In this Modo Energy podcast, WSG member Conrad Purcell, Partner at Haynes Boone discusses the increasing legal complexity surrounding the financing of battery energy storage systems (BESS). He highlights that while debt financing remains a core component, its application to BESS projects raises distinct legal considerations, including revenue certainty, asset longevity and technology risk, emphasizing uncertainty as the biggest barrier to bankability in battery storage financing today.
In a recent episode of The Lawyer’s Edge podcast, WSG member Vicki Odette, Partner at Haynes Boone explores the essential elements in becoming a rainmaker while sharing her experience in integrating business development into her professional practice. She highlights the importance of identifying strategies that align with personality, which can ultimately lead to a more substantial benefit than client acquisition. By observing practices of successful partners and conducting her own experiments, she is able to develop a network founded on trust rather than transactional relationships.
In this Bloomberg Law article by Gillian R. Brassil, WSG member Charlene Liu, Partner at Haynes Boone discusses AI-related legal implications due to rapid advancements in technology, such as DeepSeek, and concerns about misleading AI representations (AI-washing), highlighting the challenges in understanding AI technology and regulations.
WSG member firms Haynes Boone, Heuking, Kochhar & Co. and MinterEllison collaborated on Morae Global Corporation's acquisition of UK-based technology and managed legal services provider Exigent Group Limited. The combined company creates one of the legal industry's largest providers in the world and doubles Morae's service delivery capacity by bringing all the global expertise and resourcing scale of both companies into a single platform.
As key players in their regions, these firms and their collaborations on important client deals continue to be a testament to the power of WSG member relationships and the highest level of success WSG members provide to key global clients.
