U.S. Fifth Circuit Rules in Favor of Advisor in $4M M&A Fee Dispute
The court ruled that Denver-based Catalyst Strategic Advisors is entitled to an advisory completion fee in connection with the sale of a Houston building supply company. The court determined that the...
View ArticlePaul Hastings Hires Eight V&E Finance Partners in Texas
The number of corporate finance lawyers may grow to as many as two dozen, lawyers familiar with the move told The Lawbook. The post Paul Hastings Hires Eight V&E Finance Partners in Texas appeared...
View ArticleCDT Roundup: 19 Deals, 12 Firms, 248 Lawyers, $16.4B
Before Houston-based Intuitive Machines landed the first privately funded craft on the moon, they landed a merger partner and a major investor with the help of the Houston office of Latham &...
View ArticleFeel Familiar? Texas-related Capital Markets Activity Might Seem That Way
To no one’s surprise, energy dominated other capital market sectors in Texas-related activity. The post Feel Familiar? Texas-related Capital Markets Activity Might Seem That Way appeared first on The...
View ArticleIGT Spins Off Gaming/PlayDigital Units to Everi for $2.6B, Creating $6.2B...
Dallas finance lawyers from Sidley counseled IGT, which plans on using a big chunk of the proceeds to reduce debt and focus on its lottery business. The post IGT Spins Off Gaming/PlayDigital Units to...
View ArticleV&E, Baker Botts, Hunton AK, Latham Top 2023 CDT CapM Law Firm Rankings
The Texas lawyers at Vinson & Elkins, Baker Botts and Latham & Watkins were the lead legal advisors for the most issuers and underwriters in capital market transactions in 2023. The post...
View ArticleCDT Roundup: 20 Deals, 19 Firms, 355 Lawyers, $9.1B
Maybe you've already noticed, but M&A is buzzing in the first two months of 2024. But the buzz is not just in Texas. At the moment things are buzzing globally and across sectors, according to a...
View ArticleEQT Brings Equitrans Back into Fold for $5.5B in Stock
Kirkland advised EQT and Latham assisted Equitrans on the combination, which would create a top vertically integrated natural gas business in the Appalachian region with an initial enterprise value of...
View ArticleCDT Roundup: 23 Deals, 21 Firms, 218 Lawyers, $4.7B
When watching the M&A markets it's easy to become fixated on billion-dollar deals. But the bread-and-butter transactions of a truly healthy market lie in the middle. Having looked at the high-end...
View ArticleCDT Roundup: 21 Deals, 13 Firms, 186 Lawyers, $11.4B
Even with an economy that seems headed for a soft landing, there are bumps on the runway. And one of the biggest and most obvious bumps to dealmakers is in real estate — especially commercial real...
View ArticleCDT Roundup: 18 Deals, 17 Firms, 257 Lawyers, $5.5B
It was an unusual week for M&A, especially energy deals. Not just for the fact that there were so many of them, but for the fact that the flavor of the week was oilfield services. Claire Poole...
View ArticleCDT Roundup: 12 Deals, 8 Firms, 136 Lawyers, $9.3B
The end of Q1 this week suggests a healthy M&A market during the opening round of 2024, with deal volumes rising globally by 26 percent, with the U.S. volumes even high and topping the $400 billion...
View ArticleSLB Scoops Up ChampionX for $7.7B
Latham & Watkins was the main outside counsel advising SLB while Weil assisted ChampionX. The combination is expected to expand SLB’s presence in the less cyclical and growing production and...
View ArticleWho the Hell is Kevin Henderson?
If ranking at the top of The Texas Lawbook's deal lists pisses off a few lawyers at Big Law firms in Texas, Kevin Henderson can live with that. In a way, he planned on it. He closed 30 transactions...
View ArticleTexas Leading Dealmakers — CDT List Names, Firms, Genders, Locations and More
Nearly 500 Texas lawyers led M&A transactions in 2023. The Texas Lawbook’s exclusive Corporate Deal Tracker has the complete list, ranking them by deal count and deal value, by law firm, city and...
View ArticleCDT Roundup: 22 Deals, 14 Firms, 208 Lawyers, $18.4B
We know it's routine for to push some older deals our way at the end of each quarter. Here at the CDT Roundup we sometimes imagine firms pulling out pockets and searching under seat cushions for league...
View ArticleJacqui Bogucki Returning to Weil
Jacqui Bogucki, a highly regarded transactional lawyer specializing in infrastructure deals, has left Simpson Thacher for Weil, Gotshal & Manges in Houston. She's the fifth partner to join Weil's...
View ArticlePrysmian Picks up Encore Wire for $4.1B
The McKinney, Texas-based target is expected to expand the Italian cable maker further into North America. O'Melveny, with a group including Dallas attorneys, advised Encore Wire on the deal. The post...
View ArticleCDT Roundup: 13 Deals, 9 Firms, 76 Lawyers, $9B
The Roundup swings its spotlight in a different direction this week to focus on the fund formation world and a young lawyer to be reckoned with, Simpson Thacher partner Linda Tieh. The Harvard-trained...
View ArticleCDT Roundup: 19 Deals, 11 Firms, 147 Lawyers, $16B
In addition to its usual fare, the CDT Roundup this week includes a quarterly accounting of the volume and value of deals Texas firms reported to us during the first 13 weeks of 2024. It turns out...
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