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CDT Roundup: 12 Deals, 11 Firms, 136 Lawyers, $5.3B

October 21, 2024 Allen Pusey

Last week Dykema dropped the 20th anniversary edition of its annual M&A Outlook Survey. Each year the firm surveys C-Suite executives, bankers, PE advisors and others who are most focused on mergers and acquisitions.

This year during July and August they heard back from 235 respondents from a wide variety of business sectors representing a wide range of annual revenues (from less than $10 million to more than $1 billion). It’s a relatively small but interesting sample that seems to hold an optimistic view, a perspective hard to imagine during these last weeks of a volatile presidential campaign.

For instance, seventy percent of respondents said that the U.S. M&A market will strengthen in the next 12 months, largely due to financial market conditions (42%), general economic conditions (36%), and availability of capital (35%). It’s worth noting that this was in mid-summer, even before the recent Federal Reserve cut of 50 basis points.

That said, there’s still a healthy sense of uncertainty with general economic conditions (39%) and financial markets (35%) cited as the two most imposing variables they face. Nearly 70 percent predicted PE investors will pick up the pace of their investments, with over half (56%) saying they expect the FTC merger review process will slow down overall deal activity.

So, what sectors are likely to see the most activity? Answers: Healthcare; Financial Services; Energy and Natural Resources; Consumer Products; Technology, Media and Telecoms, in that order.

Compare that with last year’s outcome: Energy and Natural Resources; Financial Services; Healthcare; Technology, Media and Telecoms; Industrial/Manufacturing, in that order.

Note that Healthcare and ENR flipped positions year-over-year. But drill down further and there is something interesting: Where only 62 percent of respondents believe that the healthcare market will strengthen over the next 12 months, a full 80 percent expect the M&A market in Energy and Natural Resources to strengthen by mid-2025.

Go figure.

What will drive the surge in Healthcare M&A, according to the survey, is the potential for improvement in the sector for efficiencies. Efficiency drives profits; and far more respondents (62%) cited that potential for increased efficiency in the sector over heightened demand by an aging population (41%) as the prime driver for increased activity in Healthcare M&A. Only portfolio realignment (60%) came close as an alternative, if obvious, explanation.

As the survey itself notes: “Efficiency improvement might be a catch-all for a variety of different factors, including ongoing labor shortages, technology adoption, revenue cycle optimization, and efforts by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to shift fee-for-service members into value-based care arrangements.”

But it also cites the specific notes of two respondents, which seem to touch the two most important factors in almost any deal these days: valuation and the potential application of artificial intelligence. “Value-based care continues to be the greatest opportunity for healthcare dealmaking,” said one. “Utilizing AI to help improve diagnoses and drive efficiency,” said another.

You can find the survey here, if you care to read it for yourself.

There were an even dozen deals reported to The Roundup for the week ending Oct. 19, valued at $5.3 billion in total. That’s down from 17 transactions for $8.4 billion the week prior and down from 16 deals for $6.7 billion this time last year.

Weekly Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup Stats

A compilation of weekly stats from The Lawbook's CDT Weekly Roundup
(Deal Values in Millions)

