science.
Offices

Haynes and Boone Names Partner William Cecil as New Managing Partner of London Office Haynes and Boone, LLP has named William Cecil as the new managing partner of the firm’s London office. Cecil took the helm on Jan. 1 – the start of the fifth anniversary year of Haynes and Boone’s successful merger with London-based Curtis Davis Garrard (CDG). Cecil succeeds Partner Brad Richards as managing partner of the London office.
News

Client Handbook - Bridging the Gap During COVID-19 See here for information on Federal Loan Programs for Small to Mid‑Sized Businesses in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Energy

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Recent Alerts

02/26/2021
Implicit Misrepresentations and Reservation of Rights

The recent case of SK Shipping Europe plc v (3) Capital VLCC 3 Corp (5) Capital Maritime Trading Corp [2020] EWHC 3448 (Comm) concerned the time charter of a very large crude...
02/25/2021
Last shot always wins? Not when it misses the target.

The English High Court has recently revisited the long standing “battle of the forms” with a rare result as to which party’s “shot” successfully incorporated its standard terms into the contract.
02/22/2021
Better Late Than Never - Publication of UK Approved List of Ship Recycling Facilities

On 5th February 2021, the United Kingdom Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) published (with an update on 12th February 2021) Maritime Information Notice MIN 657 (M+F) setting out the United Kingdom...
02/19/2021
New York Adopts New Regulations Requiring Registration and Examination for Certain Investment Adviser Personnel and Solicitors

The New York State Department of Law recently adopted new regulations, effective February 1, 2021, governing registration and examination requirements of natural persons representing New York register...
02/19/2021
Texas Storm Impact on the Energy Sector – A Checklist for Policyholders

As winter storms continue to grip Texas, the energy sector has been hit hard. Some companies have been left without power and water for days on end.
02/18/2021
Southern Exposure: Recovering Business Interruption Loss From Winter Storms & Rolling Blackouts

When warmer weather finally returns to Texas and neighboring states, homes and businesses hope to see electricity and other essential utility services restored and human suffering relieved.
02/16/2021
Health Law Vitals - January 2021

The Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) final rule amending the safe harbors to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) recently took effect on January 19, 2021.
02/16/2021
HSR Update: Annual Jurisdictional Thresholds Revisions Effective March 4, 2021; Temporary Suspension of Early Terminations

Decrease in HSR Thresholds and Early Termination Suspension. The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently announced its annual adjustments to the jurisdictional thresholds for premerger notification ...
02/15/2021
Oklahoma Strengthens Lead Over Texas in First Purchaser Protection Matchup in In re First River Energy, LLC

We discussed in the March 2020 edition of the Texas Bar Journal the bankruptcy court ruling by Judge Craig A. Gargotta of San Antonio in In Re First River Energy LLC that oil and ga...
02/11/2020
Proposed Amendments to the Electricity Industry Law

On February 1, 2021, president Andrés Manuel López Obrador presented to the Chamber of Deputies his proposed “Initiative to amend certain dispositions of the Electricity Industry Law” (the “Initiative...

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