Haynes and Boone, LLP and Curtis Davis Garrard To Merge

Haynes and Boone, LLP and London-based Curtis Davis Garrard have agreed to merge and are seeking regulatory approval for a trans-Atlantic firm that would number over 600 lawyers and offer enhanced capabilities in global transactions and dispute resolution. Brad Richards, who has nearly 25 years of experience at Haynes and Boone as a partner handling cross-border transactions, will relocate from Houston to London to help lead the integration and development of the London office.

Haynes and Boone, which currently has 585 lawyers in 14 offices throughout the U.S. as well as in Mexico and China, had sought to open a London office to better serve its clients’ growing needs for English law advice on international business and litigation matters. The merger underscores the firm’s belief that London’s preeminence as a commercial and financial center will not be impacted, long term, by the U.K. vote to exit the European Union.