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2023 Texas Lawyer M&A Transaction Deal Counts (Premium Searchable)

September 20, 2023 Christi Trammell

Below is a tabulation of M&A and Funding transactions by Texas-based firm-lead lawyers reported to The Texas Lawbook for 2023. This list, available to PREMIUM SUBSCRIBERS ONLY, is searchable, and is designed to grow as needed. So if you have questions or deals that are missing, please send them to christi.trammell@texaslawbook.net. Qualifying new deals should be submitted to The Lawbook at CDTRoundup@texaslawbook, or through our deal submission portal found HERE.

Who qualifies: Texas lawyers who lead M&A or joint venture transactions for their firm’s clients. The contributions of Texas attorneys must coincide with any firm postings elsewhere (i.e. a “lead attorney” submitted to The Lawbook must be the same as the lead attorney listed on your website — we check).

2023 Lawyer M&A Listing (Premium Searchable)

A listing of deal volumes and values of Texas-based firm lead lawyers in deals reported to
The Texas Lawbook as of Aug. 31, 2023.

Note: Deal values are expressed in millions.

Lawyer (Office)FirmCountDeal Value
Ryan Maierson (Houston) Latham & Watkins13 25,096
Victor Zanetti (Dallas) Katten10 -
Hillary Holmes (Houston) Gibson Dunn9 13,383
Mike Blankenship (Houston) Winston & Strawn9 1,198
Michael Piazza (Houston) Gibson Dunn8 1,180
David Castro (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis7 8,030
Thomas Laughlin (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis7 6,665
Cyril Jones (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis7 4,700
Bill Benitez (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis7 1,236
Sean Wheeler (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis5 34,830
Debbie Yee (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis5 33,322
Bryan Loocke (Houston) Vinson & Elkins5 8,555
John Pitts (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis5 7,000
Kevin Crews (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis5 4,325
Kyle Watson (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis5 3,400
John Greer (Houston) Latham & Watkins5 3,199
Robert Goodin (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis5 3,100
Justin Stolte (Houston) Latham & Watkins5 749
Stephen Olson (Houston) Gibson Dunn5 700
John Kaercher (Austin) Kirkland & Ellis5 200
Cliff Vrielink (Houston) Sidley Austin5 114
Tara Lancaster (Dallas) Sidley Austin5 85
William Howell (Dallas) Sidley Austin5 -
Steve Gill (Houston) Vinson & Elkins4 17,177
Will Anderson (Houston) Bracewell 4 10,941
Rahul Vashi (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis4 4,935
Brittany Sakowitz (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis4 4,603
Rhett Van Syoc (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis4 4,350
Tull Florey (Houston) Gibson Dunn4 4,163
Jeremy Kennedy (Houston) Haynes and Boone4 3,668
Lauren Anderson (Houston) Latham & Watkins4 2,569
Ravi Purohit (Houston) Latham & Watkins4 2,150
Mitch Tiras (Houston) Locke Lord/King & Spalding4 1,505
Nick Dhesi (Houston) Latham & Watkins4 1,423
James Garrett (Houston) Latham & Watkins4 800
Shubi Arora (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis4 330
Tony Johnston (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis4 300
Jeff Schlegel (Houston) Jones Day4 136