Week Ending
Deal CountAmountFirmsLawyersM&A CountM&A Value $MCapM Count
CapM Value $M
28-Jun-202513$7,77781387$2,0316$5,746
21-Jun-202516$5,9841011311$3,0875$2,897
14-Jun-20259$4788133603$478
07-Jun-202516$26,2101119611$24,7445$1,466
31-May-202519$23,3811116612$18,6657$4,717
24-May-202515$24,0331112113$23,6242$409
17-May-202516$21,7601214511$18,6155$3,145
10-May-202524$33,1751620619$30,7655$2,410
03-May-202511$4,249139011$2,226.52$2,022.5
26-Apr-202512$8,78791689$6,0113$2,776
19-Apr-202511$8,09771389$7,9852$112
12-Apr-202513$2,392815210$2,0653$327
05-Apr-202519$27,7621518816$25,4733$2,289
29-Mar-202521$8,1881025816$4,1255$4,064
22-Mar-202519$6,4851423115$4,1284$2,857
15-Mar-202513$13,7371315110$9,9324$3,805
8-Mar-20257$2,2345665$2242$2,100
1-Mar-202511$3,05087510$2,5501$500
24-Feb-2512$16,39771496$6,6356$9,862
17-Feb-2517$12,1361313410$9,4112$2,725
10-Feb-2514$7,15491799$4,9505$2,204
3-Feb-2516 $10,068720011$7,5535$2,515
25-Jan-2514$10,261101259$2,2075$8,054
18-Jan-2519$7,3821531612$2,3007$5,082
11-Jan-2521$33,5601618716$32,5215$1,039
4-Jan-259$6,8279809$6,82700
21-Dec-2411$2,79811928$2,2293$570
14-Dec-2415$5,3231218612$3,8123$1,511
07-Dec-2416$4,7661023111$2,32152,445
30-Nov-2410$10,29191034$8,2906$2.001
23-Nov-2415$4,5531515311$3,3794$1,174
16-Nov-2417$11,4881124513$10,1864$1,303
09-Nov-2414$2,1101213912$1,4102$700
02-Nov-2412 $52,788 1110711$52,7381$50
26-Oct-248$3,1608657$3,0651$75
19-Oct-2412$5,3041113611$4,5541$750
12-Oct-2417$8,4381215015$8,1162$322
05-Oct-2422$23,1811218915$19,9807$3,201
28-Sep-2411$2,35671447$534$2,303
21-Sep-2412$9,568101695$4,1017$5,467
14-Sep-2424$10,9881223516$7,1758$3,813
7-Sep-2412$20,4201616811$20,3071$112.9
31-Aug-2413$20,631913412$14,7751$5,856
24-Aug-2419$8,4522132516$7,1023$1,350
17-Aug-2425$49,1961630411$39,38614$9,810
10-Aug-2420$12,2641531216$9,7944$2,470
03-Aug-2426$16,4981633418$8,1378$8,361
27-Jul-2419$16,4422127115$13,8384$2,604
20-Jul-2415$16,0161418410$14,2325$1,784
13-Jul-2420$17,220 1426518$7,146 2$10,074
6-Jul-2411$3,941 11958$2,650 3$1,291
29-Jun-2414$6,296 152248$6,296 6$1,927
22-Jun-2412$5,679 81375$210 7$5,469
15-Jun-2413$9,895 1621410$5,280 3$4,615
8-Jun-2419$23,859 1323912$19,436 7$4,423
1-Jun-2412$34,510 111479$26,110 3$8,400
25-May-2413$9,684 1517110$4,434 3$5,250
18-May-2411$5,490 111738$3,129 3$2,361
11-May-2422$14,855 1422716$11,105 6$3,750
4-May-2413$3,139 98710$1,297 3$1,842
27-Apr-2410$6,684 62810$6,684 00
20-Apr-2419$15,989 111479$5,208 10$10,781
13-Apr-2413$8,952 97610$1,652 3$7,300
6-Apr-2423$26,616 1422214$13,501 8$13,116
30-Mar-2412$9,286 81368$4,299 4$4,987
23-Mar-2418$5,451 1726616$4,759 2$692
16-Mar-2421$11,437 1318614$9,316 6$2,070
9-Mar-2423$4,695 2121819$2,723 4$1,972
2-Mar-2420$9,108 1937214$4,558 6$4,550
24-Feb-2419$16,382 1224815$9,507 4$6,875
17-Feb-2416$29,932 1515712$29,216 4$716
10-Feb-2425$10,750 1719619$5,372 6$5,379
3-Feb-2412$8,416 181259$3,416 3$5,000
27-Jan-249$8,165 9878$7,815 1$800
20-Jan-2414$4,084 1210912$3,219 2$865
13-Jan-2417$33,588 1225612$26,765 5$6,823
6-Jan-248$7,915 8846$7,265 2$650
30-Dec-2317$14,599 129915$2,714 2$11,885
23-Dec-2323$4,182 1321916$1,813 7$2,370
16-Dec-2313$16,436 132807$15,150 5$1,286
9-Dec-2326$14,633.90 1724416$8,095 10$6,538.90
2-Dec-2313$6,720 95712$6,630 1$90
25-Nov-239$4,835 91316$1,785 3$3,050
18-Nov-2322$6,568.70 1718414$4,709.20 8$1,859.50
11-Nov-2315$9,825 1317912$6,581 3$3,244
4-Nov-2315$20,582.50 1419312$19,417.50 3$1,165
28-Oct-2318$68,419.10 1815215$66,646 3$1,773.10
21-Oct-2316$6,755.90 1616515$6,755.90 1$3
14-Oct-2314$67,851.20 131259$61,998.50 5$5,852.70
7-Oct-2317$6,595.50 1322816$5,995.50 1$600
30-Sep-2317$1,896.45 1318914$806.45 3$1,090
23-Sep-2323$6,432.70 1723016$1,402.80 7$5,029.90
16-Sep-2325$23,226.70 2335316$17,239 9$5,987.70
9-Sep-2312$6,369 81027$4,311 5$2,058
2-Sep-2314$2,522 69213$1,322 1$1,200
26-Aug-2317$12,160.25 1320215$6,573.25 2$5,587.00
19-Aug-2319$11,505 1321315$11,255 4$250
12-Aug-2319$9,698.80 131847$3,270 12$6,428.80
