Claudia F. Haines, Attorney

Ms. Haines is a business lawyer representing companies, owners, partners, business executives, boards of directors and investors in the formation of business entities, acquisitions and dispositions of companies or interests in companies, governance of business entities, capital structures and management of legal risk. She delivers to clients timely and targeted advice on legal matters that arise in the course of day-to-day business operations.  Ms. Haines has extensive experience working directly with her clients' key operational and management personnel in devising legal solutions that compliment and support business strategies and goals, negotiating and drafting all supporting documentation and providing full legal support to her clients through all phases of a transaction, from due diligence to completion.  

In her business law practice, Ms. Haines has counseled clients on their legal relationships with competitors, prospective and existing customers and vendors, co-owners, investors, boards of directors, creditors, senior executives, consultants and other constituencies.  Her practice has spanned a broad range of business events and financial conditions, in a variety of industries and in both favorable and unfavorable economic environments. Through more than 25 years of hands-on experience advising her clients--first on Wall Street as a financial markets expert and then as a business lawyer--Ms. Haines has accumulated a storehouse of practical experiences assisting businesses, their owners and investors amid rapidly changing and competitive markets.