Jason Peters (Houston) King & Spalding4 15
Christopher May (Houston) Simpson Thacher4 -
Mark Kunzman (Houston) Egan Nelson 4 -
Lande Spottswood (Houston) Vinson & Elkins3 14,300
Allan Kirk (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis3 6,743
John Goodgame (Houston) Akin Gump3 3,990
Adam Larson (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis3 3,830
Clay Brett (Houston) Baker Botts 3 3,700
Preston Bernhisel (Dallas) Baker Botts 3 3,200
George Vlahakos (Houston) Sidley Austin3 3,000
Aaron Rigby (Dallas) Sidley Austin3 2,985
Todd Lowther (Houston) Shearman & Sterling3 2,106
Jason Schumacher (Dallas) O'Melveny3 1,980
John Grand (Dallas) Vinson & Elkins3 1,910
Jon Daly (Houston) Sidley Austin3 1,785
Kevin Peter (Houston) Locke Lord3 1,760
Atman Shukla (Houston) Sidley Austin3 1,594
Breen Haire (Houston) Simpson Thacher3 1,300
Shamus Crosby (Houston) Simpson Thacher3 1,300
Alain Dermarkar (Dallas) Shearman & Sterling3 1,280
Stephen Szalkowski (Houston) Latham & Watkins3 968
Ahmed Sidik (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis3 909
Jason Rocha (Houston) White & Case3 898
Charlie Ofner (Houston) White & Case3 598
Benjamin Martin (Houston) Bracewell 3 496
Michael Gibson (Austin) Vinson & Elkins3 470
Adam Garmezy (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis3 422
Alexandra Wilde (Houston) Jones Day3 50
Jim Knight (Houston) Egan Nelson 3 14
Victoria Mitchell (Dallas) Egan Nelson 3 4
Banks Bruce (Dallas) Sidley Austin3 -
Bill Kleinman (Dallas) Haynes and Boone3 -
Chase Proctor (Dallas) Haynes and Boone3 -
Eric Larson (Houston) Locke Lord3 -
Jennie Simmons (Houston) Locke Lord3 -
Jessica Sheridan (Houston) Willkie Farr3 -
Rob Kibby (Dallas) Munsch Hardt3 -
Simin Sun (Houston) Haynes and Boone3 -
Tim Chandler (Houston) Sidley Austin3 -
Tom Yang (Dallas) Akin Gump3 -
Doug McWilliams (Houston) Vinson & Elkins2 9,400
Robert Cardone (Dallas) Shearman & Sterling2 8,900
Thomas Verity (Houston) Latham & Watkins2 4,823
Matthew Grunert (Houston) Bracewell 2 4,421
Mike Telle (Houston) Vinson & Elkins2 3,077
Larry Hall (Houston)Baker Botts22,500
William Eiland (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis2 2,340
Bill Finnegan (Houston) Latham & Watkins2 2,200
Whit Roberts (Dallas) O'Melveny2 1,840
Austin Elam (Houston) Haynes and Boone2 1,500
Matt Falcone (Houston) Vinson & Elkins2 1,450
Sarah McLean (Houston) Shearman & Sterling2 1,450
Katherine Frank (Dallas) Vinson & Elkins2 1,430
James Robertson (Houston) Gibson Dunn2 900
Cynthia Mabry (Houston) Gibson Dunn2 859
R.J. Malenfant (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis2 825
Chris Rowley (Dallas) Vinson & Elkins2 621
Bill Nelson (Houston) Shearman & Sterling2 619
Emily Leitch (Houston) Shearman & Sterling2 619
Chris Heasley (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis2 600
Ryan Lynch (Houston) Latham & Watkins2 392
John Furlow (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis2 250
Joshua Davidson (Houston)Baker Botts2200
Zahra Usmani (Austin) Kirkland & Ellis2 200
Sara Garcia Duran (Dallas) Sidley Austin2 150
Jennifer Wisinski (Dallas) Haynes and Boone2 145
Ryan Sears (Dallas) O'Melveny2 140
Charlie Haag (Dallas) Winston & Strawn2 121
Doug Getten (Houston) Baker Botts 2 106
Peter Weinstock (Dallas) HuntonAK2 86
Rachel Fitzgerald (Houston) Locke Lord2 80
Abby Branigan (Dallas) Vinson & Elkins2 70
Mark Kelly (Houston) Vinson & Elkins2 38