5-Aug-2313$5,201 1211812$5,051 1$150
29-Jul-2315$21,031.60 1319611$18,292.00 4$2,739.60
22-Jul-2318$3,992 1213013$2,808 5$1,184
15-Jul-2313$8,254.95 138113$8,254.95 00
8-Jul-2316$5,441.45 1217211$2,443 5$2,998.45
1-Jul-2316$6,872 1010512$5,474 4$1,398
24-Jun-2313$10,914 1620110$7,874 3$3,040
17-Jun-2317$5,880.70 1515115$4,705.70 2$1,175
10-Jun-2319$8,516.10 1311116$6,252.40 3$2,263.70
June 3 202312$6,104.42 121388$4,256.92 4$1,847.50
27-May-2317$12,200 106711$6,165 6$6,035
20-May-2311$22,458.10 81034$19,455 7$3,003
13-May-2312$7,034 101018$5,460 4$1,574
6-May-2320$3,297.60 1819617$2,985.60 3$312
29-Apr-2323$3,691.20 1813517$1,969.70 6$1,721.50
22-Apr-2316$5,570 1410414$4,750 2$1,000
15-Apr-2312$23,818.10 95910$21,618.10 2$2,200
8-Apr-2316$7,949 91739$5,472 7$3,477
1-Apr-2321$18,676.70 1217511$10,926.70 10$7,750
25-Mar-2315$8,779.50 101415$2,362 10$6,416.50
18-Mar-237$14,048.80 6695$13,345 2$703.80
11-Mar-2321$11,576 1616516$8,131 5$3,445
4-Mar-2320$9,668 1122816$8,209 4$1,459
25-Feb-2313$5,335 1313012$4,235 1$1,200
18-Feb-2314$5,743.70 131588$898.70 6$4,845
11-Feb-2316$12,088 1213712$9,965 4$2,123
4-Feb-2317$8,066 1514013$5,614 4$2,452
28-Jan-237$2,180 7755$1,692.75 2$488
21-Jan-2317$5,768 1617412$1,918 5$3,850
14-Jan-2311$2, 800101028$421 3$2,400
7-Jan-2318$8,296 1116714$6,461 3$1,835
31-Dec-2214$2,732 119912$2,092 2$640
17-Dec14$7,919 1311512$7,419 1$500
10-Dec-2214$10,093 128811$7,093 3$3,000
3-Dec-2226$12,800.90 1117220$4,141 6$8,659.90
26-Nov-228$2,266.70 853$76 5$2,190.70
19-Nov-2221$2,886 1521219$2,550 2$336
12-Nov-2213$15,093.70 9819$14,200 4$893.70
5-Nov-222519,337.201650922$8,267.20 3$11,070
29-Oct-2215$7,805.30 911614$7,180.30 1$625
22-Oct-2220$8,193.50 1325313$5,442 7$2,751.50
15-Oct-229$3,046.10 91397$2,588.30 2$457.80
8-Oct-2219$2,011.80 1211416$833.80 3$1,178
1-Oct-2223$5,532.90 1615618$4,952.30 5$580.60
24-Sep-2218$5,194 1421615$4,050 3$1,144
17-Sep-2221$8,352.30 1232015$4,759.60 6$3,592.70
10-Sep-2215$19,853.50 1012613$19,403.60 2$450
3-Sep-229$2,312 9629$2,312 00
27-Aug-2216$30,891.70 1013515$30,666.40 1227.7
20-Aug-2212$1,977 815299253$1,052
13-Aug-2218$8,004.70 1124211$2,844.70 7$5,160
6-Aug-2224$7,948.90 1224017$3,577 7$4,371.90
30-Jul-228$6,941 9787$6,839 1$102
23-Jul-2211$801 119210$801 10
16-Jul-2214$3,650 1012214$3,650 00
9-Jul-2210$3,557.70 7689$3,557.70 10
2-Jul-2218$8,609.40 1315215$2,754.40 3$5,855
25-Jun-2215$6,142 131469$2,017 6$4,125
18-Jun-2217$11,890.10 1422815$11,410 2479.7
11-Jun-2217$7,600 1212310$2,300 7$5,300
4-Jun-2212$2,937 101279$692 3$2,245
28-May-229$3,197.60 11869$3,197.60 00
21-May-2214$7,284.50 1218511$6,609 3$675.50
14-May-2211$306.60 98010$306.60 1$225
7-May-2216$10,451.75 1210812$1,827 4$8,624.75
30-Apr-2216$2,296.50 1615712$895.50 4$1,401
23-Apr-2210$2,241 11588$1,641 2$600
16-Apr-2211$6,643 71568$2,359 3$4,284
9-Apr-2217$4,429 1418411$1,690 6$2,739
2-Apr-2213$1,755 88410$1,145 3$610
26-Mar-2211$3,205 8656$200 5$3,005
19-Mar-2213$2,239.17 910613$2,239.17 00
12-Mar-2218$12,016 1123915$11,965 2$51.35
5-Mar-2217$6,786 1313713$5,161 4$1,625
26-Feb-2212$5,095 81499$4,437.50 3$658
19-Feb-2217$22,229 1717414$21,354 3$875
12-Feb-2212$2,344.70 10738$641.70 4$1,703
5-Feb-2211$2,503 89911$2,503 00
29-Jan-2211$3,872 1210112$3,872 00
22-Jan-2213$5,143.50 109912$4,842.50 1$301
15-Jan-2212$7,605 91559$6,480 3$1,025
8-Jan-2213$8,256.20 1110213$8,256.20 00
1-Jan-229$1,273.80 6509$1,273.80 00
25-Dec-2121$4,734.75 1117616$3,410 5$1,324.75
18-Dec-2126$7,325.20 1519318$3,640.20 8$3,685.20
11-Dec-2116$5,017 1010913$1,417 3$3,600
4-Dec-2114$2,310 8868$2,310 6$1,882.05
27-Nov-219$3.460.1101016$1,758 3$1,702.60
20-Nov-2120$22,792 1515712$18,864.50 8$3,928
13-Nov-2121$26,729 1217813$11,822 8$14,907
6-Nov-2112$8,303 1315710$6,682 3$1,621
30-Oct-2121$10,368 1521815$9,24.46$1,103.00
23-Oct-2121$18.783.11522211$12,314 10$6,468.60
16-Oct-2115$3,868 1111815$2,293 2$1,575
9-Oct-2120$8,610 1617516$7,795 4$815
2-Oct-2114$6,250 1113710$5,200 4$1,050
25-Sep-2111$11,460 9937$10,200 4$1,250
