Haynes and Boone, LLP - California

Legal Services | California, USA
tel: +1 650 687 8800 | fax: +1 650 687 8801
525 University Avenue | Suite 400 | Palo Alto | California | 94301-1918 | USA

Main Contacts

Ricardo Garcia-Moreno

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Partner

Offices

Palo Alto, California | Shanghai, China | London, England | Mexico, D.F., Mexico | Costa Mesa, California | San Francisco, California | Denver, Colorado | Washington, D.C. | Chicago, Illinois | Boston, Massachusetts | New York, New York | Charlotte, North Carolina | Austin, Texas | Dallas, Texas | Fort Worth, Texas | Houston, Texas | Richardson, Texas | San Antonio, Texas | The Woodlands, Texas | Tysons Corner, Virginia

Overview

Founded in 1970, Haynes and Boone, LLP is among the fastest-growing firms in the Am Law 100, providing a full spectrum of legal services across multiple sectors, including corporate, M&A, energy, financial services, real estate, restructuring, litigation, intellectual property and specialty transactions. The 2025 Chambers USA Legal Guide ranked the firm in 41 different practice areas.
The firm has 20 offices, spanning Texas, New York, California, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Denver, Virginia, Washington, D.C., London, Mexico City and Shanghai.

Year this Office was Founded: 1994
Lawyers Worldwide: 750

Notable

Areas of Practice

  • Advertising, Marketing, and Promotional Law
  • Affirmative Action and OFCCP Compliance
  • Anti-SLAPP and First Amendment Rights
  • Antitrust and Competition
  • Antitrust Counseling and Compliance
  • Appellate
  • Appellate Case Evaluation and Advice
  • Asia
  • Aviation
  • Bankruptcy Appeals
  • Bankruptcy Litigation
  • Canada
  • Capital Markets and Securities
  • Chapter 11 Debtor
  • Chemical
  • Class Action Defense
  • Climate Change and Corporate Sustainability
  • Cloud Computing
  • Commodities
  • Construction Litigation
  • Copyright
  • Corporate
  • Corporate Governance
  • Corporate Strategic M&A
  • Corporate Tax
  • Counterparty Insolvency and Risk Management
  • Cuba
  • Debt and Equity Financing
  • Distressed M&A
  • Distressed Real Estate
  • Domain Name Disputes
  • Downstream
  • Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
  • Employee Benefits M&A
  • Employment Litigation
  • Energy Appeals
  • Energy Finance
  • Energy Investment Funds and MLPs
  • Energy Litigation
  • Energy Power and Natural Resources
  • Energy Regulatory
  • Energy, Power and Natural Resources
  • Environmental
  • Environmental Crimes
  • Environmental Due Diligence
  • Environmental Litigation
  • ERISA and Other Benefits Litigation
  • ESOPs and Other Stock-Based Plans
  • Europe, Middle East and Africa
  • Executive and Incentive Compensation
  • Export Controls and Trade Compliance
  • False Claims Act/Qui Tam
  • Family Law
  • Family Office
  • Family Wealth and Estate Planning
  • FDA - Medical Device, Food and Cosmetics
  • Fiduciary Disputes
  • Finance
  • Financial Institutions and Insurance Finance
  • Financial Regulatory
  • FinTech Virtual Currency and Blockchain
  • Food, Beverage and Restaurant
  • Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
  • Franchise and Distribution
  • Franchise Litigation
  • Fraud, Abuse, and Compliance
  • Fund Finance
  • Fund Formation and Management
  • Government and Public Policy
  • Government Audits and Investigations
  • Government Contracts
  • Government Enforcement and Litigation
  • Government Relations
  • Greenhouse Gases (GHG)
  • Hatch-Waxman/ANDA
  • Health and Welfare Plans
  • Health Privacy (HIPAA) and Healthcare IT
  • Healthcare and Life Sciences
  • Healthcare Transactions and Regulatory
  • Higher Education
  • Hospitality
  • Hydraulic Fracturing
  • Immigration
  • Import Relief
  • India
  • Indian Law
  • Insurance Recovery
  • Intellectual Property
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Internal Investigations and Crisis Management
  • International
  • International Arbitration
  • International Cartels
  • International Franchise and Distribution
  • International Tax
  • International Trade Commission Section 337 Proceedings
  • Internet
  • Investment Banking and Broker Dealer
  • Investment Management
  • Israel
  • Joint Ventures
  • Labor and Employment
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Lender Representation
  • Leveraged Financings
  • Life Sciences
  • Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
  • Litigation
  • Mechanical
  • Media and Entertainment Litigation
  • Media and First Amendment Appeals
  • Media, Entertainment and Sports
  • Merger Clearance
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Mexico
  • Mexico Energy Reform
  • Midstream
  • Mining and Metals
  • Multi-Currency/Cross Border Financings
  • NAFTA
  • Networking
  • Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) and Workplace Disasters
  • Offshore Oil and Gas
  • Offshore Oil and Gas Dispute Resolution
  • Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration and Production
  • Oil and Gas
  • Oil and Gas Litigation
  • Oilfield Services
  • Outsourcing Transactions
  • Patent Litigation
  • Patent Office Trials
  • Patent Prosecution and Counseling
  • Patents
  • Permitting, Regulatory Counseling, and Compliance
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Plan Fiduciaries Counseling
  • Portfolio Companies and Investors
  • Power and Renewables
  • Prime Brokerage and Equity Lending
  • Privacy and Data Security
  • Private Antitrust Litigation
  • Private Clients and Estate Planning
  • Private Equity
  • Products Liability Litigation
  • Project Finance and Development
  • Public Company Transactions
  • Public Finance
  • Public Law
  • Real Estate
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Real Estate Litigation
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • REITs and REMICs
  • Remediation and Brownfields Developments
  • Restructuring
  • Retirement Plans
  • SEC Enforcement
  • Securities and Shareholder Litigation
  • Shareholder Activism
  • Ship Construction and Conversion
  • Ship Sale and Purchase
  • Shipping
  • Shipping Dispute Resolution
  • Social Media
  • Software
  • Spain
  • Sports Law
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Tax
  • Tax Controversy
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations and Private Foundations
  • Technology
  • Technology and Intellectual Property Appeals
  • Technology Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Technology Transactions
  • Tort and Products Liability Appeals
  • Trade and Export Finance
  • Trade Secret Litigation
  • Trademark Cancellations and Oppositions
  • Trademark Litigation
  • Trademark Prosecution
  • Trademarks
  • Trademarks Advertising and Brand Management
  • Traditional Labor Law
  • Trust and Estate Administration
  • U.S. Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions
  • U.S. Inbound Investment
  • Venture Capital and Emerging Company
  • Wage and Hour Litigation
  • Water Rights