Mike Marek (Houston) Vinson & Elkins2 30
Jason Howard (Dallas) Egan Nelson 2 23
Michael Colvin (Dallas) Egan Nelson 2 10
Wes Watts (Austin) Gunderson2 4
Robert Hughes (Houston) Vinson & Elkins2 4
Jeff Dodd (Houston) HuntonAK2 3
Aaron Savella (Houston) Willkie Farr2 -
Adam Nalley (Houston) Porter Hedges2 -
Allison Pearce (Houston) Porter Hedges2 -
Andrew Walker (Austin) Kirkland & Ellis2 -
Ben Hardison (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis2 -
Brandon McCoy (Dallas) Haynes and Boone2 -
Cassandra Cuellar (Austin) Shearman & Sterling2 -
Chris Ferazzi (Houston) Winston & Strawn2 -
Chris Folmsbee (Houston) Sidley Austin2 -
David Lange (Dallas) Winston & Strawn2 -
Hobbs Gnaim (Houston) Chamberlain Hrdlicka2 -
Holt Foster (Dallas) Sidley Austin2 -
Jack Jacobsen (Dallas) O'Melveny2 -
John McGowan (Dallas) Haynes and Boone2 -
Jonathan Benloulou (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis2 -
Katy Lukaszewski (Houston) Sidley Austin2 -
Kelly Dybala (Dallas) Sidley Austin2 -
Michael Considine (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis2 -
Sameer Mohan (Houston) Morgan Lewis2 -
Shumaila Dhuka (Houston) Locke Lord2 -
Tim Samson (Houston) Holland & Knight2 -
Will Becker (Dallas) O'Melveny2 -
Zach Burnett (Dallas) Haynes and Boone2 -
Kevin Richardson (Houston) Latham & Watkins1 18,800
Robert Kimball (Dallas) Vinson & Elkins1 7,300
Sarah Morgan (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 7,100
Melissa Kalka (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis1 7,000
Trina Chandler (Houston) Latham & Watkins1 6,764
Kevin Schott (Houston) Akin Gump1 3,800
Eric Otness (Houston) Skadden1 3,500
James Griffin (Dallas) Weil1 2,700
Brent Schultz (Houston) Haynes and Boone1 2,500
David Miller (Austin) Latham & Watkins1 2,500
Samuel Rettew (Austin) Latham & Watkins1 2,500
Jon Platt (Dallas) Baker Botts 1 2,250
Lindsey Jaquillard (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 2,250
Joe Flack (Houston) Jackson Walker1 1,840
Brook Mestre (Dallas) Baker McKenzie1 1,800
Robert Stephens (Houston) Sidley Austin1 1,750
Emergy Choi (Houston) White & Case1 1,600
Mingda Zhao (Houston) White & Case1 1,600
Travis Wofford (Houston) Baker Botts 1 1,600
Alan Bogdanow (Dallas) Vinson & Elkins1 1,400
Debra Villarreal (Dallas) Holland & Knight1 1,400
Benji Barron (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 1,050
Jim Cole (Houston) Latham & Watkins1 1,000
Taylor Speers (Dallas) Winston & Strawn1 1,000
Melanie Harmon (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 960
Archie Fallon (Houston) Willkie Farr1 835
Danielle Patterson (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 825
Shalla Pritchard (Houston) Gibson Dunn1 825
Jonathan Whalen (Dallas) Gibson Dunn1 800
Adam Whitehouse (Houston) Gibson Dunn1 700
Janice Davis (Dallas) Morgan Lewis1 700
Kraig Grahmann (Houston) Haynes and Boone1 655
Jason Jean (Houston) Bracewell 1 621
Colin Diamond (Houston) White & Case1 600
Laura Katherine Mann (Houston) White & Case1 600
Patrick Salvo (Austin) Kirkland & Ellis1 570
Brooke Sizer (Houston) Holland & Knight1 500
Chad Smith (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 500
Cole Bredthauer (Fort Worth) Akin Gump1 500
Patrick Moneypenny (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 500
Robert Dougherty (Dallas) Holland & Knight1 500
Drew Neal (Fort Worth) Kelly Hart & Hallman1 455