18-Sep-2111$16,603 8998$15,084 3$1,519
11-Sep-2117$10,653 1110313$8,503 4$2,150
4-Sep-2113$7,222 108911$6,715 2$507
28-Aug-2112$763 96311$663 1$100
21-Aug-2112$29,659 77911$29,579 1$80
14-Aug-2122$17,845 1119912$12,805 10$5,04
7-Aug-2117$13,670 1213915$11,766 2$1,904
31-Jul-2121$8,160 1113410$3,574 10$4,586
July 24,202121$6,367 1113915$3,712 6$2,655
17-Jul-2114$4,009 1112412$2,015 2$1,994
10-Jul-2116$3,997 1314311$1,597 4$2,4
3-Jul-2124$7,492 139416$3,769 8$3,722
26-Jun-2110$4,995 7858$3,847 2$1,148
19-Jun-2128$16,830 82289$1,861 19$14,968
12-Jun-2126$27,238 1520919$25,602 7$1,636
5-Jun-2115$15,539 1310013$14,709 2$600
29-May-2135$20,279 1114528$18,647$1,639
22-May-2124$53,208 1417417$51,047 7$2,161
15-May-2118$10,620 1322011$5,870 7$4,809
8-May-2117$10,400 1115615$8,386 2$2,500
1-May-2121$7,200 1611512$3,808 9$3,392
24-Apr-218$20,200 9318$20,200 00
17-Apr-2114$6,270 810211$40,180 3$2,260
10-Apr-2115$8,940 1312914$7,990 1$950
3-Apr-2118$19,513 1015112$16,923 6$2,590
27-Mar-2127$13,942 1524414$4,300 13$9,633.50
20-Mar-2111$2,046 41023$270 8$1,776
13-Mar-2115$3,270 91096$538 9$2,732
6-Mar-2124$13,617 1019613$10,395 11$3,222
27-Feb-2119$8,105 1213915$4,970 4$3,135
20-Feb-219$8,820 91538$8,520 1$300
13-Feb-2112$4,852.60 78172,7665$2,086.60
6-Feb-2118$9,752 1315314$5,222 4$4,530
30-Jan-2118$9,449 918215$8,753.80 3$695.30
23-Jan-2114$8,150 81186$4,000 8$4,150
16-Jan-2117$6,783 1313811$2,400 6$4,382.90
9-Jan-2122$6,829 1413518$3,139.30 4$3,690
2-Jan-217$1,466 7607$1,466 00
26-Dec-2018$15,900 1216316$5,300 1$600
19-Dec-2018$9,769 1411014$8,426 4$1,343
12-Dec-2010$7,200 91009$3,325 1$3,830
5-Dec-2015$4,261 91229$2,780 6$1,481
28-Nov-2019$7,758 1011013$4,003 6$3,755
14-Nov-2014$864.10 1415712$289.10 2$575
7-Nov-2013$6,332 91299$2,483.50 4$3,849
31-Oct-2010$3,995.80 81036$3,231.10 4$754.70
24-Oct-206$18,100 6585$17,709 1$350
17-Oct-208$351.90 5558$351.90 00
10-Oct-207$5,229 3504$735 3$4,494
3-Oct-2014$21,428 91739$17,535 5$3,893
26-Sep-2010$12,770 8935$10,300 5$2,470
19-Sep-2014$8,365 91016$1,020 8$7,345
12-Sep-206$4,406 8593$1,270 3$3,136
5-Sep-2011$5,191 81179$4,061 2$1,130
29-Aug-2011$2,531 9945$1,130 6$1,401
22-Aug-2018$6,574 121407$1,930 11$4,644
15-Aug-2013$4,991 10977$1,216 6$3,775
8-Aug-2012$32,092 111129$30,457 3$1,635
1-Aug-207$5,287 8765$3,687 2$1,600
25-Jul-209$18,751 6677$18,403 2$348
18-Jul-206$1,982.50 5504$1,407.50 2$575
11-Jul-2011$565.10 127510$65.10 1$500
4-Jul-2010$8,889 8989$8,788 1$100.30
27-Jun-208$6,874 10505$4,972.50 3$2,081.50
20-Jun-2012$4,444 91157$2,829 5$1,615
13-Jun-206$3,582 4372$350 4$3,232
6-Jun-2011$3,213.70 8657$470 4$2,743.70
30-May-208$7,335 7486$4,639 2$2,697
23-May-204$432.40 4343$432.40 10
16-May-206$310 6345$310 10
9-May-2018$5,630 1612414$3,180 4$2,450
2-May-201510,40010908$1,900 7$,8,500
25-Apr-208$3,400 9365$1,000 3$2,450
18-Apr-2019$9,500 14928$185.70 11$9,360
11-Apr-2012$6,000 9405$190 7$5,800
4-Apr-2014$8,200 116810$2,200 4$6,000
28-Mar-2016$6,500 139610$3,700 6$2,800
21-Mar-2011$11,910 7337$2,250 4$9,960
14-Mar-207809.86346684.81125
7-Mar-2016$2,500 157013$669 3$1,400
29-Feb-2013$15,260 1312811$11,760 2$3,500
22-Feb-2012$3,700 109210$2,560 2$1,130
15-Feb-2016$1,250 108412$35 4$1,222
8-Feb-2018$6,080 1412314$2,595 4$3,485
1-Feb-2021$20,900 1210114$17,860 7$3,060
25-Jan-2013$7,430 136212$6,430 1$1,000
18-Jan-2023$9,580 1512019$6,580 4$3,000
11-Jan-2021$14,200 1819916$1,020 5$13,200
4-Jan-2022$6,400 1111916$3,204 6$3,245
28-Dec-1922$7,150 1917518$6,800 4$327.40
14-Dec-1924$36,300 2316719$9,500 5$26,800
7-Dec-1911$10,400 11557$1,082 4$9,370
November 30. 201914$2,450 1212612$1,760 2$692.50
23-Nov-1916$1,995 104111$615 5$1,380
16-Nov-1915$3,820 1313511$2,500 4$1,271
9-Nov-1925$12,900 1718223$12,200 2$575
2-Nov-1910$2,470 126192,4503$22
26-Oct-1912$5,560 147011$3,860 1$1,700
19-Oct-198$6,600 81388$6,600 00
12-Oct-1919$4,300 145516$3,800 3$500
5-Oct-1918$14,500 1916615$11,100 3$3,400
28-Sep-1919$8,100 1813218$7,560 1$550
21-Sep-1914$6,300 166611$2,160 3$4,170
