In its annual Corporate Deal Tracker report of Texas capital market transactions, The Texas Lawbook ranked Haynes and Boone, LLP seventh in Texas-led and eighth in Texas-related deal count. The rankings track capital market transactions handled by Texas lawyers regardless of whether the clients or the transactions were based in Texas. Haynes Boone was one of only nine firms to handle 20 or more offerings for various clients in Texas-related deals.
"The rankings reflect our team's dedication to excellence in navigating intricate offerings in the capital markets," said Matt Fry, co-chair of the Capital Markets and Securities Practice Group. "Our capital markets team has witnessed steady growth in recent years, facilitating a myriad of debt and equity offerings across various sectors, including financial services, life sciences, technology and energy. These transactions have ranged from initial public listings to creative and opportunistic financings for mature companies."
The Haynes Boone Capital Markets team recently represented Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI) as issuer’s counsel in its offering of approximately $80.2 million of 5.25 percent Convertible Senior Notes. The team also represented Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: EOSE) in a $50 million underwritten public offering of shares of common stock and accompanying common warrants.
The Texas Lawbook rankings follow high marks for the Haynes Boone Capital Markets and Securities Group from The Deal, which placed the firm in all three of its legal categories that track private placements of equity and registered direct offerings of equity securities by publicly listed companies that result in gross cash proceeds to the company of at least $1 million.
The Haynes Boone Capital Markets and Securities Group provides comprehensive advice to clients traded on all major U.S. securities exchanges, over-the-counter markets, and many foreign markets, on a full range of securities transactions and reporting matters. The group has helped companies raise capital and comply with evolving securities laws and practices for more than four decades.
About Haynes Boone
Founded in 1970, Haynes and Boone, LLP provides a full spectrum of legal services across multiple sectors, including energy, financial services, private equity and technology. The firm’s nearly 700 lawyers practice in 19 offices in California, Colorado, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Washington, D.C., as well as London, Mexico City and Shanghai. Haynes Boone was recognized in the 2022 BTI Consulting Group’s A-Team report, which identified firms commended by in-house counsel for superior client service, and it was ranked 21st in The American Lawyer’s 2023 Diversity Scorecard, which evaluated 228 participating firms by the diversity of their attorney populations. For more information, visit haynesboone.com.