Drew Neill (Fort Worth) Kelly Hart & Hallman1 455
Molly Butkus (Houston) Bracewell 1 455
Tom Harris (Dallas) Haynes and Boone1 440
David Lang (Houston) King & Spalding1 400
John Ransom (Houston) BoyarMIller1 400
Ryan Scofield (Dallas) Sidley Austin1 400
Steve Kesten (Houston) BoyarMIller1 400
Kevin Wessel (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 384
Matthew Nadworny (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 384
Joshua Kiernan (Houston) Latham & Watkins1 371
Doug Bland (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 335
Joclynn Marsh (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 330
Mike O'Leary (Houston) HuntonAK1 330
Mike Bielby (Dallas) Vinson & Elkins1 255
John Quattrocchi (Dallas) Baker McKenzie1 245
Robert Shearer (Houston) Akin Gump1 175
Stephen Boone (Houston) Akin Gump1 175
Blake Redwine (Dallas) Norton Rose Fulbright1 169
Michael Massiatte (Dallas) DLA Piper1 146
Tim Fenn (Houston ) Latham & Watkins1 106
Omar Samji (Houston) Shearman & Sterling1 105
Dean Hinderliter (Dallas) Winston & Strawn1 104
Alec Manzer (Austin) Kirkland & Ellis1 100
Jennifer Gasser (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 86
Gerry Spedale (Houston) Gibson Dunn1 80
Trent Bridges (Houston) Sidley Austin1 80
Jack Shirley (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis1 75
Cody Carper (Houston) Skadden1 70
Chris Kirkpatrick (Dallas) Wick Phillips1 67
Stephen Grant (Houston) Haynes and Boone1 67
Steve Camp (Dallas) Husch Blackwell1 67
Steve Rubin (Dallas) Wick Phillips1 67
Patrick Salvo (Austin) Kirkland & Ellis1 65
Michael Byrd (Houston) Porter Hedges1 54
Shane Sullivan (Houston) Porter Hedges1 54
Brent Bernell (Austin) DLA Piper1 50
Rodney Moore (Dallas) Weil1 50
Ryan Hunsaker (Houston) Winston & Strawn1 50
Scott Delaney (Dallas) Weil1 50
Paul Conneely (Dallas) Norton Rose Fulbright1 43
James Reardon (Houston) Porter Hedges1 41
Kristen Cox (Dallas) Meadows Collier Reed1 41
Michael Larkin (Houston) Porter Hedges1 41
Michael Chambers (Austin) Latham & Watkins1 39
Scott Craig (Austin) Latham & Watkins1 30
Austin Mercer (Dallas) Egan Nelson 1 23
Joe Hoffman (Dallas) Katten1 21
Crosby Scofield (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 20
Michelle Kwan (Austin) Shearman & Sterling1 15
Sarah O'Brien (Austin) Shearman & Sterling1 15
Carmelo Gordian (Austin) Shearman & Sterling1 6
Matt Lyons (Austin) Wilson Sonsini1 4
Jeff Dobbs (Houston) Mayer Brown1 4
Phil Lau (Houston) Mayer Brown1 4
Lee Davis (Houston) HuntonAK1 3
Ryan Gravelle (Austin) Kastner Gravelle1 3
Brad Whitlock (Dallas) Egan Nelson 1 3
A.J. Ericksen (Houston) White & Case1 -
Akash Sethi (Dallas) McGuireWoods1 -
Alan Alexander (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Alex Devine (Austin) Gunderson1 -
Becky Diffen (Austin) Norton Rose Fulbright1 -
Ben Clark (Houston) Pillsbury1 -
Beth Whitaker (Dallas) HuntonAK1 -
Brad Honeycutt (Houston) Willkie Farr1 -
Brandon Lobb (Houston) Locke Lord1 -
Brent Standefer (Austin) Fenimore Kay1 -
Brian Fenske (Houston) Norton Rose Fulbright1 -
Brian Rose (Houston) Porter Hedges1 -
Brock Niezgoda (Houston) Gray Reed1 -
Bryan Henderson (Dallas) Baker Botts 1 -
Catharine Hansard (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis1 -
Chet Fenimore (Austin) Fenimore Kay1 -
Chris Bennett (Houston) Simpson Thacher1 -
Chrissy Metcalf (Dallas) O'Melveny1 -