14-Sep-1915$23,800 125611$21,250 4$2,570
7-Sep-1917$3,500 159814$1,900 3$1,600
31-Aug-195$8,700 6505$8,700 00
24-Aug-1916$10,000 148215$4,250 1$5,750
16-Aug-1910$1,680 5527$650 3$950
9-Aug-1917$17,700 156814$3,900 3$13,800
2-Aug-1913$5,760 1210813$5,760 NANA
27-Jul-1911$7,300 13768$6,570 3$730
20-Jul-1913$11,800 1312511$5,300 2$6,500
13-Jul-1910$775 7468$542.50 2$233
6-Jul-197$2,500 9857$2,500 00
29-Jun-1923$8,290 1515417$2,300 6$5,970
22-Jun-1917$10,700 1013914$7,700 3$3,000
15-Jun-1911$13,500 1416011$13,500 NANA
8-Jun-1913$2,870 175511$1,570 2$1,300
1-Jun-1910$4,460 11608$4,140 2$315
25-May-1917$4,360 147914$3,700 3$612
18-May-1922$9,000 1715016$3,400 6$5,600
11-May-1918$19,800 1717715$18,300 3$1,500
4-May-1910$7,075 6328$6,900 2$175
27-Apr-1915$3,200 1411714$3,160 1$40
20-Apr-1913$13,500 10909$12,200 4$1,300
13-Apr-1916$38,900 149114$37,800 2$1,100
6-Apr-1912$6,870 119410$6,730 2$50
30-Mar-1915$6,470 128410$7,91.55$5,677
23-Mar-1918$6,450 149114$5,042 4$1,408
16-Mar-1914$10,180 1211511$8,800 3$1,300
9-Mar-199$1,800 6498$1,300 1$500
2-Mar-1920$3,033 1610714$1,817 6$1,262
23-Feb-1912$2,040 8699$614.60 3$1,430
16-Feb-1916$9,970 187716$9,970 00
9-Feb-1914$6,400 1011014$6,400 00
2-Feb-1918$6,740 159916$5,720 2$950
26-Jan-1913$2,770 116711$918.95 2$1,850
19-Jan-1915$3,819 167612$2,594 3$1,225
12-Jan-1918$7,283 149215$1,683 3$5,600
5-Jan-1910$529 125010$529 00
22-Dec-1817$2,570 138714$941 3$1,629
15-Dec-1810$2,860 8268$264 2$2,600
8-Dec-1815$1,819 166512$552 3$1,267
1-Dec-1812$7,500 10909$1,200 3$6,200
28-Nov-1815$4,500 1110714$4,000 1$500
19-Nov-1818$6,137 139813$2,142 5$3,995
14-Nov-1818$9,200 1315215$8,500 3$694
6-Nov-1816$17,300 1618314$16,361 2$950
29-Oct-1814$14,400 1812717$13,800 1$600
24-Oct-1813$6,140 1312611$5,122 2$1,018
17-Oct-1818$18,390 1512514$12,292 4$6,098
10-Oct-1829$3,149 1810420$1,647 9$819
2-Oct-1818$9,300 116714$7,300 4$2,000
25-Sep-1813$7,000 117510$6,000 3$995
18-Sep-189$3,570 7449$3,570 00
11-Sep-1813$5,900 1013213$5,900 00
7-Sep-1814$5,000 158611$4,000 3$1,000
29-Aug-1815$20,700 147913$4,700 2$16,000
20-Aug-1810$12,400 11538$11,380 3$1,057
14-Aug-1812$19,900 121329$18,889 3$1,011
7-Aug-1816$68,600 1110613$67,259 3$1,340
31-Jul-1815$15,100 159511$13,060 4$2,060
23-Jul-1813$2,130 156010$1,804 3$1,100
17-Jul-1814$5,370 17989$4,310 5$1,100
9-Jul-1816$11,200 157410$11,080 6$862
3-Jul-1813$7,000 78112$6,330 1$750
25-Jun-1815$8,800 13979$4,970 6$3,930
18-Jun-1813$14,200 14807$221 6$14,290
11-Jun-1812$6,300 8968$5,910 4$803
6-Jun-1813$14,500 10888$14,154 5$579
31-May-1811$4,890 10638$3,240 3$1,790
22-May-1815$20,400 11639$19,808 6$885
15-May-1815$4,700 1510610$3,900 5$643
9-May-1811$1,400 13889$1,300 2$560
1-May-188$14,250 7887$13,400 1$450
24-Apr-1812$5,300 66111$4,470 1$800
17-Apr-189$1,800 10447$2,330 2$1,434
11-Apr-1811$2,500 8326$1,690 5$809
3-Apr-1815$13,400 111219$12,020 6$1,090
28-Mar-1810$4,000 10927$3,870 3$215
19-Mar-1817$5,800 135110$590 7$5,165
12-Mar-1815$3,130 114311$2,360 4$788
6-Mar-1819$5,400 1311610$1,530 9$4,860
27-Feb-1820$6,600 136914$5,530 6$1,030
19-Feb-1815$5,500 1411110$3,990 6$1,980
12-Feb-1823$10,900 1715712$7,110 11$3,840
5-Feb-1816$8,600 131007$1,330 9$7,800
30-Jan-1811$12,600 11685$7,300 6$4,982
24-Jan-1819$9,400 151295$2,010 14$7,337
18-Jan-1810$6,280 8492$2,100 8$4,188
9-Jan-1812$16,500 12929$15,890 3$475
3-Jan-1810$2,500 9478$2,350 2$150
27-Dec-1715$9,000 151139$7,568 6$1,784
18-Dec-1715$13,800 161649$13,010 7$1,118
11-Dec-1714$9,700 1012612$2,940 4$8,500
4-Dec-176$1,800 6315$1,510 1$300
28-Nov-177$3,850 8764$3,260 3$285
16-Nov-1710$2,700 10486$1,840 4$856
8-Nov-1715$2,380 179110$1,860 5$516
1-Nov-1712$4,700 17949$3,400 4$1,300
23-Oct-1715$10,500 106710$9,780 4$1,530
18-Oct-176$2,000 373$225 3$1,820
10-Oct-1712$6,570 1009$3,880 3$3,360
2-Oct-178$3,100 11193$1,630 5$1,750
25-Sep-178$4,880 8795$2,660 5$2,070
18-Sep-179$4,770 3$300 6$4,470
12-Sep-1711$4,430 8$2,030 3$2,400
1-Sep-174$1,310 3$317 1$1,000
23-Aug-1711$13,640 98$11,840 3$1,800