Representative Clients

  • Agilent (GIO) Technologies, Inc.
  • Allergan
  • AMR Corp. (American Airlines)
  • Archon Group, L.P.
  • AT&T
  • Aviall
  • Baylor Health Care System
  • Bank of America
  • Bank One
  • Blockbuster Inc.
  • Boeing
  • Bombay Company
  • BP Amoco Corporation
  • BNSF Railway
  • Calyon
  • Cathay Pacific
  • Celanese
  • Chase Medical
  • Cisco
  • Citi
  • Clear Skies Solar
  • Commercial Metals Company
  • Credit Agricole
  • Credit Suisse
  • Dean Foods
  • Dell Computers, Inc.
  • Dynegy Inc.
  • eBay
  • Ecopetrol SA (Columbia)
  • El Paso Energy
  • Exxon-Mobil
  • Five Mile
  • Flowserve Corporation
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Google
  • Halliburton
  • Highland Capital
  • Hillwood
  • Hilton Hotels & Resorts
  • Home DepotHorizon Wind Energy
  • Humana
  • Hyatt
  • IATA
  • IHOP
  • InspireMD
  • InterOil
  • Inventory Locator Services (ILS)
  • Irradia
  • Krispy Kreme
  • Landry's Restaurants, Inc.
  • LaQuinta Inns
  • Leading Brands Incorporation
  • Lothian Oil, Inc.
  • Lowe's
  • Mirant
  • MMX Mineracao e Metalicos S.A.
  • Natixis
  • NEC
  • Pabst Brewing Company
  • Panda Energy International
  • pcOrder.com, Inc.
  • Qualcomm
  • Rackspace
  • RBS
  • Samsung
  • SL Green
  • SMBC
  • Sysco
  • Tenet Healthcare Corp.
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
  • Trilogy Software, Inc.
  • Trinity Industries, Inc.
  • Triton Energy Corp.
  • Union Pacific
  • Valero Energy Corp.
  • Wells Fargo
  • WhiteWave
  • 7-Eleven

Professionals

Partners

Tom Chen

Tom Chen

Partner
Tamara I. Devitt

Tamara I. Devitt

Partner
Gary J. Edwards

Gary J. Edwards

Partner
Ricardo Garcia-Moreno

Ricardo Garcia-Moreno

Partner
Charlene Liu

Charlene Liu

Partner

Counsel

Bruce M. McNamara

Bruce M. McNamara

Senior Counsel
Michael Shenker

Michael Shenker

Counsel

Other

Daniel Kennedy*

Daniel Kennedy*

Patent Agent

Articles

Roger Royse Q&A: ESG, PE and IPO Prospects for Agtech in 2023

Haynes and Boone, LLP, January 2023

Roger Royse Q&A: ESG, PE and IPO Prospects for Agtech in 2023 December 28, 2022 Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Roger Royse was featured in an AgFunderNews Q&A about environmental, social & governance (ESG), private equity, and initial public offering prospects for agtech in 2023. Below is an excerpt: AFN: Tell us a few really noteworthy investment trends you saw in 2022. RR: One was the dominance of ESG [environmental, social & governance] in agtech...

ESG Decision-Making —What are the alternatives?

Haynes and Boone, LLP, April 2022

ESG—environmental, social, and [corporate] governance—is the focus of socially responsible investing, reflecting the notion that corporations should serve the interests of not only their shareholders, but of all their stakeholders. This paper suggests NEPA’s EIS process provides a possible go-by for corporate decision-makers to use in ensuring that their ESG policies consider the big picture--the cons as well as the pros of their ESG policies. The NEPA process begins when an agency proposes to take action...

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Press releases

Haynes Boone Represents CompletePet Management Team in Sale to Blue Sea Capital

Haynes and Boone, LLP, September 2026

Haynes Boone represented the management team of CompletePet in connection with the sale of the company by Align Capital Partners (ACP) to Blue Sea Capital. CompletePet, a leader in the pet wellness industry, is headquartered in Miami and develops, formulates and manufactures a diverse range of pet wellness products such as soft chews, topical liquids and sprays, dental solutions, oils, powders and other customized formats. Haynes Boone Partner Janice Davis led the deal team, which also included Partners Scott Thompson and Danielle Marr and Associate Alastair Papworth...

Haynes Boone Discusses Changes Affecting Patent Examiner Interviews – Law360

Haynes Boone, LLP, June 2026

In this Law360 article, WSG member Jeffrey A. Wolfson, Partner at Haynes Boone, discusses how recent policy changes are making patent examiner interviews more difficult to obtain. He explains that these interviews have long helped resolve issues efficiently during the patent application process, but new procedural requirements are limiting access. As a result, applicants may face longer prosecution timelines and increased costs, highlighting the importance of proactive patent strategies as examination procedures continue to evolve...

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