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In the latest On Track, Houston Partner Brent Shultz and Dallas Partner Robert Bruner discuss how ongoing sanctions levied against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine have impacted hedge funds and private equity funds, which often count Russian oligarchs as investors. Brent and Robert discuss the impact of sanctions on subscription credit facilities; the sort of due diligence that fund managers and subscription lenders perform into investors of funds; the challenges of determining if a particular investor is in fact on a sanctions list; and the steps that funds should take if they determine that an investor is on a sanctions list. A partner in the firm’s Fund Finance Practice, Shultz has negotiated and closed billions of dollars of complex debt financings. Bruner, a partner in the Investment Management Practice, regularly advises private equity and hedge funds in connection with the formation and operation of the funds.

Haynes Boone and shipbrokers Affinity discuss significant legal and commercial themes that arise as the shipbuilding market adapts to changes in the markeplace.

Moderator
William Cecil, Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution, Haynes Boone and co-author of the fifth edition of the Law of Shipbuilding Contracts, published May 2020 (Informa Law from Routledge)

Panelists
Mark Johnson, Shipping Partner, Haynes Boone
Amanda Larrington, Disputes Counsel, Haynes Boone
Nick Pugh, Broker/Analyst, Affinity Shipbuilding LLP
Nick Wood, Head of Newbuilding/Partner, Affinity Shipbuilding LLP

Haynes Boone Partner Liza Mark, the head of the firm’s Shanghai office, discusses China’s zero-Covid strategy, both the impact it is having on citizens of the country and companies that do business in China. Mark, whose practice focuses on private equity investments, securities, and cross-border M&A, drills down on the challenges of completing cross-border transactions amid China’s aggressive COVID-19 response.  She discusses the extra steps required to keep deals on track and also some of the issues that companies need to think about if they plan to unwind their investments in China, including the steps involved in repatriating funds out of China.

The latest HB On Track podcast features Ed Lebow, Counsel in the firm’s Washington, D.C, office, and London Partner Andreas Dracoulis discussing the economic sanctions levelled on Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine.  The lawyers provide a brief history and regulatory overview of economic sanctions, from a US, and UK perspective, and then cover key issues in regards to the Russia sanctions, including their impact on US and UK companies that do businesses with Russian individuals and companies.   

On the second anniversary of the pandemic, we interview lawyers in Haynes Boone’s Labor and Employment and OSHA Practice Groups for a two-part discussion about recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings and other legal developments that raise important issues about what businesses can and can’ do to protect their employees against COVID-19 infections.

In Part 1, Jason Habinsky, Matt Deffebach, Mini Kapoor, and Henson Adams, talk about Supreme Court rulings on vaccine mandates and how those rulings will impact federal workplace regulations. 

On the second anniversary of the pandemic, we interview lawyers in Haynes Boone’s Labor and Employment and OSHA Practice Groups for a two-part discussion about recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings and other legal developments that raise important issues about what businesses can and can’ do to protect their employees against COVID-19 infections.

 In Part 2, Jason Habinsky, Matt Deffebach, Mini Kapoor, and Henson Adams will weigh in on tricky topics that employers have wrestled with practically since the start of the pandemic, including testing and masking protocols and how to properly handle requests for medical or religious exemptions to vaccine requirements.