M&A/FUNDINGS

DataBank lands $2B in fundraise

DataBank, a Dallas-founded proprietor of more than 65 data centers in 27 markets, announced Oct. 15 a $2 billion equity raise led by AustralianSuper’s $1.5 billion commitment and an additional $483 million from existing investors who have included DigitalBridge, TIAA and Allstate. In the past 12 months DataBank has raised more than $4.0 billion, including a $725 million credit facility announced in April 2024, a $456 million securitization completed in February 2024, a $345 million construction loan signed in November 2023, and a $188 million equity investment completed in November 2023. Headquartered in Melbourne, AustralianSuper manages more than $228 billion in retirement savings.

Financial Advisors for DataBank: BofA Securities and Citizens Capital Markets

Financial Advisor to AustralianSuper: Citi

DataBank Outside Legal Counsel: Simpson Thacher with a team led from New York by partner Gabriel Silva and from Houston by partner Shamus Crosby, along with lawyers mostly from New York (unless noted otherwise), including associates Jonathan Schwartz, Gabriela Astolphi (São Paulo) and Isabella Newmark (M&A); partner Andrew Purcell and associate Brian Mendick (Tax); partner Parker Kelsey and associate Nick Brown (Funds); Counsel Dennis Loiacono (Real Estate); partner David Rubinsky and associates Jesslyn Nunez and Abigail Janik (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits); Counsel Ron Ben-Yehuda (Los Angeles) and associate Dewey Kang (Intellectual Property); partner Toby Chun (Washington, D.C.– Environmental ); and senior counsel Steven DeLott (Insurance). All attorneys are based in New York unless otherwise stated.

AustralianSuper Outside Legal Counsel: Milbank

Phillips 66 Sells Stake in Swiss Venture for $1.24B

As part of its announced $3 billion program of divestitures, Phillips 66 announced today that it is divesting its 49 percent interest in Coop Mineraloel AG, a Swiss joint venture that operates 324 food-and-gas locations across Switzerland. The buyer is Swiss food retailer Coop, Phillips’ partner in the joint venture known as Coop Pronto. Under the agreement, Phillips 66 will receive approximately $1.24 billion, which includes an assumed dividend for 2024. Houston-based Phillips 66 was advised by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher on the transaction. For more see our daily coverage here.

GM commits $625M to JV with Lithium Americas for Thacker Pass project

Deal Description: Vancouver-based Lithium Americas announced Oct. 16 that it is entering a $625 million joint venture agreement with General Motors Holdings to exploit the Thacker Pass lithium mining and processing operation in Southern Nevada. The project is bolstered by a $2.3 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Energy under the Advanced Technical Vehicles Manufacturing loan program announced earlier this year. Under the JV investment agreement, GM will acquire a 38 percent ownership stake in the project in exchange for $430 million in cash and a $195 million LOC to be used as collateral to support the DOE loan reserve requirements. The agreement replaces an earlier $330 million agreement equity investment by GM announced in 2023. In addition, GM has agreed to take 100 percent of the production from Phase 1 for 20 years to support terms of the DOE loan, an amount estimated to be 40,000 tons per year. GM has also agreed to take up to 38 percent of Phase 2 production, estimated at 80,000 tons per year. Lithium Americas will retain a 62 percent interest in the Thacker Pass project and will manage the project on behalf of the JV. “We’re pleased with the significant progress Lithium Americas is making to help GM achieve our goal to develop a resilient EV material supply chain,” said Jeff Morrison, SVP, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. “Sourcing critical EV raw materials, like lithium, from suppliers in the U.S., is expected to help us manage battery cell costs, deliver value to our customers and investors, and create jobs.”

Financial Advisors to Lithium Americas: Goldman Sachs and Evercore; BMO Capital Markets (regarding Tranche 2 investment)

Financial Advisors to GM: Morgan Stanley

GM Outside Legal Counsel (on JV): Mayer Brown and Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt

Lithium Americas Outside Legal Counsel (on JV): Cassels Brock & Blackwell and Vinson & Elkins

The V&E team was led by partner Robert Hughes, counsel Austin White, and associate Christina Wu. Other key team members include partners Eamon Nolan and Lauren Davies, senior associate Maria Borges, and associates Andrew Chang and Hoo Ray; partners David Peck, Sean Moran, Wendy Salinas, and Megan James, and associate Paige Melton.

Nabors Industries to acquire Parker Wellbore for $370M+Debt

Deal Description: Houston-drilling giant Nabors Industries Ltd. announced Oct. 15 that it has agreed to acquire cross-town rival Parker Wellbore in an all-stock transaction valued at $470 million, including the assumption of $100 million in debt. Under the agreement Nabors would acquire Parker for 4.8 million shares subject to a price collar. At the time of the announcement Nabors was trading at approximately $77 per share. With the acquisition Nabors adds Parker’s Quail Tools subsidiary, the leading rental provider of high-performance downhole tubulars in the U.S. market, as well as an international presence for casing and tubular running services that extend beyond the U.S. to Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. The Parker fleet includes 17 drilling rigs in the U.S. and international markets, as well as O&M services in Canada and Alaska. The transaction is expected to be immediately accretive to Nabors’ free cash flow with an adjusted EBITDA on a combined basis totaled $527 million for the first six months of 2024. For the full year 2024, Parker expects to generate EBITDA of $180 million. Nabors expects to realize up to $35 million of annualized expense synergies, with the majority achieved during the first 12 months post-closing. The transaction is expected to close in early 2025.

Nabors Outside Legal Counsel: Haynes Boone led by Houston/DC partner Arthur Cohen with support from Dallas partners Bruce Newsome, Zachary Burnett, and Austin partner Kellie Bobo as well as associates Sara Phipps, Cameron Scales, Janet Wyse, and foreign associate Sergio Guerrero, all officing in Dallas.

Parker Wellbore Outside Legal Counsel: Akin led by corporate partners Iain Wood and Jon Boben and capital markets partner Bryan Flannery; counsel Douglas Badini; and associates Daniel O’Farrill, Rafita Ahlam, Keegan Pace, Yossi Abadi, Megan Gilligan and Milena Lozano.