Clint Rancher (Houston) Baker Botts 1 -
Colin Mize (Dallas) Wick Phillips1 -
Corey Brown (Houston) Porter Hedges1 -
Daniel Allison (Houston) Sidley Austin1 -
Daniel McEntee (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Daryl Lansdale (San Antonio) Norton Rose Fulbright1 -
David Gail (Dallas) Weil1 -
David Pierson (Houston) Chamberlain Hrdlicka1 -
David Stringer (Houston) Jones Day1 -
David Washburn (Dallas) Katten1 -
Debbi Johnstone (Houston) Norton Rose Fulbright1 -
Edward Xia (Dallas) Sheppard Mullin1 -
Elena Sauber (Dallas) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Elizabeth Ali (Houston) Morgan Lewis1 -
Geetika Jerath (Austin) Norton Rose Fulbright1 -
Gemma Descoteaux (Dallas) Sheppard Mullin1 -
Glen Pinkerton (Houston) Sidley Austin1 -
Grant Everett (Dallas) Baker Botts 1 -
Heath Trisdale (Houston) King & Spalding1 -
Henry Benton (Dallas) Locke Lord1 -
Jacqui Bogucki (Houston) Simpson Thacher1 -
Jared Grimley (Houston) Latham & Watkins1 -
Jason Bennett (Houston) Baker Botts 1 -
Jeff Dinerstein (Houston) Morgan Lewis1 -
Jerry Fellows (Dallas) Greenberg Traurig1 -
Jesse Myers (Houston) Gibson Dunn1 -
John Brannan (Dallas) Sidley Austin1 -
John Michael (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Jon Finger (Dallas) McGuireWoods1 -
Jonathan Newton (Houston) King & Spalding1 -
Joseph Fore (Austin) DLA Piper1 -
Josh McNulty (Dallas) HuntonAK1 -
Joshua Teahen (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 -
Kate Willson (Austin) Kirkland & Ellis1 -
Kellie Bobo (Austin) Haynes and Boone1 -
Kim Cagle (Houston) King & Spalding1 -
Kim Hicks (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 -
Kit Rockhill (Houston) Jones Day1 -
Kristen Smith (Dallas) Sidley Austin1 -
Larry Pascal (Dallas) Haynes and Boone1 -
Lauren Richter (Houston) Locke Lord1 -
Lindsay Ferguson (Dallas) Sheppard Mullin1 -
Marc Lipscomb (Dallas) Locke Lord1 -
Marc Rose (Dallas) Sidley Austin1 -
Mark Hamrick (Houston) Egan Nelson 1 -
Matt Strock (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Matthew Einbinder (Houston) Simpson Thacher1 -
Michael Keeley (Dallas) Norton Rose Fulbright1 -
Milam Newby (Austin) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Miriam Khalifa (Austin) Kirkland & Ellis1 -
Nathan Meredith (Dallas) Shearman & Sterling1 -
Nick Monier (Dallas) Haynes and Boone1 -
Patrick Hanchey (Dallas) Alston & Bird1 -
Peter Marshall (Dallas) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Ray Balestri (Dallas) Bell Nunnally1 -
Richard Wynne (Houston) Winston & Strawn1 -
Robert Little (Dallas) Gibson Dunn1 -
Samantha Crispin (Dallas) Baker Botts 1 -
Samuel Peca (Dallas) Weil1 -
Sarah Dodson (Dallas) Baker Botts 1 -
Scott Parel (Dallas) Sidley Austin1 -
Shay Kuperman (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Stephen Noh (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 -
Steve Mann (Dallas) Baker Botts 1 -
Steven Bartz (Dallas) Greenberg Traurig1 -
Stuart Rasley (Dallas) McGuireWoods1 -
Tan Lu (Houston) Willkie Farr1 -
Thomas Zenter (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Tom Tippetts (Dallas) Haynes and Boone1 -
Tommer Yoked (Houston) Sidley Austin1 -
Trevor Pinkerton (Houston) King & Spalding1 -
Veronica Nunn (Austin) Pillsbury1 -
Wes Jones (Austin) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Zach Fedorko (Dallas) Baker Botts 1 -

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