Haynes Boone, LLP

Legal Services | Texas, USA
tel: 210 978 7000 | fax: 210 978 7450
112 E. Pecan Street, Suite 900 | San Antonio | Texas | 78205 | USA

Main Contacts

Ricardo Garcia-Moreno

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Partner

Offices

San Antonio, Texas | Shanghai, China | London, England | Mexico, D.F., Mexico | Costa Mesa, California | Palo Alto, 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 | The Woodlands, Texas | Tysons Corner, Virginia

Overview

Haynes and Boone, LLP is an international corporate law firm with offices in Texas, New York, California, Washington, D.C., Shanghai and Mexico City, providing a full spectrum of legal services. With more than 600 attorneys, Haynes and Boone is ranked among the largest law firms in the nation by The National Law Journal and has been named a "Top Corporate Law Firm in America" (Corporate Board Member Magazine, 2001-2012).

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

Professionals

Articles

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

Haynes 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 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 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...

Haynes Boone Guides Sugarloaf in Rescue Deal, Preserving 33 Restaurants and Over 1,300 Jobs

Haynes Boone, LLP, January 2026

Haynes Boone has guided Sugarloaf TGIF Operations through the immediate acquisition of the viable business and assets of Liberty Bar and Restaurant Group Limited out of administration, a transaction that protects 33 TGI Fridays restaurants and safeguards more than 1,300 jobs across the United Kingdom.The transaction builds on Haynes Boone’s previous representation of Sugarloaf in its acquisition of the UK operations of TGI Fridays from Breal Capital and Calveton UK last year and enables continuity of operations across the retained locations for Sugarloaf, the global custodian of the TGI Fridays brand...

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Blogs

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Haynes Boone, LLP

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