Baird Medical in $279M deSPAC merger with ExcelFin Acquisition

Deal Description: Baird Medical Investment Holdings, a China-based developer of microwave ablation medical devices with its U.S. base in Frisco, announced Oct. 1 its $279 million merger with ExcelFin Acquisition Corp., a San Francisco-based SPAC formed in 2021 by sponsors Fin Venture Capital and Grand Fortune Capital. The road to a merger has been a tortuous one for the blank check company since its $230 million IPO in October 2021, issued at the pinnacle of a record-breaking year for SPACs. When ExcelFin subsequently failed to find a merger partner, stockholders voted for three extensions but in July 2024 ExcelFin redeemed $224 million when 30 percent of the Class A stockholders exercised their right to pull out. In the meantime, ExcelFin had entered into a combination with Betters Medical Investment Holdings, the direct parent of Baird and Tycoon Choice Global Limited, another direct subsidiary of Betters.

Financial Advisors to ExcelFin: Cohen & Company Capital Markets led with EXOS Capital, Roth Capital and Haitong International Securities.

Baird Medical Outside Counsel: Dechert

ExcelFin Outside Legal Counsel: A&O Shearman led by partners Bill Nelson in Houston and partner Alain Dermarkar in Dallas along with Houston partner Emily Leitch. Also on the team were associate Michael Walraven, counsel John Menke, John Kurtz, Emily Kelly, Samantha Favela, partners John Cannon (compensation) Larry Crouch (tax), Mike Walsh (regulatory), Jonathan Cheng (antitrust), JB Betker (IP), Mallory Tosch Hoggatt (finance), Alan Goudiss (governance), Melisa Brower (governance), counsel Judy Little, and associates Rami Marginean, Michael Buiteweg, Austin Grossfeld, Eitan Morris, Caleb Sansoucy, Austin Jones, Danish Hyder and Daniel Choi.

The Container Store and Bed Bath & Beyond enter $40M partnership

Deal Description: The Container Store Group Inc. and Beyond Inc., owners of what remains of Bed Bath & Beyond, announced Oct. 15 that they’ve agreed to a strategic partnership, with plans to co-brand the two home retail lines alongside each other. According to the announcement, Beyond’s extensive kitchen, bedroom and bath products will be featured at Container Store locations and The Container Store broad inventory of specialized storage products and lines for customized storage services will join Beyond’s extensive online e-commerce platforms. As part of the agreement, Beyond is investing $40 million in The Container Store through an issue of 40,000 shares of preferred equity. Beyond, best known for its ubiquitous coupon marketing, filed for bankruptcy protection in April 2023, closing its own retail locations after years of leadership changes accelerated by aggressive stock buybacks. The brand and its IP assets were acquired by Overstock, which changed its own branding to Bed Bath & Beyond and its name to Beyond, Inc. Beyond, Inc. is based in Midvale, Utah. The Container Store, founded in Texas, is based in Coppell.

Financial Advisors to Container Store: JP Morgan

Financial Advisors to Beyond: Goldman Sachs

Outside Legal Counsel to Container Store: Latham & Watkins led by partners Jason Silvera in Century City and Ian Nussbaum in New York.

Outside Legal Counsel to Beyond: King & Spalding led from Chicago by partner Tim FitzSimons and from Atlanta by partners John Anderson and Zach Davis.

Brembo N.V. acquires Öhlins Racing

Deal Description: Brembo N.V., an Italian manufacturer of high-performance vehicle parts, announced Oct. 11, an agreement with Apollo affiliate Tenneco for the acquisition of a 100% stake in Sweden’s Öhlins Racing, a manufacturer of premium, high performance suspension technology for motorcycles and cars for more than 50 years. Headquartered in Stockholm, Öhlins also manufactures shock absorbers, front forks and steering dampers, and in the process develops state-of-the-art algorithms and tech software. Öhlins Racing is expected to ~$144 million in revenues for 2024, with an expected adjusted EBITDA margin between 21% and 22%. Terms of the agreement were undisclosed.

Financial Advisors to Brembo: BofA Securities

Financial Advisors to Tenneco: Jefferies

Legal Advisors to Tenneco: Sidley Austin

Brembo Outside Legal Counsel: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett led from New York by partners Mark Pflug and Jacob Rendtorff. Associate Andrew Mandelbaum in Houston was also part of the team.

Post Oak Capital partners with Tiburon O&G in Utica Shale Play

Deal Description: Post Oak Energy Capital, a Houston-headquartered energy investor, announced Oct. 15 the closing of an equity commitment to Tiburon Oil & Gas Partners, alongside commitments from Tiburon managers and other outside investors. Terms of the transaction were undisclosed. Coupled with the partnership was an announcement by Tiburon of its acquisition of an initial leasehold in Ohio’s Utica Shale. Leadership at Tiburon, which is also headquartered in Houston, was formed in 2022 by several veterans of Carrizo Oil & Gas to specialize in exploration and production in the Utica Basin.

Tiburon Outside Legal Counsel: Holland & Knight

Post Oak Outside Legal Counsel: Latham & Watkins with a Houston-based corporate team led by partner James Garrett, with associates Kevin Donovan and Caroline Silverstein. Advice was also provided on oil and gas matters by Houston partner Michael King, with associates Cesar Leyva, Brian Bruzzo, and Brock Jones; on tax matters by Houston partner Jim Cole, with associate Dylan White; and on benefits and compensation matters by Houston counsel Krisa Benskin.

Auto Repair software providers Tekmetric and Shopgenie to merge

Deal Description: Auto repair management software provider Tekmetric announced Oct. 16 its acquisition of Shopgenie, a repair shop software platform for customer relations. Terms were undisclosed. The merger of the two platforms, according to Tekmetric’s description of the strategy, will create an all-in-one software platform for management of repair shops for both sides of the counter. Tekmetric, which claims a client base of 8,000 repair shops across the U.S., is based in Houston. Shopgenie with a client base of 2,000 is headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Tekmetric Outside Legal Counsel: Latham & Watkins with a team led by Austin partner Scott Craig, with associates Jase Burner, Jeff Serfass, and Saul Aguirre-Villarreal. The team was supported from the Bay Area by partner Katharine Moir with associate Dylan White on taxes; partner Ashley Wagner and associate Shan Shan on benefits; partner Oswald Cousins on employment issues, and from Houston by counsel Robert Brown II, and associate Andrew Abokhair on data and privacy.

