Haynes Boone has earned the distinction of Law360 2023 Texas Powerhouse, thanks to "six-dozen multimillion- and multibillion-dollar merger and acquisition deals in the energy and media sectors." While the firm has grown to nearly 700 attorneys across 19 offices worldwide, Haynes Boone remains proud of its Texas roots.
Read an excerpt from Law360’s announcement, including discussion of the award with Energy Law Practice Co-Chair Jeff Nichols.
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Of the 79 M&A deals the Dallas-based firm handled in 2022, hardly any was larger than its representation of Chesapeake Energy Corp. as lead counsel in its $1.43 billion sale of its Texas assets to WildFire Energy I LLC and its $1.4 billion Texas asset sale to INEOS Energy, bringing the firm recognition as a 2023 Texas Powerhouse. …
Haynes Boone has a large Texas presence, with 400 attorneys across offices in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and the Woodlands, and continued its track record of healthy growth this past year with the addition of offices in Denver and Mexico City. …
Jeff Nichols, a partner and the co-chair of Haynes Boone's energy practice group, said part of the firm's success can be attributed to the addition last year of several Shearman & Sterling LLP M&A lawyers.
"We've been one of the most active law firms in the M&A space," he said. "A lot of these deals we're involved with are with private companies, but we've been leading the charge." …
"That's been one of our strengths historically is that we've done well during the ups and the downs because we can shift to bankruptcy work during the busts, and then during the booms, we shift to A&D and finance and development work," Nichols said. …
Nichols said Haynes Boone's success stems from its commitment to specializing in a broad array of legal issues in Texas.
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