Shermco Industries acquires KTR Associates

Deal Description: Irving-based Shermco Industries, an electrical engineering services firm, announced Oct. 15 the completion of its acquisition of KTR Associates. Terms of the transaction were undisclosed. Shermco’s acquisition of KTR, based in Sinking Spring, Pa., will expand its product line and geographic reach along the Eastern Seaboard from North Carolina to New Jersey. KTR specializes in comprehensive power system consulting services, including low and high voltage power system engineering studies, as well as electrical safety programs and training. KTR management will remain with the combined company following the acquisition. Shermco is backed by San Francisco middle market PE Gryphon Investors.

Gryphon/Shermco Outside Legal Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis led by partners Matthew Antinossi in Chicago and Timothy Campany in New York. The team included environmental partner Stefanie Gitler who offices in Houston and Washington, D.C.

Solar JV planned for Virginia data hub

Deal Description: Perennial Power Holdings, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corp. of Americas, announced Oct. 15, a joint venture in partnership with CEP Solar to develop solar and battery storage projects in Virginia. The investment, to be known as CEP PPH Partners LLC, is aligned with the Virginia Clean Energy Act of 2020. Virginia, a major global center for energy-hungry data centers, aims to convert its electric power grid to 100 percent clean energy sourcing by 2050. The company plans to develop more than 1.5 GW of solar power projects in Virginia’s infrastructure hub and data center cluster by 2025.

Sumitomo/Perennial Outside Legal Counsel: Norton Rose Fulbright’s deal team was led from Austin by Becky Diffen with senior associate Erin Mitchell in Houston. They were assisted by associates Quay Strozier in Washington, D.C., and Justin Davenport in San Antonio. The team also included Lauren Shapiro Newberry in Austin, Christine Fernandez Owen, Kayce Kasten Borders, Theresa Carroll, Jenn Guzman, Nura Yanaki in Chicago, Gabrielle Jacques in New York, and Hilary Lefko, Stefan Reisinger, Claire Huitt and Amelia Klitenic in Washington, D.C.

CAPITAL MARKETS/CREDIT

Darden Restaurants closes deal for Chuy’s with $750M in notes issues

Deal Description: Darden Restaurants closed their previously announced acquisition of Chuy’s on October 11, in part, with a pair of senior notes offerings priced at $750 million on Oct. 3. The notes were offered in two issues: one for $400 million in 4.350 percent senior notes due 2027 and another for $350 million of 4.550 percent senior notes due 2029. Chuy’s now joins a Darden’s portfolio that includes such chains as Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen, The Capital Grille and Seasons 52.

Darden’s Outside Legal Counsel: Hunton AK

Underwriters: BofA Securities, Truist Securities, US Bancorp and Wells Fargo Securities

Underwriters Outside Legal Counsel: Bracewell led by partners Catherine Hood (New York), Troy L. Harder (Houston), Elizabeth L. McGinley (New York) and Matthew B. Grunert (Houston); counsel Ian R. Brown (Dallas) and associates Stephen C. McNamara (New York), Shannon Baldwin (Houston) and Benjamin S. Cantor (New York)

Late Arrivals and Other Matters…

Porter Hedges disclosed last week its representation of Hackberry Management in its indirect connection with the acquisition of OLIPDP II by GDE Gulf Coast. GDE Gulf Coast LLC acquired OLIPDP II, the owner of upstream assets in Southern Louisiana and the upper Texas Gulf Coast, from an affiliate of Tulsa-based Oliphant Energy. Details of the acquisition, which closed on Sept. 25, were undisclosed; but the deal included an equity contribution by GDE Gulf Coast and financing by Fortress Credit Corp. OLIPDP II will continue to operate under the same name. Hackberry Management is an LLC formed in August, according to Louisiana corporate records, to provide contract services for GDE Gulf Coast and their lenders for the O&G properties owned by OLIPDP II. The Porter Hedges acquisition team included energy partner Michael Byrd and corporate partner Robert Viguet with assistance from energy partner Shane Sullivan and tax partner James Reardon. The Porter Hedges finance team included finance partner Anders Gibson and corporate associate Kristina Walpole.

Kirkland & Ellis disclosed last week that they advised Fengate Asset Management on a C$1.8 billion recapitalization of significantly increasing its equity stake in eStruxture Data Centers with the sector-shaping deal. The recap includes a continuation fund and a parallel investment on behalf of Fengate Infrastructure Fund III, Fengate Infrastructure Fund IV, and their affiliated entities. The deal was announced in June 2024 and the final closing occurred in October 2024. The Kirkland team included Susan Eisenberg, John Senior, Emma Whenham, Rhett McPhie, Ross Greenspan, Ally Relat and Jack Baumruk; corporate lawyers Garrett Lorentz and Ernesto Sanz; and tax lawyers Andrew Chan and Lee Morlock.

In a Texas-heavy announcement regarding Illinois aviation, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines announced last week their agreement with a subsidiary of San Antonio-headquartered Valero Energy Corporation to purchase Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) provided by Diamond Green Diesel, a Valero joint venture with Irving-headquartered Darling Ingredients, to Chicago Midway International Airport. Southwest has agreed to purchase a minimum 3.6 million gallons of “neat SAF” (12 million blended) for use at Midway before the close of 2024 – about 35 percent of the airline’s usage at Midway last year. The neat SAF is expected to be produced from waste-based feedstocks, including used cooking oil, animal tallow, and distiller’s corn oil, with a lifecycle greenhouse gas emission reduction ranging from approximately 74% to 84% compared to conventional jet fuel. Vinson & Elkins advised Southwest, led by partner Alan Alexander and senior associate John Larbalestier, with assistance from associate Pete Berquist. Other key team members included partner Todd Way and associate Jeff Slusher (tax); partner Matt Dobbins and associate Kelly Rondinelli (environmental); counsels Elizabeth McIntyre and Brian Howard (litigation). 

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